Has anyone tried Easter egg dye for fly tying materials? I was all set to get me some KoolAid and dye something rootbeer brown, only to discover KoolAid doesn’t make the root beer flavor nowdays. So thinking of small batch dyes, Easter egg dyes came to mind. I know someone has tried it, I haven’t found a question yet that one of you has not yet tried. Oh yeah, How well did it work?
I think you may find that Dye Rit is allot easier to use for dying, and seems to work quiet well, atleast in my limited experience with dying myself.
Mike
use rit, if you can’t find it in local stores get it on line. rit has a nice chart for mixing too…
I have dyed turkey and pheasant tails with Easter Egg dye.
Takes about a week. I use 6 tablets in a large drink cup.
Rick
Uncle Jesse
Check out the following links for Koolaid dying charts
http://www.dyeyouryarn.com/kool-aid.html
http://www.alpacabytes.com/2009/06/30/how-to-dye-alpaca-fiber-with-kool-aid/
Also look up Davie McPhails video on dying. It is very good.
I have had real good luck dying with food coloring that can be found in most any food store. However my efforts have been limited to dying feathers. The trick with feathers is to make sure that all the oil is removed from them by washing in hot soapy water. I then place the feathers, a few drops of food coloring and water in a plastic bottle and put them in the zapper for a few minutes. Shake a few times after removal to insure the dye get into the nooks of the feather.
Tim
It took a while but I found a thread made a couple of years back on dying with food coloring.
Tim
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?38517-Dying-Goose-Feathers&p=387475#post387475
Uncle Jesse,
Maybe this chart of KoolAid colors will help:
http://www.thepiper.com/fiberart/koolaid/images/colorchart-high.jpg
Allan
Good Morning all,
I think it may have been in A.K. Brst’s book, there is a section on dying materials. Others have successfully used teas and onion skins, and beets (separately)and then the dyes are set by soaking in vinegar. I have attempted to dye feathers once with food coloring and it took a lonnnnnnnng time.
Uncle Jessie;
I believe if you use Kool Aid, 1 part orange and 1 part grape, you will achieve a dark brown color. ( I haven’t tried it yet )
Good Luck
Mark
Rit and Kool Aid dyes are consistent batch to batch plus you can buy individual colors. I think consistency is of color is important. That is why I use Rit.