I'm wanting to buy a pair of boots but they are brown. I'd like them to be black (to match a renaissance outfit) and I was wondering if it would be costly or difficult to re-dye them on my own? It doesn't have to be a great quality re-dye, just enough to get them darker.
Any tips on how to do this?
2006-09-10 15:12:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
You can go through all the process of cleaning and buffing and dyeing if you want but I used to be a manager of a shoe repair business and we had these spray dyes that looked like spray paint they worked wonders and we sold them to the public so find yourself a leather shop or shoe repair business and ask for this type of dye
2006-09-11 03:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by bladekills38 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK....back in the 80's i bought some bitchin($$) cozy leather recliners...MAUVE----YUCK!!!. what was i thinking???.....well today they are black!...yippee!!....my friend is a cobbler and he told me how to do it..... LOTS OF WORK (especially if there are uneven surfaces...details, designs, pleats and such)
1. there is this stripper.....NOOOOO not as in showgirls!!
it is a leather stripper--and not a harleychick...lol
anyhow this "formula" opens the pores of the hide...(i cannot think of the exact name of the "formula"...u can email and i can get the exact name tomorrow (Mon or Tues)....you apply this al over the surface...making sure it is TOTALLY covered (or dye will not adhere)...a primer of sort
2.. then u lightly buff
(ok you are doing boots....i did 2 big azz stuffed MAUVE(gag) recliners with fancy gathers...SUCKED!)
3. then you coat with PROFESSIONAL (again can get brand names) dye now that the pores are open the dye SHOULD take well...going darker is always easier)...it make absorb so much you need to wait for that coat to dry and apply another..totally saturating it!...make sure you are wearing gloves and a body of armour....and MANY MANY drop cloths down!!....this dye is the WHIP and you could look bi-racial inadvertently (that is not a bad thing..so no snap judging on me being racist...was a lil humor peeps!!)
4. NOWWWW the REAAAALLLYYY sucky part...lol.....when the dye is TOTALLY dry --a day or 2...it leaves a waxy/ashy residue that must be buffed and buffed and buffed and buffed..wish i was so buffed!!.....
but anywho that is the proceedure once you have the correct schtuff!!.....good luck!!
bottom line----answer to Q is YES....it CAN be done!!....for boots....you may want to just go buy some new...LOL
2006-09-10 18:28:40 · answer #2 · answered by lawumun 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tandy leather makes a really thick, dark black leather dye...ask if you need to "finish" it w/ anything to keep it from coming off.
2006-09-10 15:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hope this helps!
2015-05-02 08:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by Pooh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use black shoe polish
2006-09-10 15:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋