Members celticleather Posted July 13, 2009 Members Report Posted July 13, 2009 I guess many leatherworkers will agree that occasionally upsetting a bottle of dye is one of the occupational hazards that go with the territory. Today I can't believe that I've managed to hurl TWO bottles of dye across the workshop, with about an hour between them! Perhaps I'm getting clumsier as I get older, or maybe the 13th is just a bad day (although I'm not usually superstitious). Either way, I now have a chocolate brown left hand and a black right hand, and multicoloured carpet and trousers . . . and there's still four hours of workshop time left! Anyone else having a bad day? Quote When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody
tashabear Posted July 13, 2009 Report Posted July 13, 2009 I once spilled a bottle of mahogany spirit dye on my kitchen floor. It looked like I'd shanked someone until I got some denatured alcohol to clean it up. (Rubbing alcohol just does NOT do it.) Quote
Members celticleather Posted July 13, 2009 Author Members Report Posted July 13, 2009 I just wish I could get it out from under my fingernails - denatured alcohol usually works, but not today! Quote When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted July 14, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted July 14, 2009 go find a "dollar tree" store and buy some of their cleaner under the brand name "Awesome". The stuff lives up to it's namesake, and I've used it to pull IODINE out of a white towel. It's a little harsh on the skin if used straight, and it'll etch glass, but might work. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Milli Posted July 14, 2009 Members Report Posted July 14, 2009 My vacation ended, and I had to go back to work today, now that's a bad day. I spilled some black dye on the very light wood dining room table about a year ago. It sank in pretty good. Oh, and the table was my mother in laws! I have to remember to put a table cloth on it whenever she visits. Milli Quote
Members celticleather Posted July 14, 2009 Author Members Report Posted July 14, 2009 go find a "dollar tree" store and buy some of their cleaner under the brand name "Awesome". This would probably mean a trip to the US, which would make it a pretty expensive fix! Maybe I'll just wait for the dye to wear off . . . Quote When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody
Bree Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 I guess many leatherworkers will agree that occasionally upsetting a bottle of dye is one of the occupational hazards that go with the territory.Today I can't believe that I've managed to hurl TWO bottles of dye across the workshop, with about an hour between them! Perhaps I'm getting clumsier as I get older, or maybe the 13th is just a bad day (although I'm not usually superstitious). Either way, I now have a chocolate brown left hand and a black right hand, and multicoloured carpet and trousers . . . and there's still four hours of workshop time left! Anyone else having a bad day? LOL!! Be thankful that you didn't slpash it on your face!! That would have made a bad day much much worse! Quote Ride Safe! Bree 2003 Dyna Wide Glide Memberships: Iron Butt Association, Niagara Falls HOG, Wild Fire HOG NRA, Niagara County Sportsman's Association
electrathon Posted July 15, 2009 Report Posted July 15, 2009 go find a "dollar tree" store and buy some of their cleaner under the brand name "Awesome". The stuff lives up to it's namesake, and I've used it to pull IODINE out of a white towel. It's a little harsh on the skin if used straight, and it'll etch glass, but might work. I'll have to look for some of it. Any idea how much it costs? OK, I DO know the answer. Quote
Moderator Johanna Posted July 15, 2009 Moderator Report Posted July 15, 2009 LOC (Liquid Organic Cleaner, highly concentrated) by Amway and a toothbrush does a good job on fingernails. "Area rug" is the only thing that will work on carpeting or wood floors. Muriatic acid will clean concrete, but have good ventilation. The stuff makes Neat Lac seem weak. When you use dye, open the bottle, pour some in a cup or shotglass, and close the bottle. You aren't going to use the whole thing at once, so just get out what you need. The key is to get in the habit of putting the cap back on the dye and moving it away from the work and never in the spill zone. The worst longest string of profanity I ever heard was when a big blob of brown dye ended up on a magnificent carving Jon did and ruined it because those cardinal rules were broken. Yesterday I polished up a black belt for a friend, and I left the cap off the quart bottle of black leather balm. All was fine until I got the sheepswool and began to buff- and I felt the bench wobble and caught the bottle just in time. I was just lucky. I knew better, and I broke the rules- I went on to the next step (buffing) without capping that bottle, and I left it in the spill zone. Once I dropped a bottle of red dye on my foot and it looked for a month like I had suffered a terrible injury and there was fresh blood. I feel your pain. Johanna Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
Members kevinhopkins Posted July 15, 2009 Members Report Posted July 15, 2009 I spilled a qt of contact cement on our carpet while I was building sections of an ice house in my living room while living in Fargo ND. That was back when I was married to my 1st wife.... Kevin Quote
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