Joyce: That is a good site.. I think that Black Plum would be very much like Crow Feathers cause that Navy and Wine would give it that "Blue/Black" color... I don't know why I didn't think about dish washing liquid because we pan for gold here, and although gold is 19 times heavier than water, tiny "flour gold" can float from the oil on your hands, but about 2-3 drops of dawn added to a pan will make it sink like a rock.. Thanks for this info... Maybe I'll tie dye my fishing vest LOL...Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce's crafts and flies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Dying Feathers > 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 >
