Leather Dye

[the_drip]

How the **** does this **** work? I got some Black Leather Dye....but it's in this crap medicine bottle. I need to apply it to some leather that has had no color modifications before..it's just plain old...tan leather. It needs to be black.

Do I apply this like a wood stain? or what. The directions on the bottle are crappier than a japanese airplane model..with damned chinky chow san writing on it.

[fett]

Re: Leather Dye

How big is the project? I have attempted to dye brown to black on shoes and it is a big pain. Any coatings or treatments that have been done to the leather has to be removed or the dye with not penetrate evenly and make not take at all. Even if it is old like you say and has not been treated, it still has all kinds of dirt and oils that will need to be removed. If the piece is a valued and expensive item, I would stongly recommend that you have a pro do it. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Cleveland Metal]

Re: Leather Dye

Well, I make my own leather guitar straps from raw 4" wide leather and dye it black all the time. I just wear latex gloves and pour the stain onto a rag and rub it into the leather very generously. Then I use a sealer on top of that that is called Acrylic Resolene to get it a semi gloss look.

I use Flebings products from Tandy Leather with success.

http://www.tandyleather.com/products.asp?dept=158

Resolene:
http://www.tandyleather.com/prodinfo...2&mitem=13