If they are like my cousin's daughter over there. You will have a variety of colors in no time. She likes to dye her hair a different color every week! Red, blue, purple ect!
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] dying and bleaching > Bob, > the feathers it get are all white. So I think that bleaching is not > necessary. Nice idea with the hair dye. Will try it. Have two girls at home > who love to dye there hair from time to time. > Rene > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Datum: Sonntag, 9. Dezember 2001 13:56 > Betreff: Re: [VFB] dying and bleaching > > > >Rene what color are the feathers that you are getting? If the are a dark > >color. You will have bleach them first. The goose feathers that I have > are > >from wild geese. Depending on the species I get snow white to a gray that > >is almost black in color. The best way to bleach them is peroxide that is > >used to lighten human hair. In fact you can use hair dye too. I got my > >Veniard dyes from an auction site. I got 40 different colors for around > $20 > >US dollars. The one thing I really like about them is the fact that a > >little goes a very long way. You do have to be careful with them because > if > >you spill it. It is there to stay. I have even had it dye a Formica > >covered drying board! > > > >Bob > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:45 AM > >Subject: Re: [VFB] dying and bleaching > > > > > >> Bob, Ross, > >> thanks for the advice about vaniard and the fabric dye. I'll try to get > >some > >> of them and play (and mess) around with it during X-mass. Hope it will > not > >> become X-mess. > >> Rene/Germany > >> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Datum: Sonntag, 9. Dezember 2001 13:17 > >> Betreff: Re: [VFB] dying and bleaching > >> > >> > >> >Rene can you get Veniard dyes. I have found them to be the best. > Fabric > >> >dyes work very well too. Do you have the book on dyeing by A.K. Best? > >It > >> >is one of the best reference guides around. > >> > > >> >Bob > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 5:49 AM > >> >Subject: Re: [VFB] dying and bleaching > >> > > >> > > >> >> Harmen, > >> >> I'm interested in this. > >> >> I'm playing around with the idea to dye hen and goose feathers. We > have > >a > >> >> farmer here around (yea, in central Germany <*G*>) who breeds goose in > >> >this > >> >> part of the year. When they are going to their final destination he > has > >a > >> >> lot of feathers... > >> >> Main problem: I didn'd found dye in my fly shops. What I can get is > dye > >> in > >> >> craft shops. They use it to dye silk. Do you know if this works in > >> >feathers > >> >> (and hair) too?? > >> >> I wish everybody a nice sunday. > >> >> Rene > >> >> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > >> >> Von: Harmen Boshuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Datum: Sonntag, 9. Dezember 2001 04:40 > >> >> Betreff: [VFB] dying and bleaching > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Was planning on posting some information on methods for dying and > >> >> >bleaching. As it will take a while to type up all the info. > >> >> >I first wanted to check to see if there is any interest in this. > >> >> > > >> >> >Harmen > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > > > >
