Hello! Thank you so much for your videos. They are by far my favorite. I appreciate how you break each down by the ingrediants and benefits for each. I am interested in making my own "Pro Dye" and have a few questions: 1) What kind of alcohol would be best to use? 2) What kind/grade/brand of ethanol that's recommended? 3) What kind/grade/brand of oleic acid is recommended? 4) Does it matter what composition of pigment is mixed in with the oleic acid? Mica/alcohol/natural earth/etc I appreciate your help...thank you!
You're very welcome 😃 glad they are helpful. It can be exciting to make a custom dye, in terms of ingredients, there are a range of factors from potency, availability, safety, and desired end result, and more. A great place to begin can be to look at the manufacturer material safety data sheets, as they provide broad breakdowns of ingredients and components used in popular dyes. From there, it's really determing the result that you'd like, and then developing and testing the right balance for what you're looking for. We'd be curious if you pursue it, please share more! Maybe yours will be the next new dye on the market.
Hi, sure - The Waterstain has a bit of a different solvent composition, as well as some waxes in it. It also generally won't rub-off color as easily as the other. So it's really up to preference and application style if someone might prefer one over the other. In both cases, some sort of top finish is likely beneficial, while it will likely be more necessary for the Eco Flo Water Leather Dye.
Hello great question - we haven't done long-term rub-off tests on them, though in general most leather that has not been factory-dyed, will generally benefit from a sealing layer over a home-dyed piece. For example a resolene coating or something similar. This helps as many will rub off somewhat over time (even when buffed thoroughly), and can vary in amount based on conditions used in (like something for everyday wear that might come into contact with rain, etc.). So with a coating, it becomes less key which one naturally rubs off more, while that's also a great things to know and something we'd be curious to explore, too. Thanks for adding to the discussion.
Hi sir. Can you make video with chrome leather Tanned. Because almost all video UA-cam always used Vegetable Tanned for media test. When actually chrome leather more much leather used for fashion. Thank you.
good video
Hello!
Thank you so much for your videos. They are by far my favorite. I appreciate how you break each down by the ingrediants and benefits for each.
I am interested in making my own "Pro Dye" and have a few questions:
1) What kind of alcohol would be best to use?
2) What kind/grade/brand of ethanol that's recommended?
3) What kind/grade/brand of oleic acid is recommended?
4) Does it matter what composition of pigment is mixed in with the oleic acid? Mica/alcohol/natural earth/etc
I appreciate your help...thank you!
You're very welcome 😃 glad they are helpful.
It can be exciting to make a custom dye, in terms of ingredients, there are a range of factors from potency, availability, safety, and desired end result, and more.
A great place to begin can be to look at the manufacturer material safety data sheets, as they provide broad breakdowns of ingredients and components used in popular dyes.
From there, it's really determing the result that you'd like, and then developing and testing the right balance for what you're looking for.
We'd be curious if you pursue it, please share more! Maybe yours will be the next new dye on the market.
Always interesting videos!
May I ask the difference between Eco Flo Water Leather Dye and Eco Flo Waterstain?
Hi, sure - The Waterstain has a bit of a different solvent composition, as well as some waxes in it. It also generally won't rub-off color as easily as the other.
So it's really up to preference and application style if someone might prefer one over the other. In both cases, some sort of top finish is likely beneficial, while it will likely be more necessary for the Eco Flo Water Leather Dye.
Awesome videos. Just lock the exposure of camera during video recording so it doesnt change brightness
Thanks, very great point, and the white-balance sometimes, too. We're always working to revise/improve as we go.
Is the color rubbing off as much with Eco Flo water as it is with ProDye?
Hello great question - we haven't done long-term rub-off tests on them, though in general most leather that has not been factory-dyed, will generally benefit from a sealing layer over a home-dyed piece.
For example a resolene coating or something similar. This helps as many will rub off somewhat over time (even when buffed thoroughly), and can vary in amount based on conditions used in (like something for everyday wear that might come into contact with rain, etc.).
So with a coating, it becomes less key which one naturally rubs off more, while that's also a great things to know and something we'd be curious to explore, too.
Thanks for adding to the discussion.
@@internationalleatherclub Wow thank you for responding to the question yourself, all I hoped for was a random reader comment 🥰
@@glacialimpala You're welcome! It was a great question, glad to try and help 👍
Hi sir. Can you make video with chrome leather Tanned. Because almost all video UA-cam always used Vegetable Tanned for media test. When actually chrome leather more much leather used for fashion. Thank you.
Hello 😃 thanks for your suggestion, yes, that's on our list to create, it's a popular leather type for sure. Stay tuned in!