This is going to be super helpful!
These make mixing colors so much easier. To see what they will look like when dry. I use the back to test suede dyes.
I am trying to get better at color art and part of that is knowing how your colors look and act on the painting/dyeing surface.
You can see the difference between results when swatch is prewashed or not. I then split the squares L/R (vertical split) for deglazing solution. I put dye in the boxes & paint along the edges and (messily) in the text. To finish it off, I trialed different finish/conditioning as a stripe over the top of each dye box.
FYI- deglazed strips are on the right of each box. “finishes” top to bottom are High Gloss, Flat, Satin (all 4-coat), leather cream, then leather balm over the lowest bottom strip of dye. I also tried mink ball on the first T of test, and left the adjacent E blank as control. r2c4 test square is also undyed/unpainted but got the pre/post treatment of its row/column.
The “water and stain repellent” disappears completely with no color change to anything I tested (so far).
I have now referenced my swatches several times to match existing colors (valchetta paint exactly matches the swatch leather) while I work up the nerve to go from repair to putting new designs on shoes & other items.
These are great to have for testing!
Great way to see all your colors in one place. Good quality leather!
