[TheForge] Sheath leather

[Bruce .]

Reading that prompted me to look up the MSDS of one major brand of leather
dye:

http://www.wardrobesupplies.com/spree/products/5140/safety_sheets/MSDS_Fiebings_leather_dye_except_white_grey.pdf?1332779696

Note the methanol and isopropanol:  Use this dye outside for reasons of
toxicity and flammability.  And let it dry thoroughly because the
diethylene glycol monomethyl ether will be much slower to evaporate and is
not innocuous:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylene_glycol_monomethyl_ether

Actually, that MSDS is a relief.  Years ago, before there was an Internet
where you could find MSDS's, I got a bottle of some leather dye that I
swear smelled like chlorobenzene, a known carcinogen.

Bruce
NJ


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Ron Childers <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:

> Let not your heart be troubled; it will succumb to a copious application
> of dark brown leather dye.