Will I need to treat it with vinegar at the end to seal it all in or is it going to stain and stay stained for a while?
R ______________________________________________ Reuven Segal B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) RMIT University 5/11 Rockbrook Road, East St. Kilda, 3183 Melbourne, Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile: 0422 266798 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Alexander Sent: Sunday, 12 November 2006 5:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Dying Feathers with Beets When I used to make hand made soap, I used beets a pretty good bit, so I think it would work on fly tying material.. We (in soapmaking) also use "turmeric" (sp) to dye a yellow color, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reuven Segal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Dying Feathers with Beets > Just jumping on this discussion: > > Has anyone ever dyed materials using Beets? > I put some cutting/skins in water overnight and this morning it was a > perfect colour for what I would like to try on some duns. Anyone can offer > some advice?? > R > > ______________________________________________ > Reuven Segal > > B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year > B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) > RMIT University > > 5/11 Rockbrook Road, > East St. Kilda, 3183 > Melbourne, Victoria > Australia > > reuven [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mobile: 0422 266798 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Masson > Sent: Sunday, 12 November 2006 1:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [VFB] Dying Feathers > > > Hi Darren: > Thank i just got a e-mail from rangerbob, he said to get a hold of you. > I'll be looking forward to see the video he said you would be doing,i,ll > try > your style and see what happen,what i'm tring to get is a royal blue on > the > dark side.I'm using white feathers for this we'll see what happen thank > for > your help. > dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pacres > Sent: November 10, 2006 9:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Dying Feathers > > > I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on the subject. > > I have not tried the microwave method, but opt not to because it is > much harder to control the temperature. > > Here is what I do. > > 1. Soak the feather / hair for at least 2 hours with shampoo. Better > saturation, and cleaner feathers make for a better dye lot. > > 2. Rinse the feathers off well. > > 3. Mix your dye with water. Use a ratio of dye to weight of product > being dyed. If your not sure, go lighter. It's really tought to dye > lighter. > > 4. Add the feathers and bring the temperature up to 140 F slowly. Use > a thermometer for meat to check it. > > 5. Make sure you stir it well. > > 6. Add vinigar about 10% of the water volume > > 7. Let it sit. I ussually let it sit overnight. It produces intense > colours. If it's not dark enough, add more dye and reheat to 140. > > 8. rinse until it runs clear > > 9. Add a bit of conditioner to help keep the feathers moist. > > 10. air dry. turn the hair or feathers and put lots of paper towel or > newspaper underneath > > I will be creating a tutorial that goes into depth at some point soon. > I'll keep you posted. > > Cheers > > -- > http://flyangler.ca - Canadian Fly Fishing >
