A little experiment.

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Graps
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A little experiment.

#1 Post by Graps »

I have an idea.
I like to put a resist on some of my projects so it will come out a two tone and the tooled pattern will stand out.
My idea is, stain the leather with just regular leather dye and after it dries, then paint on the resist over the tooling.
Then I will use black antique gel over everything.
Will it wok?
Here is what it looks like after applying red dye and the resist on the tooling stamp.
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Re: A little experiment.

#2 Post by Graps »

And here it is after the black gel.
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I noticed that some of the red is showing through the black, but I think I still like it.
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#3 Post by Graps »

I have red sinew so I stitched it up with that.
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#4 Post by Graps »

Yeah, I kinda like it.
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#5 Post by Greg Felty »

That looks nice Dale.
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#6 Post by stumper »

Love it.
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#7 Post by Jose »

Awesome!!

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#8 Post by Carpdaddy »

Looks great Dale!

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#9 Post by White Falcon »

Looks good.

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#10 Post by Captainkirk »

Very unique! I like it!
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