Can you change color of real leather boots?
Mrs Rice asked:
I bought this really nice pair of Wolverine boots. I really wanted black but all they had was a rust color.
Is there anyway to stain them black without losing the quality?
I bought this really nice pair of Wolverine boots. I really wanted black but all they had was a rust color.
Is there anyway to stain them black without losing the quality?
February 10th, 2010 at 3:25 am
no seriously they sound like a very nice pair of boots just leave them as they are if you start messin about with them you will only end up wrecking them and you will be so mad at yourself
February 10th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
it’s too late, the dye is added to the leather in the tanning process. anything you put on now will bleed on everything it touches, your hands, clothing, carpets. It will need to be applied regularly, if infact it will be absorbed in to the leather. I once had a customer who wanted some beige leather shoes dyed navy blue for a wedding. there were two different leathers used and only the toes turned out dark blue. After the wedding she had Smurf feet until she grew new skin.
Take them back and order a pair in black.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
This will depend on the type of leather you have but it is possible to colour them black. If they absorb moisture easily then you can use aniline dyes to soak into the leather and this will not come off on anything as it is sealed in.
If you want a pigment coating then BRIT colours will colour over either aniline or pigment leathers and can then be finished and again should not come off.
Leathers is unfortunately wrong and I don’t know what products he used but they were not the right ones.