I'm doing some experiments with the raw material.
I bought a 20 sq feef of 0.8 mm horse hide, vegetable tanned. I must soften and dye the leather to make a new jacket.
I have read some post about aniline dye and sprayed dye.
The question is.
The Aniline dyed used in vintage A-2 was water or alcohol soluble?. or both methods?
I did three experiments, Left to right, a piece of leather with eight coats of aniline water soluble, second four coats of aniline water soluble and the third three coats of aniline alcohol soluble. The color was brown bismark.
The three pieces where softened by mecanic methods and the best result was the aniline water soluble four coats. But the color that I obtained was a redish brown.
Regards,
Fernando
I bought a 20 sq feef of 0.8 mm horse hide, vegetable tanned. I must soften and dye the leather to make a new jacket.
I have read some post about aniline dye and sprayed dye.
The question is.
The Aniline dyed used in vintage A-2 was water or alcohol soluble?. or both methods?
I did three experiments, Left to right, a piece of leather with eight coats of aniline water soluble, second four coats of aniline water soluble and the third three coats of aniline alcohol soluble. The color was brown bismark.
The three pieces where softened by mecanic methods and the best result was the aniline water soluble four coats. But the color that I obtained was a redish brown.
Regards,
Fernando