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Understand the Basics of Leather Working
Tooling Your Leather Work
Understand What Leather Works Best for Leather Working
Learn What General Tools You Need for Leather Working
Casing Your Leather Work
Understand Why You Should Case Your Leather Work
Avoid Over Casing Your Leather Work
Understand the Basic Approach to Leather Working
Understand the Kits & Stretching of Leather Working
Learn What Tool Sets are Best for Leather Working
How to Use a Single-Action Tool on Leather Working
Learn About Angling in Leather Working
Understand the Difference Between Decorative & Textured Leather Working
Learn What a Camo Stamp is in Leather Working
How to Use the Veiner Tool in Leather Working
How to Use the Seeder Tool in Leather Working
How to Use the Backgrounder Tool in Leather Working
How to Utilize Letters in Leather Working
Learn How to Use Letters Properly in Leather Working
How to Use Basket Tools in Leather Working
How to Use Double Action Tools in Leather Working
Understand the Effect of Double Action Tools on Leather Working
How to Use Beveler Tools in Leather Working
How to Use Smaller Beveler Tools in Leather Working
How to Use Pear Shader Tools in Leather Working
Understand the Three Schools of Thought of Leather Working
How to Use Knives in Leather Working
How to Use a Knife Sharpener for Your Leather Work
How to Use Swivel Knife Sharpening for Your Leather Work
How to Achieve Proper Cuts in Leather Working
Understand How a Swivel Knife Affects Leather Working
How to Achieve Different Cuts in Leather Working
How to Utilize the Layering Technique in Leather Working
How to Utilize Layering & Detailing in Leather Working
How to Use the Stylus in Leather Working
Understand How the Veiner Tool Works in Leather Working
How to Utilize Coaster-Shaped Leather
How to Add Details to Your Leather Coaster
How to Add Texture to Your Leather Coaster
How to Add Minor Details to Your Leather Coaster
How to Add Definition to Your Leather Coaster
Learn About Leather Working Finishes
Learn About Dying Leather Work
Learn About Dye Buffing Leather Work
Learn About Carnauba Crème for Leather Work
Learn About Creme Polishing for Leather Work
Learn About Stains that Form on Leather Work
How to Remove Stains From Leather Work
Learn About Creme Finishing Leather Work
Learn About Adding Color to Leather Work
How to Buff Colored Paint to Leather Working
How to Use a Hole Punch Kit on Leather Working
How to Use a Rotating Hole-Punch Kit on Leather Working
Add Final Polishing to Leather Work
How to Wrap Up Your Leather Work
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Summary: An important element to leather working is learning about dyes and how they work. Learn how to practice and achieve the right look with this small sample in this free video series.
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"Ok so one of the simplest things you can do is use a dye. Here is a little jar of the dye and again this comes in different colors. Be careful not to get this on you, this is about as bad as food coloring is in terms of if you get it on your skin it will be on there for several days. But one way to put it on is you just kind of put it on one of these sort of absorbent, its kind of a fake sheep skin, kind of a cloth and it will hold this dye and you kind of put some on there and just sort of evenly kind of brush it across the surface of the leather and you can see that its getting the leather wet but its actually dying the leather as well and so we're going to kind of put that on and were going to let that dry and you will see when its dry that now that leather has a different color to it. You want to kind of wait for that leather to dry before you do the next step. These leather dyes can also be applied with a little paint brush to like more detailed areas So for example, lets say we were working on something like this and lets say you wanted the inside of maybe one of these letters colored in if you're really good with a brush you could bring this brush in and maybe really carefully kind of go up against the edges of something that?s already been tooled and you know once this is dried and polished out it looks really nice because you have two different colors of leather that are separated well not just by the color but by kind of the stamping and the beveling and kind of the 3 dimensional aspect of that leather."
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