Hello there!
I would highly recommend using water based / latex wood stain.
Paints will rub off and get onto your suit and armor.
You can have any color mixed up at a hardware store, you buy the solid white untinted and have them color it
I've used miniwax and beher with fine results.
Tips:
- Coat the metal buckles with Vaseline prior to staining as it prevents the metal from being colored, rub the buckles with steel wool or brillo pad after.
- The stain will make a mess and splatter and drip, wear gloves work outside or use a painters drop cloth, wear old clothes.
- Use a paint brush's bristles to gently dab the stain into the fibers, use a old bucket or painters tray
- Hang belt over a bucket to dry (It can take a few days to fully dry and will be dripping since it's saturated with stain)
- You can use paper towels to gently dab the excess stain off but in my experience, should be fully dry within 2 days.
Check this thread, some good looking ESB stains on some of the last pages.
NEW WAY TO DYE GIRTH BELTS!!!
So after trying to dye my girth I finally lost it and went down to my neighborhood paint store. I brought a color so they could match it correctly and bought a LATEX stain to dye it with. It worked amazing and its so much easier and it does'nt rub off on your flightsuit. So heres what I did
First I get my paint roller liner, stain and girth ready to dye.
Then I pour the stain in the liner and begin to soak the girth untill its obsorbed enough stain so theres no white showing. Make sure you force it in with your fingers and...
