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Thursday, July 31

Adventures in Leather Dyeing

Adventures in dyeing leather
I've been wanting to try a leather dyeing project for some time now, but hadn't gotten around to it until now.  When I got this bag from Bali ELF, I knew it would be perfect in a sweet candy color.  Here's how my adventure went:

Adventures in dyeing leather Adventures in dyeing leather
After I rubbed the preparer all over the purse, I went to town with this rose pink color... and hated it.  It wasn't what I was imagining at all (even though it's pretty identical to what's in the bottle), so I went back to the leather store and asked if there was any way to remove the color.  The guy at the store basically said, "Sorry, you're out of luck" (in a nice way, of course) and I headed home.

I'm not great at abandoning diy projects until I've wasted many hours trying to salvage them, so I bought another color dye and decided to try and cover the pink.  I was imagining that I may get left with a lavender color, and that was a-okay.

Adventures in dyeing leather Adventures in dyeing leather
After about a million coats (but only one bottle of dye) it covered the pink!  I wish I had a picture of the cover up process, but apparently I forgot to snap one of those.  Whoops!

You can still see the pink peeking through in places, but I really don't mind it.  I'm happier than happy with the new color of this bag!  It suits me much better than the pink.

Adventures in dyeing leather
Have you ever dyed leather before?  How did your project turn out?  Next time I will be more careful with color selection so I don't have to work so long to get a decent result!






**You can find this purse right here and the dress right here.

19 comments:

  1. Cute! Do you have to worry about the dye rubbing off at all?

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    1. I know there is a finisher you can buy for the dye, but I haven't had any dye transfer from the purse so far.

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  2. I love how it turned out, and that dress is perfection!

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  3. I understand that you didn't like the pink! It was really the effort worth to change into this wonderful blue, the bag looks adorable, especially in combination with the super cute white dress <3

    xx from Germany, Rena

    International giveaway: Unpardonable fault and compensation
    www.dressedwithsoul.com

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  4. actually really love the little bit of pink showing through. and yes, this blue color is so much prettier than the pink. i also would like to know if you've had any problems with the color rubbing off?
    xo jac
    thesunshinedistrict.blogspot.com

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    1. I haven't had any problems with the dye rubbing off or transferring to clothes!

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  5. For some reason, I never even considered dyeing leather. Geeat idea! Love how your purse turned out.

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  6. this turned out great... i love the blue!
    i even think the little pink shining through makes it more special :)

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  7. The light blue color is like perfect and I actually like how that pink hue is peaking through just a little bit :).
    xx Belinda

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  8. Your bag looks so cute! That sucks you had to cover it, but it turned out great!

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  9. The purse turned out really cute. I've used rub n restore to dye a leather chair and a leather pad for an ottoman. It worked well. You can check out the projects and find more info on my blog. www.theprojectaddict.com

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  10. Very cute! I just dyed a pair of clogs, but the surface is still a little tacky to the touch. Did you put any sort of top coat on?

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  11. I love this color, it's so cute! x
    www.thoughtsinstyle.com

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  12. Is this bag real leather or faux? I've wanted to dye a bag for ages but everyone tell's me that they're no dye for faux leather that won't wear off... What type of dye did you use?

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  13. Loving it! That baby blue is adorable and very fresh! Nice choice! ;)
    xoxo
    Melodie
    http://www.sevenlivesandmore.com/

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  14. It turned out great! I love it!

    xoxo
    Taylor

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  15. This is so neat! I've never tried to dye leather, but I'm definitely going to now :)

    xo
    Amy
    http://artoftheheartblog.blogspot.com

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  16. That lace dress is so adorable!
    purelybeingher.blogspot.com

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