Dying a Leather Seat

[Willsmotorcycle]

There is a whole back story about seats ands bars and pegs, maybe later. This will be about the color change of a Russel Day Long to black.

As an aside, they do matter if the rider was big or not if you go used. My first used was for a big guy, I know this because the one I have now was built for someone about my side and it "fits" me. Shout out to @The Dan


Start by cleaning


Pick your favorite color, mine was black.


One Light coat, its pretty, not for this project though.


Two coats rubbed in.


After two more wet coats.



It's drying and then I'll need to buff and seal.

 

[Sadlsor]

That's awesome, and I'm amazed that the white thread stitching didn't turn black!
The thread still looks mostly black even in the last picture.
How does that happen?!

 

[RaYzerman]

Nice, what product(s) are you using? Linky??

 

[Willsmotorcycle]

Nice, what product(s) are you using? Linky??

Fiebing's - Leather Care, Shoe Care and Horse Care Products Fiebing's

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[Willsmotorcycle]

That's awesome, and I'm amazed that the white thread stitching didn't turn black!
The thread still looks mostly black even in the last picture.
How does that happen?!

Thank you, It stayed the original color in the first few coats as I did not have enough on the applicator. It was a nice look when early on as light brown, as I added the wet coats it flowed into the seams and turned them black, it maybe the lighting.

 

[Larry Fine]

That looks great. The human skin color was a bit disturbing.

 

[Hound]

The human skin color was a bit disturbing.

Maybe that's who was "dying".

 

[SMSW]

That's awesome, and I'm amazed that the white thread stitching didn't turn black!
The thread still looks mostly black even in the last picture.
How does that happen?!

When you stain something (leather or fabric) the color is absorbed into the material. If the stitching is a synthetic, like nylon, it might not absorb the stain and will look the original color. Even when the stitching or parts of the material do not absorb the stain, you can usually get enough to stick on the first or second coat so that subsequent applications will cover the stitching and it will match the rest of the material being stained.

 

[The Dan]

Glad to hear it fit you. Great job redyeing it to black. Now just make sure you only wear black riding gear for the first year.....

 

[Bright Rider]

There is a whole back story about seats ands bars and pegs, maybe later. This will be about the color change of a Russel Day Long to black.

As an aside, they do matter if the rider was big or not if you go used. My first used was for a big guy, I know this because the one I have now was built for someone about my side and it "fits" me. Shout out to @The Dan


Start by cleaning


Pick your favorite color, mine was black.


One Light coat, its pretty, not for this project though.


Two coats rubbed in.


After two more wet coats.



It's drying and then I'll need to buff and seal.

Great job. Thanks for sharing!