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Old 3rd October 2008, 10:17   #10 (permalink)
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Thumbs down Re: Changing shoe color

your out of luck spiker, these are made from Patent leather, the dye you have brought will not soak into the leather, it will simply swim around on the top of them like oil on water.

Patent is one of the few leathers that doesn't take dying very well. you will need to sand them down to make them matt & then use a water based dye, not spirit as you have brought.

even then with patent shoes the dye rarely takes to well, and will often peel at a later stage.

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