horrible chrome tan leather

I was just given a whole hide of nice leather, the only problrm is that it is that horrible chrome tan yellow. I need it for some projects, but I hate thw yellow color. What to do?

 

[Rebel]

Dye it, Or, Make Horrible yellow mocs?

 

[Russianblood]

Smoke it! :rotf: (over a fire I mean) :shocked2: Mink oil may change it enought to suit you too.

 

[bwhoffman]

ship it to me!
I'll make something out of it.
yellow, white, tan, dont matter.

Brett

 

[Itegorm]

There are a couple of options. You can dye it, just use rit fabric dye and rinse it well. You could smoke it just like finishing a braintan hide. Or you could use a bit of dye remover (just a couple of bucks and found along with the fabric dyes) to tone the brightness down. I have used it a couple of times on some cheeto colored leather and ended up with a nice lightish tan color when done. Just follow the directions on the box.

 

[boar]

If it is whats called Lagito(spelling)leather it will rust steel if kept in it. DILLY

 

[Twisted_1in66]

If it is whats called Lagito(spelling)leather it will rust steel if kept in it. DILLY

Close Boar-dilly. I think you mean Latigo. :thumbsup:

 

[Norskie]

Walnut hull dye will temper any color. takes a lot, though. Is this the kind of chrome tan where the flesh side is bright orange?

 

[Black Hand]

Soak it in a bleach/water solution. It will take most of the color out, and doesn't hurt the leather. It's how I got the orange-yellow color out of the skin I used for my winter mocs. The color came out a nice light smoke/tan color that I darkened up a bit with walnut to take the "new" off. They have been greased numerous times, wet and dried, and are still going strong after 3 years of hard wear.

 

[Hiparoo]

Rit dye remover-use about 4 packs per hide,put it in the washing machine,run it thru the wash cycle 4-5 times without letting it go to rinse,then let it run all the way thru the cycles,add a SMALL amount of soap(I use lye soap),run the whole mess thru the washer again-if you want to go further, stretch the hide out on a piece of plywood-staple it down as you stretch-then take a palm sander with some fairly fine sandpaper and sand off the epidermis(the shiny part of the hide)and it'll look like braintan....you can also put it in a walnut dyebath-that'll take the color out also...hope this helps