make@highlighter?

[Chef Niloc]

I'll bet that there is a easy way to make this stuff? I'm guessing thinning down some dye would work? Just wanted to ask the pro's. If I'm calling it the wrong thing I'm talking about the stuff that brings out the tooling in leather. The only one I can find is a light brown color. I want to use a cordovan or Burgundy color.
Thank you
Colin

 

[Chef Niloc]

Think my dyslexia@may have butchered this question? What I want to know is how you guys bring out the detail in tooled leather? Tandy makes a thing called highliter that works but inwant to use a different color.

 

[Nick Garner]

Brown paste-type highlighter is used in Sheridan style leather carving. Any creme shoe polish can used as well. Many shoe repair shops have little jars of creme shoe polish, Meltonian is a popular brand, in many many colors.

Here is a link to a site that sells these polishes so you can get an idea http://www.shoeshineexpress.com/polish.asp#meltonian