Thinning leather dye

[john beattie]

Hi everyone
can anyone tell me if there is anything else i can thin dye with, i use Fiebing's leather dye and oil dye and have used the leather dye reducer also from Fiebings,  im happy with the results but the price is killing me at £18 a bottle, so was wondering if there was something else i can use that is a little cheaper.

many thanks
john

[Slowhand Bob]

I'm not using Fiebings but I do thin dyes with Wally-World brand alcohol.  The dye brand I use does not offer many color choices and I reduce its effect with the alcohol frequently.

[Massive]

Denatured alcohol/mentholated spirits.

Some people are using Isopropyl.  At least in my neck of the woods, that stuff is very sketchy as to what is in it.  You have to read the label.  Some places sell cheap raw alcohol for drinking, and that stuff is nice.

Obviously try thinning a small amount, and try a sample.

[TN Mongo]

+1 for WalMart cheap denatured alcohol.

[Eloy Santa Cruz]

I know Chuck Burrows uses 70% isopropyl alcohol. After learning this I have done the same and no problems. It's much cheaper too.

[john beattie]

A big thanks lads  i will look into what you have suggested
i have a copy of chuck's dvd but couldn't make out what he mentions (thats because im a uk geordie )
so now you have cleared that up it as plain as day, isopropyl alcohol

cheap raw alcohol for drinking you say oh now there's thought
i will blow the dust off the still and see you all in a month or two

many thanks again for the help

john