What's the best stain for the glowforge leather

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This comes up occasionally, very recently in fact.

Dye leather before cutting?

Hello! I’m a newbie in leather stuffs. I’ve been making some earrings lately where I’ll cut/score veg tanned leather then dye it afterward. My question is - Could I just dye the whole piece of leather first and then cut it in the Glowforge? I’m using water base stains mostly. I’m not sure if that’s ok for the machine. Anyone know? It would make for more uniform pieces IMO and would save me some time of dying each individual earring.

and just two days ago:

Preferred way to dye Glowforge leather?!

Hello! I purchased the natural leather from Glowforge for creating wallets and clutches. I would love to have some advice about products to dye the leather and wether to dye before or after cutting it? I am also wanting to experiment with hand painting the leather with dyes as well! Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much, Emily