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Dying capes

Started by Lochan_load, November 12, 2014, 08:54:25 PM

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Wildfisher

How much does the dye cost Andy and how many capes will one packet dye?

Lochan_load

It's about a fiver Fred depending on where you buy it, I paid £5.50. I did the ten black capes and used about a third of it but I did it in a soup pot and also over measured just to make sure ;) if you follow the instructions you should use a 1/4 of a teaspoon per litre, there's about 5 teaspoons in a pack, if you wanted to you could really spin it out.

Fishtales

You can't get a decent black natural cape because there is no such colour in nature. What we see as black is actually a very dark brown :)

To get real black you have to get pigment and dye the article black and even then it has to be on a pure white surface or it still isn't 'pure' black because the underlying colour still shows through.

I have never bought an expensive cape in all the years I have been tying. I don't think I have paid more than £5 for any of them and most were only two or three pounds. The last lot I got from ebay were £10 for six I think :)

I do have dyed capes but they are seldom, if ever, used so dying more would just be a waste of time and good capes :)
Don't worry, be happy.
Sandy
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corsican dave

Quote from: Fishtales on November 13, 2014, 10:42:52 AM
You can't get a decent black natural cape because there is no such colour in nature
Hempel's Ravens?  :8)
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Fishtales

Raven's aren't black though, they are a very dark blue :)
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Lochan_load

Yip, you want to get the water just below a boil, basically letting it stew until the dye sets

Lochan_load

Just a wee update on this, got given some pheasant bits and bobs by an old fella I know that shoots, haven't sorted through it all except the tails, the ones I got were pretty pale so thought I would dye some and keep some natural. Did some fiery brown and some black. Same as before but this time at the end chucked them in the tumble drier (just on their own mind!) gave them ten minutes and they came out great, the hair drier takes ages and seperates all the fibres on the tail so it looks like a bit of a dogs dinner, they came out of the drier on their natural shape. A wee picture of the colours, come out nice and shiny

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bibio1

Andy,

Did you use the venaird dyes? I am going to dye a cape dark fiery brown

Lochan_load

Yeah veniard fiery brown, comes out well

Clan Chief

This thread has reminded I purchased a few veniard dyes a while ago but still havent got round to using them. Might remedy that soon. There's a great vid on McPhails Youtube about dying capes.

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