Re: [VFB] Dying Feathers

[Joyce's crafts and flies]

You can dye feathers and furs wonderfully with rit dye. For the colors and 
combinations you want, go to http://www.ritdye.com.  The in between colors 
are found under the crafts recipes. I just finished dying some rabbit fur 
claret with rit dye (scarlet, wine and cocoa brown).  Good luck..easy to do. 
I've found that if I heat the water in the microwave, prewash the feathers 
or fur in dishwashing detergent (I use Dawn) then rinse well, boil the 
water, add the rit dye, stir and put in your materials. I really like the 
new screw top disposable containers for dying. Joyce