Fiebings Question - Help Needed

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Fiebings Question - Help Needed

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Good afternoon,

I saw in several post that people usually light the stummels on fire, while the Fiebing's dye is still wet, to make it dry faster.

Is there a trick to do this? I ask because yesterday i applyed Fiebings Black to a stummel and i tried to light in on fire unsuccessfully...

I was using a Zippo Pipe Lighter, i don't know if this helps...

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Bruno

first off welcome if I hadn't welcomed you yet... in order to set it 'on fire' the stain has to be alcohol based.. then it will burn..

I haven't had any luck getting Feiblings to burn either.. but you did make me chuckle..

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Hi James,

Thank you for your answer.

Isn't Fiebings Leather Dye Alcohol based?

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i was going to be a smarty pants and tell you no.. but decided to look it up.. and sure enough it is... must be non-flammable alcohol .. hahaha

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Oh, Fiebings will burn; it's very flammable. You just need to light it while its really wet. As far as improving your stain/finish, I'm relatively certain there's little to no advantage to doing this. It means you can handle the pipe more quickly though. ...once the flames are out, Sasquatch (sorry, but you never know what he'll try next.)
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I've tried burning it myself, but I don't juggle fire well, so I've just resorted to heat-gunning it away. Works great if trying to keep the pipe warm for that awesome contrast stain.
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I find that burn drying the stain tends to darken it and set it better.

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Impatient, so impatient!

Be careful, on certain colors, using a heat gun. If overheated some of the colors change and usually not for the best.

Eremarkable, some day you need to share your proprietary propane torch drying method.
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One thing I do to help stain penetration and dry time is heat the stummel before applying stain. Works like a charm for me with JE Mosers dyes (I use denatured alcohol) not certain how it would work for Fiebings?
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Nate wrote: not certain how it would work for Fiebings?
it wont.. not a all..... so don't try it anybody.. it will just ruin the briar and make the pipe unsmokable..

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jogilli wrote:
Nate wrote: not certain how it would work for Fiebings?
it wont.. not a all..... so don't try it anybody.. it will just ruin the briar and make the pipe unsmokable..

james

Can you be more specific? Does it explode or something?
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jogilli wrote:
Nate wrote: not certain how it would work for Fiebings?
it wont.. not a all..... so don't try it anybody.. it will just ruin the briar and make the pipe unsmokable..

james
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I normally heat the stummel then apply the stain, and I use Fiebings. I find heating over a wood stove works better than using a heat gun. But if you get the stummel too hot, the stain will penetrate so well that it will stain inside the chamber and the outside of the pipe will look like it hasn't been stained at all.


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