Fantastic! Your bag looks amazing. I have a bag that would possibly be a candidate ...
Two questions: is it leather dye you used or ordinary dye? And how does the leather feel? Does it still feel like Bal leather?
Please send an update some time to see how it all holds up. Hope this dye doesn't fade!
Thank you,
glossie!
drati, what bag are you thinking of dyeing?
If you read the entire first post (I know that it is very long though - and I apologize), I used TARRAGO Leather Dye #18 (Black) for the job. It is leather dye...not sure if it is just regular dye too, but this dye looks like it was special for leathers. Shoes and stuff.
Right after the process of dyeing - the leather felt a tiny bit sticky. Almost like it wasn't completely dry. (You have to wait at least 20 hours between the coats. I did two coats). But as you start to use it, it becomes like normal
but better again. And I noticed that with each use, the bag begun to feel better and better.
Also (and I was afraid to do this at first), I moisturized with AG conditioner about what like...3 days after or 4 days after the completed process. First a thin coat to test it out. And BAMM! It was all smooth and smooshy again. So I put a better coat on. And I'd really hate to say this, but the shape that MY bag was in (since it was all flaky?!) was pretty unfavorable. So after the dye job it was 100x better.
I think that if you're bag has nice leather, it is just faded, that after the process and using some conditioner - it would be back to normal. I actually think this process would work well with bags that weren't as bad as mine. Meaning a normal/nice feeling bag that has the color that is just faded. My bag looked like dandruff in some areas.
My bag is holding up just fine now. Better than fine. The dye stays, there is no peeling or any ugly marks of any sort.
Maybe you should try dyeing a tassel first to see if you like the outcome?
HTH.