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Dyeing in the Heat
Jun. 23rd, 2007 12:38 pmOne of things I have to figure out with each new type of dyeing is how to clean up. Today's experiment is in leather dyeing. See, I bought a pair of light beige suede pants at Goodwill last weekend for $3.50. I have blue leather dye. I've wanted blue leather pants (I have a blue leather jacket already).
First step is to shorten the pants as they were 6 inches to long for me. Easily done. Then test the blue leather dye on the the bit cut off. But I wanted it purpler. So off to George's. Which has no purple leather dye. But they have oxblood. I was worried that navy + oxblood would be to dark, so I picked up some light blue also. I've now spent more on dye than I spent on the pants.
Oxblood seems to be a magenta dye (at least on beige suede). Light blue is about the same as the navy, if not darker. I'm waiting for the testers to dry to decide which dye ratio is right (so far I like 1 part light blue to 2 parts oxblood best).
They'll be awesome $20 pants.
First step is to shorten the pants as they were 6 inches to long for me. Easily done. Then test the blue leather dye on the the bit cut off. But I wanted it purpler. So off to George's. Which has no purple leather dye. But they have oxblood. I was worried that navy + oxblood would be to dark, so I picked up some light blue also. I've now spent more on dye than I spent on the pants.
Oxblood seems to be a magenta dye (at least on beige suede). Light blue is about the same as the navy, if not darker. I'm waiting for the testers to dry to decide which dye ratio is right (so far I like 1 part light blue to 2 parts oxblood best).
They'll be awesome $20 pants.
