YouTube video by Weaver Leather comparing Fiebing’s Leather Dye, Pro Dye, and LeatherColors
- dyeing rectangles of leather with a few colors of each product
- avoid cross-contaminating dyes
- pours the entire bottle into a tub, dip dyes, and uses funnel to put back in original bottles
- more than 3 hours to dry
- Pro Dye and Leather Dye dried faster
- still waiting for brown LeatherColors to dry, but other colors have dried
- consistency: “everything looks good!”
- color:
- overall good
- Leather Dye: hard to tell the difference between dark brown, medium brown, and black
- stiffness:
- Pro Dye feels roughly like before dying, just a little stiffer
- Leather Dye: “just about stiff as a board”
- LeatherColors:
- black very stiff
- tan: still flexible
- red: still flexible
- depth of coloring
- round hole punch into each swatch
- concern: scratches revealing undyed color
- cuts with a Stanley knife
- Leather Dye: best
- Pro Dye: not bad
- LeatherColors: shallow
- top coats
- Leather Balm
- expect to darken a little bit
- coat and buff
- Pro Dye: like the effect on color
- Leather Dye: dark and medium brown seem to resist absorbing
- LeatherColors: struggle to buff top coat
- favorite remains Pro Dye