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Hello all. I have a pair of combat boots that have been died black. What is the best, and safest for the leather, process to returning them back to brown. Thank you for any help.

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Unfortunately, I don't think that would be reversible. Black leather will not easily take a brown dye. Brown > black, yes. Black > brown...problematic. It would probably take multiple applications to even begin to block out the black....IMHO.

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Thee is a product that will strip out the dye of the leather ,but can I for the life of me remember it's name !!

 

I had to use some on a pair of shoes when I was at school

 

LB

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I have had great luck with using saddle soap and a plastic bristle brush. Follow the directions on the can of saddle soap to the letter or else you will get a white waxy buildup when the boots dry. The saddle soap will pull the dye out of the leather and will allow you to re-dye them brown after you've got them stripped. DO NOT use any mineral spirits or petroleum based cleaners as they will dry the leather our really quickly.

 

Allan

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They were brown to start and then died black. The black has rubbed off to the original brown in multiple areas.

 

Right...I misunderstood your intentions. I thought you wanted to re-dye them brown rather than remove the brown!

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Backtheattack

Interesting thread, there are some former brown - now black items found here in Germany. Have some saddle soap so I can work.

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