Bear skin dye?

http://www.mckenziesp.com/Dyes-C67.aspx

 

I use lifetone dye on the flanks were hair is thin , spray with airbrush

 

I prefere the liquid flank and hide dye to the spray can stuff. Both will work fine. I just like to use my airbrush.

 

OK here's my take on dying Black Bears. I have never found a dye I like. I have had many recommendations over the years and am still unhappy. I use Wildlife Gallery tans for everything.

Detail Black paint..I find it flakes off

Lincoln shoe dye...too shiney

Flank dye from Rinehart....Crap

Hionis spray dye....I like that it brushes out of the hair but find on rugs it will crack where folded for transporting. Great for lifesize

McKenzie Dyes and lifetone....rub off

Tandy leather Fiebings Oil Dye which I currently use....great coverage and almost soaks through....will not dry on the hair and it takes a lot of work to rub with paper towels to remove from hair

I have been told from some that they dye the back of the rug and it comes through the hair side.....never seen this done.

I have posted a few times over the years for someone to please share what works for them. I wish I could figure out what Northern Pines or Rug be Bears use...I've even considered digging through their dumpsters as they are close by. If someone is willing to share this secret via PM I would hold it close and not share it. In forty years of doing professional taxidermy i have been able to figure out or have someone tell me how to solve any problem I have faced.....................Bear dye that works continues to elude me

 

SEM leather dye. That has been suggested here before. I've never tried it though.

 

Most dyes leave a residue on the hair or skin that are a pain to clean off. I use Lifetone skin dye on the back side, it's the ONLY dye that I've found that will penetrate through the skin and not leave a residue.If you use it on the hair side there can be some residue, but not nearly as much as other dyes.

 

Automotive Black vinyl spray paint has work for me for years , get at any auto parts store

 

My solution is to use the spray dye from Research for all life size and I send all my rugs to Rug-B-Bears. Easy peasy!

 

I'm a bit like R.J. Meyer (God forgive me). I stopped wasting money on dyes years ago. I used Polytranspar lacquer paint in various colors from Yox gray to burnt umber and detail black. The lacquer doesn't stick to the hair and never dries gummy. It soaks into the leather and when applied with the airbrush doesn't deal with brushes, tipped over containers or blotching.

 

get some so strong dye from smoothon products and mix it with lacquer thinner