>>> Do I need to apply different products to prepare the shoes for restoration other than the ones I bought?
From pictures the leather is very dry of its original fatliquor (14% average fat and oil content that makes the leather soft and supple). I also believe that the shoes now get tighter to wear as well due to shrinkage due to diminishing fatliquor. “I removed all the layers and build-ups first with alcohol, thinner and acetone,” All these solvents further dries the fat and oil off the leather. The initial sequence of restoration process starts with restoring its structural integrity with Hydrator-3.3 > Fatliquor-5.0 wet system.
>>> Can the products I bought be applied to the raw leather, especially the top?
Products you pick are as follows: Aniline-76 (red-brown), Bond-3D, Stucco-90, Adhesor-73 and Impregnator-26.
Dry repair system sequence of restoration continue with Impregnator-26 > Bond-3D + Bond-7A > (Stucco-90 will give way easily on constant flexing areas, the Bond products does a better job on stress areas).
Refinishing sequence is with Aniline-76 (but the contrasting color intensity is too grade that using ‘transparent’ coating dyestuff can provide you with an even coverage as different absorbent rate will also produce different color intensity. In this present uneven absorbent problem and wish to produce a beauty of depth with aniline dyestuff will need to make adjustment with the base and the alternative sequence would have to modify accordingly as follows:
Adhesor-73 > Micro-54 (custom red brown) > Aniline-76 (red-brown) > AnilineTop-76 (gloss or satin) > Protector-B.
>>> 2. What about the finishing using your aniline dye, how can I match the original color of the shoes, by mixing different aniline colors?
Yes, they are intermix example the popular brown for man is a mix of Dark-Brown + Red-Brown + Yellow. Ladies favorites change yellow to orange. Always remember to topcoat it that also determines its luster level.