Dying vegetable leather?

[SophieB2003]

I bought the freejump pro grip stirrups second hand (I’m always partial to a good deal ?) however I didn’t realise how light the brown would be and it doesn’t match my tack at all. I don’t particularly want to go through the hassle of selling them and trying to get another good deal on the black version so I was wondering if it would be possible to dye them with leather dye? The only issue I can see is that the leather is vegetable leather so I’m not sure if it would absorb the dye very well.

 

[SophieB2003]

Whoops not sure if I can edit my post but that’s meant to say stirrup leathers!​

 

[mariew]

By vegetable leather do you mean veg tan cow skin or some sort of vegan alternative? If cow hide you should be able to, it depends a bit on if it has a finish already what you would do and I'm no expert. If the vegan version I would be surprised if it would work, maybe someone else would know.

 

[cremedemonthe]

SophieB2003 I will send you an article on it, Oz