There you go. Oh, treat the feathers with Joy (other soaps not as good), rinse well, use half 5% WHITE vinegar/half water roughly, dye in hot water with kool aid is what I remember doing. This is the cheapest way I know that gives good results for small batches. Some fading may occur so test a few feathers first before dipping a whole pelt. Can be used on hair but I used an ammonia/polmolive solution to de-grease some deer, rinsed 3 times well and then went on with the vinegar/kool-aid. Vinegar fixes the dye in some way just as you do with Easter eggs. Lots of natural dyes available for free if you do some scouting or Indian research. Deer brains is the best tanning product to get a soft hair/hide product...Indian fanatic/scout leader/friend (Byard knows him and has fished with him too) showed me that one and many more.
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That is true... My ink jet printer makes black by combining blue, yellow, and red.. Chuck----- Original Message -----From: David MurphySent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 5:40 PMSubject: RE: [VFB] Dying FeathersKool Aid (no sugar) is a cheap and effective dye. Forget Rit. Black is a combo of all the basic colors, right?
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Can anybody tell Me if I can dye feathers with "Rit" dye (For dying clothing). Or is there a special dye??? Thanks, Chuck
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