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Pinewood Archer:
Hello all,I was wondering if anyone knows if you can use walnuts to effectively dye leather? And if so does it hold to things like saddle soap or such?

Pat B:
I'd think you could but I'd try to mix it with alcohol. Water would work but you'll have to wait for it to dry before working it.  It should be pretty stable but the other leather treatments will darken the leather so it shouldn't matter.
 I've never used walnut hulls for leather dye but there is no reason it wouldn't work.

Pinewood Archer:
I actually just finished doing a general search on google and found a post on here from 2015 talking about it,I also found a place that gives a detailed run down on how to do it. My only gripe with it is that it seems almost everyone uses only water for it,I would imagine that oil would keep the leather conditioned much better than water or alcohol but I also think that making the dye using oil would be more involved/take longer.

Pat B:
The thing about alcohol is it evaporates and set the dye better. Even if it dries the leather you can oil it to re-nourish it.

Pinewood Archer:
That's a good point.

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