Your dye and finish videos are actually really relevant to my interests as I'm an orthopedic shoemaker and out of the three workplaces I've been employed at over the years only my current one cares about aesthetic. The horrors I have seen at my first workplace... Yes, we did take off finish and pigment with acetone but redyed with what was basically latex based sole finishing liquid, absolutely disgusting looking. Recently your burnishing tutorial helped me to put a really nice touch on one of my favorite pairs that I have ever created for a customer, so thank you for that as well!
I often think of ways that I can joke about your process Preston but then you completely nail it. If anyone ever doubts anything that you do within our sartorial community. You are proven and accepted as a master. Thank you and best regards to you and your family. Success is at your hand!
Thanks for the tutorial, I just finished dying my very light tan suede shoes into a warm chocolate brown and they came out perfectly. The heads up on making sure we have enough dye was critical when ordering as I did need some of the second bottle to complete the job. Cheers!
what color dye did you buy to "chocolate" color? I checked saphir website and Amazon and there is only Light, Medium, and Dark Brown then mahogany and Havana. Was it Medium that comes out as chocolate-y? The video doesn't mention which specific color dye.
This is just what I needed! I found some gorgeous suede shoes at a thrift store that where in incredibly good condition and I just couldn’t pass them up, even though I’m not the biggest fan of the color (a light tan). I figured, why not just dye them myself? This video was so helpful and calming. I feel really confident now in being able to dye my shoes. ☺️
@@michaelnichols8757 It can dye the soles and welts if they're leather, so it's best to mask them off with tape like he did the interior of the upper. And it very well might dye the metal, depending on the type of dye (a lot of artists use alcohol-based inks on metal). If you're at all concerned about keeping the metal pristine, or if the metal has scratches or other signs of wear where dye could get trapped, you can always apply a bit of wax to them, or paint on some artist's masking fluid, aka frisket (a latex-based masking material that is easily and fairly cheaply found online or at art stores). It'll rub off easily with a finger or a rubber eraser once you're done. (I would NOT advise using frisket on the welt or sole, though, as it might settle into the stitches or iron marks and be a pain in the butt to remove).
This is awesome. There are a few suede shoes I found that I love everything but the color and now i can just customize it by dyeing it myself. Thanks for sharing this video, and your knowledge
Look at us. All dressed up and nowhere to go. Watching this video during a 2 hour break in lockdown and standing in a queue to get groceries. Keep uploading such fine videos to keep up our morale.
Sometimes I dress like I used to when I was going to work before the pandemic, just to feel normal. In those days I have higher productivity. My wife does the same and we dressed up just to go to the grocery’s store! I miss the days of walking along the shore and long dinner’s with friends and family. I regain courage thinking in those families that had losses for this horrible disease.
Thank you! This was a very helpful and encouraging video, since this was my first time dying a pair of shoes. I would add the you should ensure good ventilation and make sure to finish the process with a protective suede spray.
Beautiful! Again, I just luv ur work. Such a passion for ur profession. There r NOT many that I know of who carry that trait. Keep up the great work, and thank u for sharing!
I recently managed to find a pair of these in NOS condition and could love them more! I’ve always been nervous about wearing suede because I was concerned it wasn’t as durable as calf skin. Over the last couple of months, I’ve learned that isn’t necessarily the case with proper care. This isn’t at all different from calfskin, which benefits from some attention as well. Great video!
Preston, I left a pair of Loake suede shoes in my porch and the sun has bleached the mid green colour. I am going to follow your advice and recolour them. Thanks for the advice.
Great video, there’s a pair of Thursday’ boots that don’t come in the colour I want. I’ll give this a shot. Side note I think they play this music in my local floatation room lol. Brings back memories 😊
Very cool project for my new Strand sneakers I just got. I'm loving them more every day, they are very comfortable and a nice break for wearing leather shoes every day, but the bright orangy turmeric is really starting to hurt my eyes, so I think I'm going with the dark chocolate or maybe a plum color. I'll see what I decide in the end. Wish me luck.
How would you handle not newly bought suede shoes? I got an 3 year old pair I want to dye but I am unsure what I should do as preprocess? Renomat? Saddle soap? Suede cleaner? Aceton? Please help!
Awesome! Suede looks great when its dyed and those shoes look fab they'll last for yrs to come and maybe all you need do is get them se-soled. Animal hides how much they suffer so we can encase our feet with their skins still, there's something their hides have over artificial stuff they make cheap shoes with and,its just what you showed in your vid. Well done your shoes look prime.
Good video. I'm pretty sure the dauber they included is wool rather than cotton. If you want more of a neutral brown rather than a reddish brown, you could add some black or dye to the brown.
You are the best! I have an olive pair of suede To Boot NY boots that I bought almost 20 years ago that I spilled bleach on and couldn’t find olive dye. Mixing yellow and black? Genius!! Thanks!
Preston, l really love your videos and the magic you do with shoes. Your videos are such a therapy to me, I enjoy them very much. Nevertheless, this is the first time I have to tell you that you messed up with the last dying suede shoe, it got darker than the first one, must be due to the different types of ink you used. I don't know, but in my opinion, it looks darker. Maybe if you wait a month or so, and then re-dye them together using the same ink in both, maybe you can get an even color in both.
What a fantastic transformation! You did a great job on the shoes as well as with the shooting and editing of the video. You mentioned olive green dye and that you can achieve this through mixing black and green dyes. Would you be willing to tell me a bit more about that? I have a suede pair of shoes that I’d really like to dye olive green, but I’m not sure how to achieve the right color. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
I used a waterproofing spray on a pair of suede shoes that I'd now like to dye a darker color. I assume the waterproofing might prevent the dye from adhering properly. Any tips?
HI, PRESTON!!! YAAAAAÀASS!!! Those are beautiful shoes! I do love those chocolate Strands!!! Hey, Preston and Juana...I WALKED! 😂 On my prosthetics proofs! I get MY legs on Monday, if all goes well! It's been a long year losing both legs since March 2019. Just wanted to give you an update! I'll have a Lady's version of nice shoes one day. 🎩 💋Baby Z!
I'm so jealous, I took a look but they only had narrow widths left! 150 is such a steal 👍 Edit: Just finished the video, great job! It's funny, I've been looking for a pair in the honey color that these were originally, and I do have a pair of loafers in the chocolate brown that you dyed these to. 😂
Preston, maybe you can do a dye tutorial from chocolate, or brown, to a lighter colour - either a lighter brown with an orange like shade or on the burgundy side
Very interesting vídeo; I bought a John Lobb light brown suede on e-bay; the shoes are great, but the color needs to be retouched. I always wanted to dye these shoes using a brown color. You are an expert and I wanted to know if you could do it for me. If you can’t, i understand; however I would like to know what exactly I need to buy and where. One other thing, I bought a brand new Thursday’s boots, they are the a mayor in color cuero; I was trying to clean the shoes with saddle soap, but the actual color came right off. I only did it to one of them, I pit leather conditioner, the color is better now, but it looks different than the original, I am not happy with it, I was wondering if I could send them to you, I think it will be easier to dye the boots in a darker color, such as burgundy or ox blood with a little bit of black patina in the cap-toe of the boots. I am not in a rush, you can take your time. I think you could really make a nice video with this transformation. I have the original box and could ship them to you if you have the time. I am willing to pay for your professional services. I am learning how to take care of my shoes; but sometimes is really hard to find the right stuff needed to take care of the shoes, everything is in the market, but we don’t know what to get and where to buy it. For example, I bought a beautiful Carlos Santos chukka boots in Coimbra, but I didn’t know what to use to maintain them looking good, these boots are in great shape, they look awesome, but now they are brown. Why? I didn’t know what to use and ended up using light brown and burgundy shoe cream. I would love to see shoemakers offering the right products to be used to maintain the shoes in its original form. Thanks a lot for your video, hopefully you could accept my proposal, my name is Alonso. Thanks
Have you ever dyed a pair of suede shoes for a two-tone look (cap toe, wing tip, saddle buck)? Any tips as to how you would go about doing that? I have a pair of blue suede wingtip boots from Ecco that I would like to dye two-tone for a more bold look.
Great video, hope you can help. I do living history for the french and indian war period. I am going to be making a pair of leather leggings. I was able to purchase a couple of large, ie 6sqft each, splits in white. I want them to be a tan color to mimic dear hide. what is the best dye to use, oil or water and brand. do I dip them, swab them etc? Im thinking I will need to dilute whatever volume I can get. any help will be very appreciated.
I love what you've done here, but they look to me like they need a second coat of dye. I have done exactly the same with a couple of pairs of brown suede, and I found that two light coats are better than one heavier coat.
Hi, thanx for your amazing videos but I haven't seen any video where you have restored a suede shoe or a suede shoe which has creases or is dirty. I would be very nice to see that too, thank you
Update - I've just dyed a pair of suede chukka books: hey were a light green that was difficult to match with my wardrobe (i bough them on ebay and the colour looked different on the screen). I purchased Saphir dark green dye online and I've just used the product on the boots. It was just enough - in fact I made it by the skin of my teeth - squeezing the list few drops of dye out of the pom pom! Q. would you now water seal the suede? I have a spray can of product (not Saphir) but I think it might be a good idea.... Thanks Tony
Just finished dying my shoes, but I put more dye in some areas more than others becase they were hard to get to, how to you ensure it's evenly dyed, or does it matter too much?
Hey my man, how are you doing? Give us a tour of your closet, and your watch collection. Doesn't matter how many . I am interested to know your suits, daily wears, dressy types . and sneakers that you wear . exclude running/workout ones lol. You guys stay safe.
How about a "patina" look...by just using the darker dye, around the broughing? I bet that would look fantastic. And if it should turn out, that you don't like it...just dye the whole shoe. I think I would have tried that first. Darker broughing in contrast to the lighter suede...just seems like it would look awesome. Just a thought.
I'm looking to do this to restore a suede bike saddle. Can you share anything on if this type of paint stains at all after drying? I would like to prevent a large brown spot on my paints after riding the bike...
Love this! I have a pair of suede AE Schautal longwings in a light tan that I'd like to change to the exact shade of chocolate brown you used here. Does the die bleed through to the leather linings inside the shoes though? Naturally, I don't want to ruin any socks after the fact.
Great transformation. Doing something similar with a much more casual pair of suede Chukka boots from Yogi - they were a tatty-looking sand colour but now are a deep chocolate brown. One question though: how do you get the colour to 'lock in'? A week or so after the last coat was applied, the dye is still transferring to the hem of my jeans. I wouldn't mind so much if I always wore my jeans the same way but sometimes I roll once, sometimes twice and I don't want a big brown strip across the hem. Any tips?
I dyed a pair of brogues just like these using the same product but as I was going for a very dark brown, I might have overdone the vamp or it just takes dye better, it's almost black now and a bit shiny, is there a way to turn it down a notch and remove a bit of the dye? Do you think Decapant could take just a slight layer of dye away without having to redye them?
That's just cold blooded. 149 bucks! What a come up, Bro. And you did a tremendous job once again. The chocolate brown is done, I see why you went there.
I just bought a pair of the same light brown color, will also dye them chocolate brown. Do i also dye the shoe strings with the dye? There also very light color.
Your dye and finish videos are actually really relevant to my interests as I'm an orthopedic shoemaker and out of the three workplaces I've been employed at over the years only my current one cares about aesthetic. The horrors I have seen at my first workplace... Yes, we did take off finish and pigment with acetone but redyed with what was basically latex based sole finishing liquid, absolutely disgusting looking.
Recently your burnishing tutorial helped me to put a really nice touch on one of my favorite pairs that I have ever created for a customer, so thank you for that as well!
I often think of ways that I can joke about your process Preston but then you completely nail it.
If anyone ever doubts anything that you do within our sartorial community.
You are proven and accepted as a master.
Thank you and best regards to you and your family. Success is at your hand!
Thanks for the tutorial, I just finished dying my very light tan suede shoes into a warm chocolate brown and they came out perfectly. The heads up on making sure we have enough dye was critical when ordering as I did need some of the second bottle to complete the job.
Cheers!
what color dye did you buy to "chocolate" color? I checked saphir website and Amazon and there is only Light, Medium, and Dark Brown then mahogany and Havana. Was it Medium that comes out as chocolate-y? The video doesn't mention which specific color dye.
@@roymata8894 Hello, I purchased the Saphir medium brown off amazon...worked nicely. Good luck
How many coats did you do? Which brand did you use? Great job!
Did ur shoes look nicer afterwards?
I can understand why the old advertisement inspired you. What an amazing transformation. Phil
I'm really digging the tan color but I gotta give you kudos on the job you did. Came out looking like a factory finish 👏
This is just what I needed! I found some gorgeous suede shoes at a thrift store that where in incredibly good condition and I just couldn’t pass them up, even though I’m not the biggest fan of the color (a light tan). I figured, why not just dye them myself? This video was so helpful and calming. I feel really confident now in being able to dye my shoes. ☺️
Does the dye stick to sole or metal eyelets
Did you do it?
@@michaelnichols8757 It can dye the soles and welts if they're leather, so it's best to mask them off with tape like he did the interior of the upper. And it very well might dye the metal, depending on the type of dye (a lot of artists use alcohol-based inks on metal). If you're at all concerned about keeping the metal pristine, or if the metal has scratches or other signs of wear where dye could get trapped, you can always apply a bit of wax to them, or paint on some artist's masking fluid, aka frisket (a latex-based masking material that is easily and fairly cheaply found online or at art stores). It'll rub off easily with a finger or a rubber eraser once you're done. (I would NOT advise using frisket on the welt or sole, though, as it might settle into the stitches or iron marks and be a pain in the butt to remove).
I ordered the AE strands in blue after hearing you say the sale was a good deal. They're coming today. They're my first AE's.
The first AE and then taking blue? Brave decision..... however, great shoes
Thank you. Good to know. I'll keep an eye open at the thrift stores. I want a pair to dye green.
Great video. Those shoes look better with the dark brown color. Thanks Preston for a great video.
This is awesome. There are a few suede shoes I found that I love everything but the color and now i can just customize it by dyeing it myself. Thanks for sharing this video, and your knowledge
Look at us. All dressed up and nowhere to go. Watching this video during a 2 hour break in lockdown and standing in a queue to get groceries. Keep uploading such fine videos to keep up our morale.
Sometimes I dress like I used to when I was going to work before the pandemic, just to feel normal. In those days I have higher productivity.
My wife does the same and we dressed up just to go to the grocery’s store! I miss the days of walking along the shore and long dinner’s with friends and family. I regain courage thinking in those families that had losses for this horrible disease.
Preston, your videos are exceptionally well done, informative, and raise consciousness of shoe care, quality and personal appearance. BRAVO to you!
@Preston....... You've purSUEDEd me to dye my shoes too.
Thank you! This was a very helpful and encouraging video, since this was my first time dying a pair of shoes. I would add the you should ensure good ventilation and make sure to finish the process with a protective suede spray.
Beautiful! Again, I just luv ur work. Such a passion for ur profession. There r NOT many that I know of who carry that trait. Keep up the great work, and thank u for sharing!
Preston "Suede Shoes" Soto! Oh yeah that's sticking love the channel bro 👊💯!
I recently managed to find a pair of these in NOS condition and could love them more! I’ve always been nervous about wearing suede because I was concerned it wasn’t as durable as calf skin. Over the last couple of months, I’ve learned that isn’t necessarily the case with proper care. This isn’t at all different from calfskin, which benefits from some attention as well. Great video!
The suede shoes.. ooh it's a long love story ❤️😍
Lol
You should do a suede and nubuck maintenance video!
Learned something new today. Great video, sir! Be safe out there!
Excellent work as always my friend. I'm totally gonna dye some suede this weekend!
I have Strands in blue suede. Love 'dem shoes
I love dying suede. Thanks for uploading.
I found a bargain on some wonderful white suede Orleans. Seems like the perfect blank canvas for my first dye project.
I feel like you just released a video yesterday, man you are on fire! 🔥
So glad I saw your video! I'm going to try this with my black suede boots! Thanks for sharing!
The dark brown looks so nice! Great job Preston!!
Great job... really nice.
Preston, I left a pair of Loake suede shoes in my porch and the sun has bleached the mid green colour. I am going to follow your advice and recolour them. Thanks for the advice.
Good job 🎉
Great video, there’s a pair of Thursday’ boots that don’t come in the colour I want. I’ll give this a shot. Side note I think they play this music in my local floatation room lol. Brings back memories 😊
Preston, can you use acetone on suede to strip it's color and go to another....like from grey to brown?
Very cool project for my new Strand sneakers I just got. I'm loving them more every day, they are very comfortable and a nice break for wearing leather shoes every day, but the bright orangy turmeric is really starting to hurt my eyes, so I think I'm going with the dark chocolate or maybe a plum color. I'll see what I decide in the end. Wish me luck.
Is it possible to use the dye on a suede jacket? Found a tan suede jacket I like, but would ideally like it to be a bit darker
They were beautiful color to begin with too
I learned a lot watching your videos. Thanks!
How would you handle not newly bought suede shoes? I got an 3 year old pair I want to dye but I am unsure what I should do as preprocess? Renomat? Saddle soap? Suede cleaner? Aceton? Please help!
you did great, suede is very tricky!!
Awesome! Suede looks great when its dyed and those shoes look fab they'll last for yrs to come and maybe all you
need do is get them se-soled. Animal hides how much they suffer so we can encase our feet with their skins still,
there's something their hides have over artificial stuff they make cheap shoes with and,its just what you showed in
your vid. Well done your shoes look prime.
Didn't know saphir did this was going with angelus but going to get saphir dark green instead for some air max 1s
Preston, question about suede. Can it be recolored in the other way? I mean, from a dark to a lighter color?
Good video. I'm pretty sure the dauber they included is wool rather than cotton. If you want more of a neutral brown rather than a reddish brown, you could add some black or dye to the brown.
Preston that chocolate brown is Everything as they say..Can you truly say which shoes are your favorites?
You really love what you do.. can see it in your excllent work
Preston, Will they become darker with a second coat??
I'm sure it's pretty late to answer and I'm not Preston. But I'm certain that a second will absolutely darken it. More saturation I bet.
No, it won’t darken it! It’s a dye
Beautiful work, Preston! I think your shoes came out with a more beautiful color that the ones in the advertisement. :-)
Thanks for the info, looks like a great project to do with all this down time !👌❤
I have a pair of chocolate brown suede 5th avenue that I tagged you in on Instagram. Suede is a very much underrated shoe.
Love suede shoes
@@jeannebrassil9288 they're great for every season.
You are the best! I have an olive pair of suede To Boot NY boots that I bought almost 20 years ago that I spilled bleach on and couldn’t find olive dye. Mixing yellow and black? Genius!! Thanks!
Now you got me thinking about doing the same to mine! 😁🤔
No protective coating needed?
Impressed, and I enjoyed it. #ShineYourShoes
Preston, l really love your videos and the magic you do with shoes.
Your videos are such a therapy to me, I enjoy them very much.
Nevertheless, this is the first time I have to tell you that you messed up with the last dying suede shoe, it got darker than the first one, must be due to the different types of ink you used. I don't know, but in my opinion, it looks darker. Maybe if you wait a month or so, and then re-dye them together using the same ink in both, maybe you can get an even color in both.
Very helpful !!!
What a fantastic transformation! You did a great job on the shoes as well as with the shooting and editing of the video. You mentioned olive green dye and that you can achieve this through mixing black and green dyes. Would you be willing to tell me a bit more about that? I have a suede pair of shoes that I’d really like to dye olive green, but I’m not sure how to achieve the right color. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
You gave a a brilliant idea. A pair of suede chukkas in blue on sale, and I can dye it into chocolate brown. 🙂
Most helpful. Thank you!
Looks awesome 👍
I used a waterproofing spray on a pair of suede shoes that I'd now like to dye a darker color. I assume the waterproofing might prevent the dye from adhering properly. Any tips?
HI, PRESTON!!! YAAAAAÀASS!!! Those are beautiful shoes! I do love those chocolate Strands!!! Hey, Preston and Juana...I WALKED! 😂 On my prosthetics proofs! I get MY legs on Monday, if all goes well! It's been a long year losing both legs since March 2019. Just wanted to give you an update! I'll have a Lady's version of nice shoes one day. 🎩 💋Baby Z!
Brilliant Variety!
I'm so jealous, I took a look but they only had narrow widths left! 150 is such a steal 👍
Edit: Just finished the video, great job! It's funny, I've been looking for a pair in the honey color that these were originally, and I do have a pair of loafers in the chocolate brown that you dyed these to. 😂
Preston, maybe you can do a dye tutorial from chocolate, or brown, to a lighter colour - either a lighter brown with an orange like shade or on the burgundy side
Any idea on how to repair metallic paint on metallic leather shoes?
Just thought about customizing my shoes,,,Big Help!!!
Very interesting vídeo; I bought a John Lobb light brown suede on e-bay; the shoes are great, but the color needs to be retouched. I always wanted to dye these shoes using a brown color. You are an expert and I wanted to know if you could do it for me. If you can’t, i understand; however I would like to know what exactly I need to buy and where. One other thing, I bought a brand new Thursday’s boots, they are the a mayor in color cuero; I was trying to clean the shoes with saddle soap, but the actual color came right off. I only did it to one of them, I pit leather conditioner, the color is better now, but it looks different than the original, I am not happy with it, I was wondering if I could send them to you, I think it will be easier to dye the boots in a darker color, such as burgundy or ox blood with a little bit of black patina in the cap-toe of the boots. I am not in a rush, you can take your time. I think you could really make a nice video with this transformation. I have the original box and could ship them to you if you have the time. I am willing to pay for your professional services. I am learning how to take care of my shoes; but sometimes is really hard to find the right stuff needed to take care of the shoes, everything is in the market, but we don’t know what to get and where to buy it. For example, I bought a beautiful Carlos Santos chukka boots in Coimbra, but I didn’t know what to use to maintain them looking good, these boots are in great shape, they look awesome, but now they are brown. Why? I didn’t know what to use and ended up using light brown and burgundy shoe cream. I would love to see shoemakers offering the right products to be used to maintain the shoes in its original form. Thanks a lot for your video, hopefully you could accept my proposal, my name is Alonso. Thanks
Have you ever dyed a pair of suede shoes for a two-tone look (cap toe, wing tip, saddle buck)? Any tips as to how you would go about doing that? I have a pair of blue suede wingtip boots from Ecco that I would like to dye two-tone for a more bold look.
Great video, hope you can help. I do living history for the french and indian war period. I am going to be making a pair of leather leggings. I was able to purchase a couple of large, ie 6sqft each, splits in white. I want them to be a tan color to mimic dear hide. what is the best dye to use, oil or water and brand. do I dip them, swab them etc? Im thinking I will need to dilute whatever volume I can get. any help will be very appreciated.
I love what you've done here, but they look to me like they need a second coat of dye. I have done exactly the same with a couple of pairs of brown suede, and I found that two light coats are better than one heavier coat.
Is the process the same for changing for nubuck shoes as well
Hi, thanx for your amazing videos but I haven't seen any video where you have restored a suede shoe or a suede shoe which has creases or is dirty. I would be very nice to see that too, thank you
Update - I've just dyed a pair of suede chukka books: hey were a light green that was difficult to match with my wardrobe (i bough them on ebay and the colour looked different on the screen). I purchased Saphir dark green dye online and I've just used the product on the boots. It was just enough - in fact I made it by the skin of my teeth - squeezing the list few drops of dye out of the pom pom!
Q. would you now water seal the suede? I have a spray can of product (not Saphir) but I think it might be a good idea....
Thanks
Tony
How big was the bottle that you used for your chukkas...50mL?
Just finished dying my shoes, but I put more dye in some areas more than others becase they were hard to get to, how to you ensure it's evenly dyed, or does it matter too much?
I was only looking for advice on how to dye suede shoes, 0:59 but I ended up having a hand job.
Yeah you better thank me for the dye.
Came for the Dye tutorial....left with some ASMR triggers.
Hey my man, how are you doing? Give us a tour of your closet, and your watch collection. Doesn't matter how many . I am interested to know your suits, daily wears, dressy types . and sneakers that you wear . exclude running/workout ones lol. You guys stay safe.
How long does the dye last before needs refreshing or touching up
How about a "patina" look...by just using the darker dye, around the broughing? I bet that would look fantastic. And if it should turn out, that you don't like it...just dye the whole shoe. I think I would have tried that first. Darker broughing in contrast to the lighter suede...just seems like it would look awesome. Just a thought.
Beautiful
I'm looking to do this to restore a suede bike saddle. Can you share anything on if this type of paint stains at all after drying? I would like to prevent a large brown spot on my paints after riding the bike...
Love this! I have a pair of suede AE Schautal longwings in a light tan that I'd like to change to the exact shade of chocolate brown you used here. Does the die bleed through to the leather linings inside the shoes though? Naturally, I don't want to ruin any socks after the fact.
Hi, nice videos. I would love to dye a couple suede shoes. Is there a preferred type/brand that you use and can recommend? Thanks
Is there a way to dye them a lighter color, like tan?
Great transformation. Doing something similar with a much more casual pair of suede Chukka boots from Yogi - they were a tatty-looking sand colour but now are a deep chocolate brown. One question though: how do you get the colour to 'lock in'? A week or so after the last coat was applied, the dye is still transferring to the hem of my jeans. I wouldn't mind so much if I always wore my jeans the same way but sometimes I roll once, sometimes twice and I don't want a big brown strip across the hem. Any tips?
Great video. Can you dye suede shoes to lighten them, for instance to go from black to maroon red? Cheers xx
Was the color called fawn base for this dye?
Great video ! I am planning on dying dark brown a pair of suede semi dark blue chelsea boots. Do you think this is a difficult change ? Thank you !
Did you condition and waterproof them after?
I dyed a pair of brogues just like these using the same product but as I was going for a very dark brown, I might have overdone the vamp or it just takes dye better, it's almost black now and a bit shiny, is there a way to turn it down a notch and remove a bit of the dye? Do you think Decapant could take just a slight layer of dye away without having to redye them?
Did you use any leather preparator?
Would you use this process for roughout boot leather? I have some brown Nick's Builderpros that I would like to have a darken.
That's just cold blooded. 149 bucks! What a come up, Bro. And you did a tremendous job once again. The chocolate brown is done, I see why you went there.
Nice!
Can I use a spray bottle to achieve a uniform look or should I go with a sponge brush/paintbrush?
Will dyeing nubuck produce similar results?
How to you restore the nap after drying? I dyed mine black and it got got hard and the hairs doesnt move
I just bought a pair of the same light brown color, will also dye them chocolate brown. Do i also dye the shoe strings with the dye? There also very light color.
Very nice
Hi. Is it ok to dye a suede footbed of sandals?