I had been immediately bombarded with inquiries on where I discovered reddish colored Birkenstock UK Outlet Shops Seres. I didn't "discover" them, I shaded them. For those of you within the know, Birkenstock only launched the Seres in light brown and black colored leather. Naturally, individuals requested tutorials on just how to accomplish this.

 

I employed Tarrago shoe product to coloration my Birkenstocks. Shade skin cream is inexpensive, there are tons of colors to choose from, you can easily use, it dries easily, and it has a very high pigment content and yes it stains leather quite well.

 

My hope would be to stain some brown leather Seres an in-depth burgundy. I needed three distinct tones of reddish Tarrago skin cream in my device package. ​

 

I utilized a dollop of each shade towards the bottom of your Seres strap and allow it to dried out. From past shading experience, I understood that whatever colour is in the container would change a color or two dark-colored after it dried with a brownish leather basic. I wanted to get a hard idea of which tone of red-colored is that which I was trying to find. I determined the Morello Cherry colour with this venture.

 

Products Necessary For Task:

 

Birkenstocks (leather only, not Birko Flor)

 

Natural cotton Balls

 

Non Acetone Nail Improve Cleaner

 

Tinted shoe skin cream

 

Program Remember to brush

 

Rag to wash off of excess skin cream

 

Paper towels to protect the footbed preventing a clutter from accidental drips

 

Masking tape

 

Methods TO Colour THE UPPERS

 

1. Cover the footbeds of each pair of Birkenstocks with some tiers of pieces of paper bath towels to capture any spillage during the application procedure.

 

2. Implement low acetone remover to your cotton swab and remove down the uppers. This step enables you to deglaze the Birkenstock by wearing down the original accomplish.

 

3. Enable the leather completely dry after using the no acetone product. This may get several moments.

 

4. Utilize masking adhesive tape to the back aspect of your leather straps. This helps stop acquiring unwanted coloration on the rear of the straps.

 

5. When dried up, utilize a thin remember to brush (approximately the same scale of the straps) to utilize the initial cover of Tarrago shoe lotion to the very top along with the ends of your Birkenstock straps. Tend Not To colour the rear (the hue may bleed with wear). Allow each cover completely dried out, about 5-10 mins.

 

6. Maintain making use of coats of the coloration product up until you get the coloration you wish.

 

7. It required about 3-4 jackets from the reddish colored lotion to totally mark the uppers of my Seres.

 

​8. Don't get freaked out as soon as the initial layer will not provde the colour that you intention. This is a approach and takes time. It might take many layers.

 

Please Be Aware: you can not colour your Birkenstocks less heavy. You should utilize a darker shade for this particular to have success.

 

When you find yourself finished shading your straps, you could find that splashes of color have dripped onto the footbed or bottoms, even with the measures which you have undertaken. No requirement to be concerned, the hue drips are super easy to get rid of. Simply dab a cotton golf ball, drenched in non acetone nail improve cleaner, around the places with all the unwanted colour. Colour cream should come proper off of.

 

I set up the Seres aside to dried up for 24 hours. Then I closed colour onto the leather in order to avoid fading, scratching, or cracking. Just for this step you should use any Suede and Nubuck leather protector. I opted to make use of Doctor. Martens ponder balsam since it would serve two functions. Initially, it will support close off inside the color and guard the leather. 2nd, it might soften the leather straps ahead of my split-in method.

 

The complete method took under 1 hour to accomplish. And clean up was a breeze. I am delighted with my reddish colored Birkenstock Seres.