Fran wrote: > Finally, it looks like I shouldn't have trouble buying some kind of > reddish brown dye. But the grayish green looks problematic. Any > suggestions? > When my late brother was doing leather work professionally, green was the hardest color to use and control. You know how the 18th century costumers have all those "ick" greens to play with prior to the advent of aniline dye because there was no reliable one-step green dye and the blends all faded or were otherwise fugitive at different rates and stuff? It's a problem that hasn't been fully solved for leather (or, should you be interested, for papers, either) and so there is less control and less reliable outcome and etc. In addition for some reason the green dyes seem to interact with the leather color more, so you can't guarantee that the color on your sample will be the color on your bag ayway. Green is just tricky. So if you want a specific grayish green, you may have to mix your own, or try to find something translucent that will mute or drab the green you've got rather than finding the right green dye.
Good luck! Lauren _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
