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. So I followed the directions which included adding vinegar to the mix and came out with some decent grizzly hackles, dark green, yellow, orange, red, purple and black. The grizzly dyed black came out all black, you can see the grizzly pattern, I think because the dyed black part is a bit glossier and maybe a bit darker than the dyed white portion. Go for it.
Jerry Caruso "All things considered I'd rather be in Philadelphia." ----- Original Message ----- Folks: Can anybody give me the “secret” to dying feathers (and/or fabric) with Rit dye?? What happened is that my son had some dark purple demin material he wanted dyed black. He added TWO boxes of Rit dye to the three gallons or so of water as he had four yards of material to dye. Adde the salt but not the vinegar as it said to only use the vinegar with salt if the material is silk or wool and not cotton. Brought the water to a boil, then let it soak all day. Still just came out a darker purple and NIT jet black like the dye is. Now is my problem in that. He saved the water as I have a ton of grizzly feathers, but hardly any black, so I was just going to sye a grizzly neck in that same dye water mix after he finished. But I don’t want the grizzly to go from black and white, to purple ad white. Any tips?? Should I add vinegar?? Thanks, Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
