Tutorial: How to dye leather shoes & handbags
My tutorial on how to dye fabric shoes is one of my most popular posts, and lots of people have used it. I thought you might also appreciate a tutorial on how to colour leather shoes, because that can also be done. Technically you aren’t dyeing leather: you are staining it, and this is infinitely more awesome than dyeing, because it means that you can colour almost any colour leather shoe to almost any other colour. A black shoe can become pale blue, a green shoe can become pink, etc. You can also use this tutorial to dye leather handbags, and to refresh leather goods that have become a bit worn with time. What you’ll need: TRG the One Colour Dye & Preparer Leather (but NOT suede or patent leather), synthetic leather or canvas shoes or handbag. Newspaper to protect your work surface A Green Scrubby or other slightly abrasive cleaning pad Gloves (optional, but a good idea) Today, to show you how to do it, I’ll be dyeing/staining a pair of chestnut brown …