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Hypothetically speaking, mind you, let's say that I have a pair of bazubands that I assembled out of 12-14oz veg tan. Lets just say that I spent about 8 hours assembling and then dyeing and tooling them. Lets then go with the idea that I've decided on my heraldric device whose colors in no way match the current color of said bazubands; which were brown.

Lol, nothing at all hypothetical, really, it's what happened and I'm a little frustrated.

So, basically I want to dye them black now. Do I simply remove the sheen and dye over the black? If so, how do you recommend I remove the sheen with? Can I then simply lay the black dye right on over the brown?

If you used Tandy's Super Sheen, or a similar product, I use a little rubbing alcohol and a green scrungy pad to remove it. Then thouroughly clean it with clean water. Do not use saddle soap at this point the new dye will not penetrate it. You can then apply the black dye over the brown. I suggest doing this while the leather is still damp, the dye will penetrate better.

Once the leather is completely dry refinish with the product of your choice.

Hope this helps!