Jerry: Thanks. I bet my daughter has some of those dye tablet left over. And
if she don't have black I guess I could try it the way my printer makes
"black" using the red, blue and yellow mixed to make "black". But I'll bet
that type dye would be about the same thing as the dyes in Kool Aid (food
grade dyes) with the vinegar added to "set" the colors. Anyway, I guess I
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 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 have a light
cream colored neck that might come out better than my idea of starting with
a grizzly neck anyway. Thanks again, Chuck
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From: jerryp...@comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Dying feathers with Rit dye ???
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."
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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
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