rit dying leather

[spudnut]

My leather work has been crappy lately.I tried dying some old deerskins in rit dye and came up with the most phsycodelic skins you ever saw.I.m hoping they will even out after a couple days strirring and squeezing em.If not what now?

 

Not to be argumentative, but why would you use fabric dye and not leather dye on leather?

 

[chipper]

I would probably just use dye remover from rit and smoke them.

Regards

 

[pichou]

Either the skins have spots that are oilier in some spots, or you didn't thoroughly wet the leather first.

Or, like many of us have before, you are experiencing a "Rit moment." I hate when that happens. :haha:

You can dilute leather dye with denatured alcohol, and spray it on with a spray bottle.

 

[Black Hand]

Or, like many of us have before, you are experiencing a "Rit moment." I hate when that happens. :haha:

You mean like dyeing cotton with black Rit dye and it coming out purple, or dyeing cotton with dark brown and it coming out brick red....Nope, never happens to me :wink:

 

[spudnut]

wonder if anyone on ebay has a use for camo deerhide :blah:

 

[pichou]

Hmmm, I wonder how well "Rit Moment" cammo would work with "Mossy Oak" ???? :rotf:

 

[spudnut]

You can dilute leather dye with denatured alcohol, and spray it on with a spray bottle

That did the trick,I'm adding legwraps to my Arrow Ligonier mocs and the color matched just about right.Thanks all

 

[wayne1967]

Dirty hands after eating about 100 times give them a distinctive look.:grin: