Someone showed me this curious case:
To color the roses, he first put down a layer of white acrylic paint and then did the lilac color in waterbased dye over the white. he then sealed it with two coats of SuperSheen and then hit the whole belt with Tan Antique Gel. The lilac color instantly turned to yellow - luckily a rich golden yellow and the belt looked fine afterwards.
But it was not his intended result. I was able to test the same on his test rose that you see lying next to the belt. (The pic on the right was what he used to color the roses from.)
I put Tan Gel antique on the upper tip of the rose and as you can see, that turned yellow. Then I put Dark Brown Antique gel over the middle section and it had now effect on the lilac color at all.
Any suggestions?
3 comments:
I've had the EcoFlo Hilighters and Antique Gels both "melt" under and over Super Sheen. I try to use Block Out to resist and top coat with either Kiwi wax shoe polish or TanKote.
Greg, I like to spray the SuperSheen from the spraycan over the waterbased dyes and finishes to seal in the first layer without any smearing. Then, if I want more layers, or I want to do SatinSheen, I just use a dauber over the first layer of SuperSheen.
Ive had the same happen to me on various projects that have left me quite frustrated and angered at the product. I have found that basically since the ecoflo dyes are water based, wet or dry, no matter how long, if you introduce a liquid to them they run or melt. Try an oil or spirit based sealer or wax and it quickly solves that problem. Just remember with that is that, again, if you used the water based dyes to color your leather, the spirit or oil based sealer WILL smear, melt, blotch and remove the dye that you have already put down. I end up just tossing all the ecoflo stuff right out and stick to fiebings.
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