Patina Project: Transforming Allen Edmonds Cornwallis in Walnut to Emerald Green with custom sole. 

Thanks so much brother. Perfect occasion to break them out... hopefully they will be a more than once a year pair though 😉👍

it definitely takes a while...it's a labor of love. If you don't really enjoy doing it then you won't stick with it. Just too time consuming. But if you are really into it you lose track of the time. It's more like that for me. People ask how long this or that takes and I'm like 🤷‍♂️...I just do my thing until it's done.

Yes, marbling effect is pretty subtle on darker colors in general.

I love to hear that. Thank you and I encourage you to go for it. Watch a few videos and find an old pair you don't love anymore or find a great deal on a pre owned pair and fix it up.

Awesome, good luck 💪

Awesome, really love to hear that. It's been a great hobby over the last few years 👌

I really appreciate it Kostas. I have too much video and not enough time. I need to do some serious editing and posting.

I really appreciate it my friend 🙏

Many thanks brother 👊

Awesome, so glad the video helped. Just avoid the Angelus paint...that is more for sneakers. The dyes are for dress shoes 👍

@@mbshoedoc Thank you for the advice. 🙌 I was thinking that it should be done only with Saphir Dye products, but obviously I was wrong... :) I have already found "Fiebing's Pro Oil Leather Dye" locally online, is this okay or I need another type?

Thank you very much. I loved this pair. Plenty more yetto be posted 👍

Haha, thanks man. #hulkinspired 😁

I really appreciate it my friend. It was actually the clients idea. He wanted the emerald green with navy burnishing. A brilliant idea 👌

Thanks so very much. I really appreciate that. It was a fun project. Stay tuned as I have plenty more completed and I just need to get the videos edited and posted up....that part takes as long as the patinas do LOL....maybe even longer.

@@mbshoedoc No worries! The editing process does have its mysteries lol

I really appreciate it. I have been slacking posting up patina projects. I have plenty done and just need to edit and upload.

Very kind my friend, thank you. I really enjoy doing this. A great artistic outlet.

I appreciate it. I was really happy with the outcome. I want a green pair for myself now 😁

Absolutely should work well. I find walnut to oxblood an easier transition than trying to go green or blue. I have a few oxblood videos and think I have a oxblood museum video on a carmina 👍

Too kind my friend. I've worked on a few mezlan pairs...very nice shoes. I've done a number of red Patinas but just now getting into the greens. I have a few more to post 👍

@@mbshoedoc 🗣I’m not sure of your schedule right now, I’ll send an email for instructions on starting the process

@@sidewinder4718 send to mbshoedoc@gmail.com 👍

So very kind my friend, thank you.

Thanks!

I really appreciate it, thank you.

Good question. Usually it only takes half an hour or so. Sometimes I do that and let it sit overnight though. Just depends if I need to keep going or done for the day.

Much appreciated!

Maybe I don't understand. How would it get on their socks. I'm not dying the insoles. I also don't always dye the piping along the edges either. There is a step where I wipe down the shoes with the conditioning lotion wich removes unabsorbed surface dye. Once waxed after that there isn't any color ruboff.

@@mbshoedoc I've read guides on the web about using fiebings resolene to prevent the dye running through the leather and it doesn't make a mess of socks once worn. I'm looking forward to trying to dye the shoes. Thank you for your reply

@@warriorboris resolene is typically used on Other leather goods but not dress shoes. I have asked other patina artists and have not found a single one using resolene. I've never tried the stuff personally and haven't really seen a need for it. I would skip it 👍

@@mbshoedoc Thank you for the advice and I hope I get something I'm proud of. I won't use resolene. I'm going to try and get either a navy patina or a burgundy patina. Your navy Cornwallis and the jodhpur boots are the two videos that I'm going to use as inspiration

@@warriorboris thank you so much and feel free to reach out with any questions along the way.

Thanks and good idea. I haven't done a reverse patina for a while. I'll have to do that 👍

@@mbshoedoc thank you sir !!!

I will have more images of them on Instagram under MBShoedoc..I'm posting tomorrow. These are no longer in my hands to get more images though.

No surprise the green looks a touch lighter outside. I did get a few worn shots from the client recently that I will post too.

@@mbshoedoc Hi MB Shoe Doc, Hope you are healthy and in good spiritis, in regards to the shoe color, recently had dyed a pair of shoes in kelly green fiebings and looked remarkably like these shoes in the video. When placing the shoes in natural light it appeared like an escape from Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz. At that point went back over the shoes with a custom mixed olive color and was semi-happy with the results. Love the bright green was just a little too loud for my taste.

@@philclinton9430 yes, in this case the navy blue darkened the green some. I agree the Kelly green on it's own is a bit too bold.

Yes a cotton flannel. I think he may be selling them or at least is planning to. Perfect width, length and thickness 👌

Absolutely dyes. Polish won't work for a permanent change 👍

@@mbshoedoc 👍thanks for the answer. I will go for a bright yellow dye then. I think it could be better then using a green dye directly, which may darken the shoe too much... Do you agree with this? I have never done any leather colouring yet, so i'm a bit precautious and looking for tips here and there

@@marsiooisram4694 strip the blue pair first and yes use the yellow on it first and see what that looks like. Then you can mixing some green if needed to adjust the tone.

@@mbshoedoc Job done! They came out just as espected. I had to strip off the navy blue with acetone many times and hardly to lighten the original color. Once done, i passed a hand of pure yellow dye (an alcohol based one that i found in a leather shop around here), and then i mixed some blue and yellow with some alcohol drops to make a green dye. I passed the shoes twice with this dye, letting them sit overnight between the two passes, and at the end i added some dark green leather cream which darkened the shoes a few tones, but made them shiny and pretty much as i wanted them. Much thanks for the help and inspiration!

@@marsiooisram4694 let me know if you post it anywhere where I can check them out 👍

I do on a freshly patinaed belt but only neutral wax. Only once right after the patina but not after that.

@@mbshoedoc Thank you!

Thank you very much. I am MB Shoedoc on Instagram as well. Hope to see you there 👍