I tried the hair dye today and that's a once in a lifetime event for me. I honestly don't see how my girls do this to themselves. I purchased an emerald green blast. I did not use the bleach out in the kit. I used a piece of red fox that was fairly dark. I'm trying to achieve a very dark green.
I like the way the red tips did not take the dye. And the color is very close to what I was hoping for.
This next pic is of the same hide but I used a Kelly Green Rite Dye.
It is much easier to work with and much much easier to clean up the mess.
I also dyed some duck flank today Kelly Green and Navy Blue both Rite Dye
So my mix is as follows
1 bottle liquid Rite Dye
Refill twice more with hot water
1/4 cup white cider vinegar
Table spoon of salt.
Mix well Micro for an additional minute on high
add feathers/ fur and sit in bath for 1 hour
remove and let dry. Hint put feather on a cloth or old shirt to dry they will dry twice as fast. After a couple hours I rinsed in warm water and achieve the results.
Personally form past dying experiences I have found the powder dyes seem to work better. Especially the Tulip tie dye packets at Walmart. I went this morning but they were sold out.
I've dyed a ton of chenille over the years but today was the first for fur and feathers. I'll probably next time use the peroxide bleach out material then set the Tulip Dye from Walmart for more of a solid color result.
Bo