Yeah, I have them. I just thought - I'll be really careful. It isn't that big. I won't need the glove.
Until it bled through the swab. Now I am a purplish brown color.
I was able to get the single punch from the St Paul store this afternoon.
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| Author: | hypertech [ Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:19 pm ] |
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Yeah, I have them. I just thought - I'll be really careful. It isn't that big. I won't need the glove. Until it bled through the swab. Now I am a purplish brown color.
I was able to get the single punch from the St Paul store this afternoon. |
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| Author: | Srigs [ Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:00 am ] |
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hypertech wrote: OK - so the Tandy guys did a really good job separating me from my money. I am also now dyed dark mohogany  . For some dumb reason I didn't think the dye would soak through the little sheepskin swab the guy suggested I use. I have to figure that out - it left fuzz all over everything.So how many weeks is my hand gonna look funny? About a week!  I told you 
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| Author: | plblark [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:25 pm ] |
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Harbor Freight just recently had them on sale IIRC. you can borrow 10 or so from me if you don't want to buy a whole box. (that's how I got started  )
I have a shirt, a light switch, and both hands along with a smudge on my cheek that were black for some length of time after my first attempt. The light switch and shirt were permanent. |
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| Author: | princewally [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:22 pm ] |
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hammAR wrote: Wet wool pants weigh a ton and you will walk around smelling like a sheep all day. There are parts of the country that this could be a bad thing to do..  . But you wouldn't be lonely.
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| Author: | hypertech [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:52 pm ] |
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It turns out that you can get most of it off with a lot of acetone and a lot of soap. Its all gone now. |
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| Author: | tullibee [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:03 am ] |
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I picked up a 12-pack of foam brushes at Wal-Mart for $1... it's got 4 or 5 small 1" wide brushes that seem to work really well for applying the dye. I tried out the Eco-Flow stuff last night - seemed to do a decent job, but there were a couple spots that I will probably re-coat tonight. I LIKE the water based aspects of this - made clean up really easy!!! As long as the dye job doesn't react with sweat in the pocket and turn my leg black!!! |
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| Author: | plblark [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:04 am ] |
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That's what the sealant is for
I've gotten away with a couple single coat dye jobs but there's generally some spot that's either too thin or too purplish or whatever. two coats makes it much more even in my experience. YMMV. |
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| Author: | Srigs [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:30 pm ] |
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I generally dip my holsters completely in dye but it take a lot of dye to do it. You will want 2 to 3 coats of sealant to protect. Black does bleed more than some colors I have found. We need pictures of the finished products!!! 
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| Author: | tullibee [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:43 am ] |
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looked like it covered well. hopefully I can get finish coats applied the next couple nights with similar results! I'm happy with how it's looking so far - only change I would make to a re-do would be to extend the upper cover slightly wider so that it would cover the edge of the belt clip more. As is, it is partly exposed and I suspect it may be a lint catcher. |
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