DYE COLORS

[scrooge]

Can some one give me some dye names. An some basic colors to use. I know leather dye. The makers of them an where to get them easily. thanks in advance.

 

[aldecaker]

Check Vermont Freehand's website. I believe they carry several colors of Fiebing's leather dye.

 

[drwatson]

If you have a hobby store or a shoe repair shop where you live they should carry them.

 

[clickklick]

Vermont freehand.

 

[gloucesterman]

Ebay or factory direct from Fiebing's (on line) Factory direct all colors are available but they charge full retail ( about $8 a bottle + shipping)

 

[georged]

No need to look further. The guy who runs this operation has "customer service & satisfaction obsessive-complusive disorder", and seemingly endless energy. I guarantee you will be delighted if you deal with him:
http://vermontfreehand.com/finishing/

 

[danielplainview]

Fiebings is the only way to go.

 

[scrooge]

Well all of the best pipe makers an restorers chimed in on this one. So its a no brainer. Fiebings at Vermont freehand it is. BUT! which do you prefer, already mixed or mix your self? More color options with mix yourself. Thank You Gentleman!!!!

 

[zack24]

Get the already mixed....once you master that, move on to the powdered....

 

[Waning Embers]

I use the mixed. Colors I have used with great results.
USMC Black

Ox Blood

Mahogany

Light Brown

Medium Brown

Dark Blue

 

[gloucesterman]

+1 on the above, except the blue. I've never used that color. Chasingembers do you use it for blending or as a straight color?

 

[ejames]

http://www.shellac.net/PLBEaniline.html
http://woodworker.com/alcohol-soluble-brt-yellow-golden-oak-aniline-dye-mssu-845-541.asp

Color chart for the Mozers dyes--

http://woodworker.com/pdf/clrchartalc.pdf

Those colors will look different on briar. I really like the Oak and Walnuts colors.
Steve Norse used to sell a 44 color stain kit--powders mixed with alcohol to make 2-4oz of each color. They were all I used ( and still use) until recently when I started buying some of the Feibings dyes.

 

[danielplainview]

@ ejames
Did you use the dye mix or Fiebings on the last pipe you made? The coloring on that pipe is great.

 

[ejames]

Did you use the dye mix or Fiebings on the last pipe you made? The coloring on that pipe is great.

Dave,I used both. The shank was stained with the powder--bright yellow Golden Oak, the bowl was stained with Fiebing Med. Brown.

If y'all are wondering about that big ass button--that's the way the guy it was made for likes them !

 

[aldecaker]

@ejames- I have a similarly shaped/sized billiard as that one, and I almost didn't buy it because of the big-ass button. Oddly, it works wonderfully on that particular pipe. Wierd, huh?

 

[Waning Embers]

Chasingembers do you use it for blending or as a straight color?

http://pipesmagazine.com/members/chasingembers/album/picture/15414

 

[foolwiththefez]

chasingembers, that is one gorgeous pipe. I really like the blue color and I love the shaping on the stem. Did you make that or is it a refurbish?

 

[danielplainview]

That's a really beaut Ed. I love that double banded stem work.

 

[Waning Embers]

Did you make that or is it a refurbish?

One of my first. Made that one for my wife, and the only requirement she gave me was that it had to be blue. Went with USMC Black for the grain before applying the blue. Really an interesting color to work with.

 

[ejames]

@ejames- I have a similarly shaped/sized billiard as that one, and I almost didn't buy it because of the big-ass button. Oddly, it works wonderfully on that particular pipe. Wierd, huh?

The guy that pipe was made for is 79 years old and has been smoking a pipe for almost 60 years. I've made four pipes for him, all straight billiards with large buttons--and-- a slight bend in the stems. The stem in this pipe was bent after I took that picture. He says that the combination of the large button and the bend make it easier for him to clench with his dentures. He wants more pipes.
Before I quit doing refurbs he would send me pipes ( straight billiards) to have new acrylic stems fitted and slightly bent.