H. I have twin Aunts who are both beauticians and they could probably do
that for me. Thanks, Chuck
From: Don Ordes
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 1:35 PM
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Chuck, ask your local beauty parlor what they’d
, 2014 12:32 PM
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Hi Chuck,
Black is notorious for being very difficult to dye with fabric dyes such as Rit
(and dylon). From experience, I wouldn't bother wasting your time with black
Rit but try and find a blac
Black colour is easy obt. with hair dye.
Thomas
(Von Unterwegs gesendet)
> Am 21.11.2014 um 19:32 schrieb ashley strutt :
>
> Hi Chuck,
>
> Black is notorious for being very difficult to dye with fabric dyes such as
> Rit (and dylon). From experience, I wouldn't bother wasting your time with
with Rit dye ???
Wes: Looks like a one stop shop for dyes for sure. Thanks, Chuck
From: Wes Wada
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:02 PM
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Dharma Trading is a good resource for learning about the various dyes and
procedures. They
Hi Chuck,
Black is notorious for being very difficult to dye with fabric dyes such as
Rit (and dylon). From experience, I wouldn't bother wasting your time with
black Rit but try and find a black dye that is stronger, when I get around
to it I will be searching for one myself.
Personnally, I
Wes: Looks like a one stop shop for dyes for sure. Thanks, Chuck
From: Wes Wada
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:02 PM
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Dharma Trading is a good resource for learning about the various dyes and
procedures. They service
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chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote:
> Will do, Chuck
>
> *From:* Allan Fish
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:25 AM
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>
> If you get hold of aniline dyes be sure to wear go
Will do, Chuck
From: Allan Fish
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If you get hold of aniline dyes be sure to wear good rubber gloves. And a mask
wouldn't be out of order either. Not only do they dye
;>> could try just a few feathers and see what happens. Maybe I should just
>>>> break down and tell my wife I want a black hackle neck for an early
>>>> Christmas gift. I HAVE been a "good little boy" this year after all LOL..
>>>> When I'm asleep a
ck hackle neck for an early
>>> Christmas gift. I HAVE been a "good little boy" this year after all LOL..
>>> When I'm asleep at least hahaha. At least all the great tips are giving me a
>>> lot of options to try to see what works best for me. I think I ha
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Chuck:
The dyes in that kit are not the same as Kool Aid unless you're thinking
Jonestown or the dyes you see in the stores around Easter time. In the
instructions that came with the kit in large letters is "Do
M Westphal
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:18 PM
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May I suggest, before you have done the dyeing, etc. that you may want to just
keep the grizzly hackle without dyeing it and go to Lakelandflytying.com in
the
Mel: Thanks a lot. Great tips there. I’ll try them out, Chuck
From: mel hocken
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:18 PM
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Chuck
I used to dye a lot of materials, both fur, feathers as wellas natural and some
what works best for me. I think I have a light
>> cream colored neck that might come out better than my idea of starting with
>> a grizzly neck anyway. Thanks again, Chuck
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: jerryp...@comcast.net
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 1
colored neck that might come out better than my idea of starting with
> a grizzly neck anyway. Thanks again, Chuck
>
> -Original Message-
> From: jerryp...@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:22 PM
> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
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Chuck
I used to dye a lot of materials, both fur, feathers as wellas natural and some
synthetic yarns. The first step is to be sure the material to be dyed is clean
and free of grease and oils. I used to use dish washing soap.Be sure to rinse
the soap completely away. Temperature control is crit
anyway. Thanks again, Chuck
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Chuck:
I've only dyed grizzly hackle one time. I had several grizzly saddles of
vari
purple” the next.
Chuck
From: Wes Wada
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:56 PM
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Just a note: I had some time last fall to spend a couple days at the Spirit
River plant and warehouses in Glide, Oregon.
The Spirit River dyeing
eck anyway. Thanks again, Chuck
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Chuck:
I've only dyed grizzly hackle one time. I had several grizzly saddles of
I hadn't thought about the permanent markers, but I have those in all colors
of the rainbow. Thanks, Chuck
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From: J Balmer
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I haven&#
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jerryp...@comcast.net
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Chuck:
I've only dyed grizzly hackle one time. I
Chuck:
I've only dyed grizzly hackle one time. I had several grizzly saddles of
various quality where I had used up most of the good dry fly hackle and had
found an old Ukrainian Easter Egg kit my grandmother had used to make the eggs.
There were several packets of dye left including black.
ckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote:
> Thanks a lot. I love anything by A. K. Best anyway, and didn’t even
> know he had this book. Chuck
>
> *From:* aflyt...@comcast.net
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1:27 PM
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Thanks a lot. I love anything by A. K. Best anyway, and didn’t even know he had
this book. Chuck
From: aflyt...@comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1:27 PM
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Chuck
Get a copy of A.K. Best's book DYING & BLEACHIN
, November 18, 2014 3:08 PM
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Hi Chuck,
Black is a color even pro dyers have problems getting! It's quite a problem.
It depends on what you intend to use the dyed material for, and what final
qualities it must have, but...
I foun
Hi Chuck,
Black is a color even pro dyers have problems getting! It's quite a problem.
It depends on what you intend to use the dyed material for, and what final
qualities it must have, but...
I found the easiest solution is to use women's hair dye, the boxed typed
sold for women's hair coloring
I second what Gary just said. You can find it for fairly cheap too.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM, wrote:
> Chuck
> Get a copy of A.K. Best's book DYING & BLEACHING Natural fly-tying
> materials. Feathers and cotton do not dye the same way. Best has full
> instructions and will take you thro
Chuck
Get a copy of A.K. Best's book DYING & BLEACHING Natural fly-tying materials.
Feathers and cotton do not dye the same way. Best has full instructions and
will take you through it step by step.
Gary s
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Folks: Can anybody give me the “secret” to dying feathe
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