OK, so I bought a leather handbag with very attractive (but not super
deep) tooling all over it. This was from a discount source that does not
accept returns. The picture on the website showed a
darkish-reddish-brown bag with a cooked-artichoke-green strap, outer
pocket, and piping on the bottom--a very Art Nouveau color combo.
What I got was a fuschia bag with chartreuse accents. Yow. I should've
known better. But now I want to dye it the colors I thought I was
getting. Or at least some kind of acceptable earthtones. The bag has a
bright red lining and zipper that I don't want to try replacing, but at
least they're not too visible and I'm hoping a reddish brown dye will
work OK with the zipper.
I've never dyed leather before. (It is leather, not suede.) I'm looking
at the dyes on this website:
http://www.cosplaysupplies.com/leather/leather.html
Does anyone recommend any dye brand in particular? If I want to keep
the green accents (aside from the piping, which I'm willing to forego),
how do I keep a dye (I'm leaning a bit to sprays but can be swayed) from
going where it shouldn't, and get neat demarcations between the reddish
brown and the grayish green I hope for?
Finally, it looks like I shouldn't have trouble buying some kind of
reddish brown dye. But the grayish green looks problematic. Any
suggestions?
Thanks,
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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