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Old 12-16-2018, 05:50 PM
jimmontg jimmontg is offline
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Lightbulb I use alcohol exclusively to clean my leather now Carl.

I get the 93% rubbing alcohol at Walmart for a buck. Works good and it can be used to thin my dyes too. I only use Fiebings Pro dye which is an oil dye in an alcohol carrier. I used lacquer thinner to clean or deglaze before and I noticed it was a different color when I dyed it. It harmed the surface a little and it absorbed dye at a different rate, so I stopped using it.

Saw some guy on YouTube promoting using bleach to lighten dark or dyed leather. I commented that letting bleach, an oxidizer into the leather was a sure way to break down the fibers. Bleach on what used to be skin is too harsh and he came back and said he did notice it made the leather "kind of unravel a little bit at the edges." LOL
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