Fiebing's Leather Dye (4 Fl Oz, Mahogany) - Alcohol-Based, Penetrating, Permanent Dye for Shoes, Boots, Belts, Bags, Furniture - Includes Wool Dauber Applicator - Recolor & Restore Leathercraft

I made a big mistake. I asked my 9 year old son "If you could only get one thing for Christmas, what would it be?". I was expecting the answer to be "An Xbox 360" since he had been wanting one for a year. I already had one wrapped and under the tree, so I thought this was a safe question. Boy was I wrong! His answer flabbergasted me. "A teal baseball glove." A WHAT? Now, it is important to note that my son is a very good baseball player. His dad was a very good baseball player and has worked with him. He plays on a team and it is the one thing that he loves more than video games. I just wasn't expecting an answer like this in the middle of winter when he hadn't touched a baseball in months. I asked him why teal? There is a baseball video game. One of the players has a teal baseball glove. It is apparently awesome. So this began my search for a teal baseball glove. After searching high and low on the internet and in real life I discovered that teal baseball gloves do not exist. I found one that was manufactured several years ago, but it is no longer made and a very expensive collector's glove now. It also was teal & black. He wanted solid teal. So I found myself in a bad situation. I had asked a 9 year old what the one thing he would want for Christmas was and he had given me a very good answer. He asked for something simple. Something that would encourage him to play outside, with other kids. (He is shy and baseball has helped tremendously with that). So there was only one thing I could do. Dye one. I searched for info online and found a baseball glove collectors forum where they were discussing dyeing gloves for restoration purposes. They recommended Fiebings's Leather dye. I googled their website and found that they didn't have a teal dye, but they did have Turquoise and Aqua. The Aqua looked closer to teal on their color chart. I sent an email to their customer support and explained my project. A very friendly person emailed me back and we discussed my project and he recommended a stripping product to use before dyeing and a sealing product to use afterwards. Very helpful customer service. I got a very light colored glove from Play it Again Sports. This glove had the kid's name written on it 50 places with sharpie. I was skeptical about the dye covering it, but it worked amazingly. You cannot tell that there was ever anything written on it, and it looks like a brand new glove now. The dye was very easy to use. It took only about an hour to dye the whole glove, including using the stripper and getting into all the little nooks and crannies. I forgot to buy some gloves, and ended up getting quite a bit on my hands. Of course I was dying a baseball glove. If you were dying something flat you could probably do it without gloves. The bottle said that rubbing alcohol would take the dye off, but I didn't have any. It wore off in a few days. On Christmas morning my son was SO excited. He still believes in Santa, so I boxed it up and wrapped it with the same paper his gifts from me and dad were in. Then I put a note from Santa in his stocking explaining that when Santa told the elves what he wanted they didn't have any teal leather, so they couldn't make him one. So Santa had called me to see what else he might like and I had offered to dye one for him. Santa then explained that he had sent me one of his old gloves and the supplies to dye it and I had done him a huge favor by doing the work. I would definitely use this product again. It made Christmas morning an amazing experience!

If you go to Tandy's website you'll see stern warnings about not using this product to refinish leather furniture. It's a proper caution and I suspect Tandy got tired of dealing with angry customers ruining their furniture. That said, I had some pretty impressive results redoing my leather couch, but it may well be that I got lucky. My ten year old sofa was sun bleached, something I can't do a whole lot about. It also had an odd finish that wasn't analine nor any type of hard glaze. I suspect it was some type of latex coating, which in time faded to the natural light beige of the original leather. Making it even more difficult, I had used a refinishing product that was basically a latex coating that lasted barely a year before it flaked off. This dye is a true stain, not a coating. It will literally soak into the leather to color it. It also had the advantage of dissolving some of the existing latex finish that I couldn't remove so it blended in well with it. I applied it in small 16" square sections and worried initially that there would be streaks or marks where I started each block, but the dye penetrates very evenly thruout. I used a rolled up shop towel dabbing the dye on with the tip, using it like a mop and scrubbing it in horizontally and then vertically. It dries to the touch in about 15 minutes and you can sit on the leather in a few hours, but the dye solvent softens the leather which allows it to stretch so, so it's best to wait a day or so. The solvent also reacts to some types of foam making it expand some. I used a leather lotion after the dye dried. The reason for the warnings on Tandy's website is that you can not expect your efforts to result in a perfectly even color similar to when it was new. There are areas in the leather that will take up more or less stain than others so prepare to lower your expectations. I used one bottle of the tan with two bottles of Med Brown so it's a fairly dark shade which will minimize any unevenness in final color. Three bottles, or 12 ounces, was just enough to do the top and side of the seat cushions, the face of the back cushions, the front lower base and both arms of a 82" couch, but I didn't need to do the back and one side. Rubber gloves and plastic dropcloth is a must as this stuff is wickedly messy. Also be sure you have ventilation as the fumes are pretty strong. Best not to do it all in one day. So, if your leather is the type that absorbs water instead of beading it off, this would be a cheap experiment on the underside of one of the cushions to see if it would work for you. Use a dark shade similar to what you have and you may be surprised at how well it works. Just be prepared for an uneven color spread. Tell yourself it looks antique. For me it was a last resort before calling Goodwill and buying another sofa. Am very happy with how it turned out.

Product works AMAZING! I had ordered a leather sling for my farm shotgun and when it arrived it looked like it was dried out and there was light brown and spotty places in colors, some were pinkish some really really light brown so I put some leather care wax on it - didn't help at all. So I then ordered this in dark brown. I applied one coat following the directions, removed it following the directions and finished it off with a coat of leather protector as noted in the instructions. The sling came out beautiful! Ten times better than I thought it would have come out with only one coat! The sling feels like it has had life brought back to it, when I ordered it, it was "new" but man oh man she sure looked like she had been around for a while but this Leather dye fixed it up no issues! I love the color shade it produced as well, even was able to match my buttstock wrap. A little goes a long way on a sling so I have plenty left over for others in the future. I highly recommend this stuff. It was my first time dying leather and it came out better than I thought it would have. Gave the ole farm piece a new look! Thanks!

Color is of course a little bit subjective, but I'd consider this closer to blue than purple. If you know artist's colors this is like an ultramarine blue. Maybe a little more towards violet depending on what brand of paint you are comparing it to, but not a true purple in my opinion. It's is pretty dark straight from the bottle, but you can dilute it some with alcohol. Applies easily and dries quickly. They recommend buffing well with a clean cloth to remove any surface dye that might rub off, but I found that not a lot comes up, so I'm happy with how well it has absorbed. Good product, just be aware that the color is definitely on the blue side of purple (or the purple side of blue.)

I recently scored a pair of cherry-red British-made 8-eye DMs off a buddy of mine that they didn't fit. Worn in but in really good condition. I've never liked the bright-red color, and the old-school way of polishing over then with black takes a long time and still never gave me the color I wanted. I recently watched a YouTube video that showed using leather dye to achieve the desired deep, dark red 'oxblood' color and decided to try it myself. The whole process was rather easy. I prepped an area with newspapers and a couple old towels. I recommend doing this in a well-ventilated area as both the acetone and the dye have strong odors. You will want to do this somewhere non-carpeted as this dye is VERY permanent and you will not get it out of anything it touches. Gloves are a must too as I would imagine this stuff would dye your hands for days or weeks. I used masking tape to protect the yellow stitching, soles, and Air-Wair tags (as I mentioned the dye is VERY permanent, mask off anything you don't want dyed permanently dark red or whatever color you're using). I used 100% acetone and cotton balls to strip the original finish off. I used the included dabber to wipe on a layer of the oxblood dye on both boots on all the leather surfaces including the tongue. The dye seems to initially dry very quickly but I let them dry overnite and did a second layer the following evening. After adding a layer of the resolene sealer, the boots took on a nice sheen without being too shiny. I would imagine you could pilishband buff these to whatever level of shine you desire. They went from that fire-engine cherry-red to a really deep, dark oxblood. They already look great but I think that after polishing a little black into the creases these boots will have a really smart 'vintage' look to them. It also helped mask some toe-scuffs very well. I would imagine that black dye on black boots applied the same way would make them look damn-near brand-new. I have a pair of black 8-eyes that I may try it on. Very pleased with the results and would totally recommend this dye for refinishing your boots or giving them a makeover.

works great. I have a pair of old Florsheim shoes that needed a facelift. This product did a great job.

**UPDATE** In my original review, I say that you don't need a Deglazer or a sealant. I was using the purse in the winter months, so it never rubbed off on anything. I put it in the closet now, and this week, I took it out in the rain for the first time. I am also having it over my bare shoulders for the first time. When I sweat, the dye gets on my skin. Also, whenever the leather cracks, I can still see the red underneath. I also keep noticing tiny red spots I missed. It's not entirely necessary to buy all 3 products, but it will most definitaly give you the best, most professional-looking results. I now plan on buying the sealant to prevent the dye from rubbing off when it gets moist. ***** A few months ago, I found a red Kate Spade purse at a thrift store that had very faded and discolored red leather, but other than that, it was structurally in great condition. I decided I would save it by dying it black. The Fiebings Leather Dye package claims that before you dye leather, you should buy their Deglazer product to strip the previous dye or color off. Once I read that, I held off for about two months while I waited to have the extra cash to spend on the Deglazer product. I finally decided that I would just go ahead and see how well the black dyed the red leather. I decided that in the worse case scenario, it looks terrible and I can buy the deglazer product to remove it all over again. I cleaned the area with leather wipes (Available in most automotive sections.) and began dying it...and it worked great! Keep in mind that there is a huge possibility that this stuff is going to drip...Everywhere. My hands are black. My desk is still black even after using a Magic Eraser. Be careful when you are dying. Keep in mind that a little dye goes a long way. I had to put tape over top of the purse sections I did not want getting dyed. Thankfully, when it got on the Kate Spade metal plaque, it came off with some brass cleaner. I also used a very small and thin paint brush to reach the little nooks and crannies that the applicator could not reach. I have added a couple photos to this review. One of the finished product, and the second photo is of the inside zipper so you can see what color red the bag originally was. This was my first time ever dying leather, and I will continue to do this for the rest of my life. I can't tell you how many times I have seen once-expensive leather couches and chairs at yard sales and thrift stores where the color has been faded. Looking back, all it needed was a new coat of leather dye, and it is good as new. This one purse used probably 1/3 of the bottle, so there is still plenty left for me to keep around in case I need to dye anything else. I will be re-purchasing Fiebings brand in the future if I ever need any other colors. I highly recommend it.

It's an amazing product as we all know it, but the customer service at this store is top notch

Used for my leather purse. Didn’t do the job. Kept rubbing off overtime

I used this dye to spruce up a pair of ageing but comfortable and favourite shoes. I cleaned them first with some alcohol to remove as much of the previous polish and finish as possible. I then used a half-inch soft paintbrush and worked quickly and evenly across both ways. I let them dry and gave them a second coat. I achieved a very satisfactory even colour. Once dry (well, the next day, although I don’t suppose it would actually be necessary to wait that long) I gave them a polish with oxblood shoe polish and they came up nicely. I haven’t noticed any dye transfer onto anything else. This stuff also seems to go a long way. I only used 3 or 4 brush-fulls from the bottle to do a pair of shoes. All-in-all I’m pretty chuffed with this dye, having breathed a new lease of life into a comfy pair of shoes.

Top Service und das Produkt wie beschrieben einfach super 👍

Très bon produit et très facile d'utilisation. J'ai reteinte une paire de chaussures, j'ai passé 2 couches et le résultat est parfait.

it worked