Five Star Leather Jackets

[navetsea]

I don't think top coat pigment will resurface. I once acetone my belt around the darkened area near the buckle, the spot turned pale instantly but later gain back its color, but the belt is natural and the color is just oil in the leather, same thing might happen with aniline dye perhaps since they can move around with the oil , but not with pigmented top coat I feel, once scraped or wiped off then it's off.

 

[PilotJens]

I know but I sanded the russet steer and brown will resurfaces with conditioner .I think the hide has a slight soluble pigment in it because the backside is also russet . Maybe something like a cheaper variant of a semi aniline style finish ? A bit of soluble dye while tanning and a russet top coat to finish it up?

 

[PilotJens]

I think a certain amount of dye will be absorbed if thin enough .


I hope Shawn didn't stich the Jacket himself.
Or showed the people making the jacket pictures

 

[Marc mndt]

I hope Shawn didn't stich the Jacket himself.
Or showed the people making the jacket pictures

I don't think they'd care. They probably made a month salary by making this jacket.

 

[ton312]

I hit it with sand paper last night. I used 800 grit as the 1k wasn’t enough. Today last wipe down with acetone. Cordovan dye arrives on Wednesday. Hopefully by next weekend the saga has concluded. I don’t think there is any going back after the alcohol dye. It is what it is after that, for better or worse.

 

[Marc mndt]

If the alcohol dye doesn't yield the result you are looking for, you could try burying it in your backyard. Dig it up a year from now and see whether it has gained any interesting patina

 

[ton312]

If I blow it up I will send it to @PilotJens to experiment on.

 

[ton312]

Conditioner or the sheen sealant could yield a nice result.

 

[ton312]

I wonder if I seal it now if it will actually look closer to the jacket it replicates?

 

[Marc mndt]

I wonder if I seal it now if it will actually look closer to the jacket it replicates?
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I vote goes to 'seal now'

 

[ton312]

I vote goes to 'seal now'

Done. Not sure I’ll keep it this way (I have plenty of acetone to revert and dye). I do kind of like it though. I almost wonder if I coffee dyed it I could reduce the contrast without obliterating it completely. This is just one coat of conditioner:

 

[roadking04]

Thanks for doing an in-depth report on this process. It has been great to follow along.

 

[ton312]

Thanks for doing an in-depth report on this process. It has been great to follow along.

Might stretch out another 3 pages. LOL

 

[Marc mndt]

Done. Not sure I’ll keep it this way (I have plenty of acetone to revert and dye). I do kind of like it though. I almost wonder if I coffee dyed it I could reduce the contrast without obliterating it completely. This is just one coat of conditioner:

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Add a RRL label to it and it will fetch 2k on eBay.

 

[ton312]

Add a RRL label to it and it will fetch 2k on eBay.

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Was just thinking it looks almost identical to that jacket, which I posted on the first page of this thread. LOL. Talk about full circle. I’ll leave it this way for now and maybe dye down the line when/if this faux finish annoys me. Either way feels better than the original dog turd brown.

 

[PilotJens]

Didn't Terry Mitchell provide measurements and pics ? Remove the label and try to sell it to him as a vintage jacket, say you found out that it has been relined .
I wonder if he would buy the fraud lol.
Not trying to scam him .Just for the laugh

 

[ton312]

Didn't Terry Mitchell provide measurements and pics ? Remove the label and try to sell it to him as a vintage jacket, say you found on that has been relined .
I wonder if he would buy the fraud lol.
Not trying to scam him .Just for the laugh

LOL. Terry wouldn’t touch this thing with a ten foot pole. I’m debating on trying to soften the contrast with something less intrusive than dye. Maybe OB’s boot preservative. It’s fully dry now and sealed and it’s quite a bit lighter than even this am.

 

[PilotJens]

I once dyed a jacket with instant coffee grounds mixed with oil lol.
That smelly pigskin jacket was my first leather jacket and it didn't wanted to stop smelling like a pigs @nus .
So I mixed Instand coffee grounds with olive oil and rubbed it in .It covered up the smell and dyed it well coffee grounds brown .
I have also done it to a very cheap polyurethane split leather boot which was "smooth leather" .It got a bit sticky .

 

[PilotJens]

The patina on the original jacket looks exactly like my pair of russet boots that got the mahagonie dye treatment from me .I post pics later

 

[jonesy86]

Chocolate milk colored jacket anyone?


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