The shoes dried in a couple of hours. The shoes took a great polish and look great except…. When next to my black shoes they look slightly different, but not blue. Next time I will try a lighter colored dye. Still, a great result and I appreciate Justin giving me the courage to try it. I appreciate it. To dilute a color, pour the dye into another container and mix it with water, that will lighten it up and should give you a lighter blue next time.
Thanks for your support. I have a pair of shoes that is almost the same red color as the finished product you have in this article. Do you think it is possible to make them light enough to dye them a light tan?
You would have to really strip the leather of all its color and then find a tan dye, which might prove challenging. But like Brent said, give it a shot and see! Do you think that would be possible? Would I need to strip them down or would a darker shoe polish work over time? Thank you for posting this!
Any chance you did it again? Mr FitzPatrick your knowledge of shoes is amazing. Please continue sharing your knowledge and experiences with us..! Thank you for your kind words Miguel, I do very much appreciate it. I will be sure to reach out if ever in Miami!
Be well. Your email address will not be published. This blog was created to not only show the journey of one man who wanted to make the shoe industry the best it could be but also the share all of the knowledge gained along the way. Ultimately this blog is about seeing men wearing better shoes through education and sharing what is out there that deserves recognition.
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How to Dye Leather Shoes. Instead, I found a pair of lovely nude leather boots that I decided to dye navy. Step 2 — Dye The dye really, really stinks! The zip dyed pretty well! I used a permanent marker to colour in the zipper pull tab. Related Posts. November 10, October 21, Where to Buy Adaptive Clothing September 22, Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Leave this field empty. Leather contains fibers that you would have to work the shoe polish into.
And because of these leather fibers, you would want to work the shoe polish using different strokes and in different directions to be able to get a good and even coat.
The liquid shoe polish on the other hand will have a fairly good consistency to enable it to dye your leather. But you will have to apply it in a series of layers which will require some amount of waiting time for each layer to dry before proceeding to another layer application. Since this will require a substantial amount of drying time in-between each layer application, it will take hours to be able to get the leather to the level of darkness you would require.
Using shoe polish to dye leather will need you to use a lot of polish. This means you will need a lot of polish to be able to successfully change the color of your leather. On top of every thing, using shoe polish as dye can also be very messy.
Your fingers may get a little dirty black from the shoe polish. The good thing is most shoe polish washes off easily. Using shoe polish to dye leather will be particularly useful if you would like to give your leather some nice patina immediately.
The patina effect you will get when you use shoe polish to dye leather is simply amazing. If you do not want to go very crazy with dyeing your leather, using the shoe polish on your leather is going to put a tinge of your preferred shoe polish color on the leather.
Using shoe polish on leather will give your leather a nice texture. Natural leather as a material will come with different natural textures and using shoe polish to dye leather is going to add a bit of extra texture to your leather.
Using shoe polish to dye leather will also put a protective layer on the surface of your leather. This because most shoe polish, especially the ones that come in the form of paste will have its main ingredient being wax. Another great benefit of using shoe polish to dye leather is that the polish is going to help remove all scuffs and disguise all minor scratches on the surface of the leather.
Spoiler alert! This method will still require the use of leather dyes. This is how I personally do it and have found it to be quite effective. Step 2: Once this is done, I then use grit wet-dry sandpaper to sand the surface of the leather.
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