I've had this "antique cow" LC for a good few years, love it, but it's always been slightly light and slightly grey my eyes.
Now, I know that the original jacket is not quite as reddy as many of the images make it seem, as they have been graded warm, but you know how you minds eye gets skewed.
So, I finally hit it with some Eco Flo tan and went over the distressed areas again with tha scotch brite, and I'm quite pleased with the result. The Eco flo is worth a play with.
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Eco Flo on an LC
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
Wow, what an effect!
Not familiar with EcoFlo, what is it?
Not familiar with EcoFlo, what is it?
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
That's gorgeous!!!
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
EcoFlo is a leather dye. Interestingly the product page I looked at statesIndianaJustin wrote:Not familiar with EcoFlo, what is it?
KT sure got a great result.None of the products we sell are recommended for touching up, refinishing or redyeing leather. They are sold to dye natural vegetable tanned leather to the color desired.
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
both look amazing either way!
Beautiful jacket
Beautiful jacket
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
That looks awesome!
I love the before AND after pics.
I love the before AND after pics.
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
Nice result,a rebirth jacket !
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Re: Eco Flo on an LC
That's a fantastic result. Well done.
Have a few questions for you:
- So I am curious, when you had finished dying it had all the original distressing completely disappeared/ been covered by the dye or did some of it still show through?
- And when you went over the distressing again do you mean with sandpaper or rubbing alcohol acetone?
- Did you use a specific technique to apply the dye?
- Any tips or pitfalls to know about when dying a jacket this way?
Ken
Have a few questions for you:
- So I am curious, when you had finished dying it had all the original distressing completely disappeared/ been covered by the dye or did some of it still show through?
- And when you went over the distressing again do you mean with sandpaper or rubbing alcohol acetone?
- Did you use a specific technique to apply the dye?
- Any tips or pitfalls to know about when dying a jacket this way?
Ken