http://www.salmonflies.com/traditionals/dyes.htm Here's a chart of the Veniard colors. I was thinking you might look for a Silver Doctor Blue but they don't list it with that name. I would go with Glenn's suggestion of Cambridge. By the way... some of the kool aid changes color when put in water but I don't think you will achieve the color you want with it based on your description. Regards, Deb
Ed , You may look at Veniard fly tying dyes in ( 40 ) kingfisher blue and I never seen this one but maybe ( 41 ) light blue ( cambridge ) and you can weaken the dye as much as you wish and remember just dye two or three feathers at a time and record the time you soak the feather which may only take a few minutes and go to the sink and rinse right away to remove any excess dye. I first wash my feathers with dish soap and rinse well and I also add a few drops ,not much ,of dish soap in the dye to act as a wetting agent........Glenn Overton ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Ward To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:05 PM Subject: [VFB] dyeing I have gone through all my records on dyeing material from Rit and cool-aid after going to every store I didnt find any blueberry cool-aid and the only blue rit I found was royal blue and navy blue. I got to thinking about the time of year it is and thought about easter egg dyeing or possibly house hold food coloring I was wondering if anybody ever used any of them. The color I'm trying to dye is a very light sky blue or a powder blue, anybody got any ideas ? Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.
