[CR]Nix to leather dye coming off

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:49:26 -0800
From: "Dennis Young" <mail@woodworkingboy.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <tsan7759142@attbi.com>
In-Reply-To: <CATFOODupyOwgyv5yiv00000c20@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Nix to leather dye coming off

The last time I bought leather dye for a saddle, I also purchased a fixer solution that you apply before the dye to keep it from coming off. So far, my butt hasn't turned blue.

Dennis Young Lots of red butt monkeys in Hotaka, Japan


> As my McLean project nears completion, I'm pretty much down to the =
> handlebars and brake levers and bar end shifters to redo and then =
> assemble it. I have hit a snag. The bars are encased in a leather =
> that has turned a nasty blotchy brown but otherwise seems worth saving. =
> I think I will have to dye it black. Friends say that the dye will =
> forever come off on my hands if I do. Does anyone have a recommendation =
> as to what to use to dye it with that will avoid this as much as =
> possible? In a worse case scenario I can just cut it off and wrap the =
> bar, but I'd rather save it if possible.
> Thanks to all,
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi