Denny, thanks for the comment. I normally use soap and water prior to dying, but your advise adds to the details of good practice. I am thinking that I have not used hot enough water for long enough. My results have generally been good, but on occasion have had light areas, and lack of adequate degreasing may have contributed to that problem.

Rick, thanks for the input on your method. I have tried to dye pheasant tail feathers with your method, and not gotten a very intense color. Now I know that I was just not patient enough and needed to give the dye more time.

Thanks to all for the input. I am hoping more good comments on dying will show up on this post.

Friends have advised that I am a bit on the frugal side, although that is not the exact wording that they generally use, so thus the reason for dying the fox. It is much cheaper to buy scraps of white fox and dye your own than it is to buy the fox already dyed.

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf