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Can somebody tell me a good place to order stains from??? :thumb:


Matt

Here's where I get mine:

http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/searc ... 0dye&ov=13

Scroll down to the Alcohol soluble stuff.

RAd

http://www.aleathersource.com/Dyes.htm

I wont use anything but.

Hi Matt,

Please disregard my previous post.

Apparently I'm using the wrong stains.

Rad

I'm using the same stuff that Rad is using, but I have heard really good things about the leather dyes, and they are on my list of things to try.

RadDavis wrote:Please disregard my previous post.

Apparently I'm using the wrong stains.

Rad, no offense meant. All I said was that *I* won't use anything else. You should use whatever you find gives *you* the best results.

Making pipes s like Unix administration - there are 142 different methods for arriving at the exact same result. And none of them are wrong.

Matt, to add to the above, I recommend you try several different types and brands of stains to see which ones work best for you and give you the finish you want.

KurtHuhn wrote:http://www.aleathersource.com/Dyes.htm

I wont use anything but.

This is the 3rd or 4th time they have been mentioned on here. I just checked them out yesterday only to find out that they are local for me! Woohoo! :thumb:

To respond to Kurt's mention of UNIX administration. I no longer stain my pipes myself...I have written a nice little shell script to do it for me. 8O

So, do I want to use the leather stains on that site or the leather dyes, or what???


El Pastor

I use the "Leather Dye" - that first big block of dyes up at the top of the page. There are, almost literally, more colors than you need.

I have good luck buying the Fiebing Leather Dyes on Ebay. Just do a search using the word -- Fiebing.

I use the Fieblings as well. What is nice is that the color is consistant as it is already pre mixed. I use Lt. Brown, Med. Brown, Dark Brown, and Buckskin the most.

Thanks all. This has been a great help. I'm on my way.