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03-24-2007, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
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Dyeing Bucktail
Okay, so how do you dye bucktail. Bucktail does not like to absorb water or dye for that matter. I tried black ritz dye in water, letting it soak for a couple of days and it only turned the bucktail dirty gray. Do you need to add an emulsifier or heat up the dye solution or both. Or is there another method?
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03-24-2007, 11:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
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Did you de-grease the bucktail prior to dyeing? If you don't de-grease, the oils will act to repel the dye solution & you won't get as much penetration.
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03-25-2007, 07:35 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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i have never done it before but i'd put some money on heating up the dye solution. rit is pretty strong stuff.
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03-25-2007, 03:52 PM
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What do you use to degrease the bucktail before dyeing?
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03-26-2007, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Southern R.I.
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You need to wash it. You can use dawn dishwashing liquid. You have to heat the rit dye on the stove to just before a simmer and add some white vinegar. Black is the hardest color to do. I dye alot of my own stuff but never black, just cant ever seem to get it deep enough.
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03-26-2007, 12:03 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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whats the vinegar do...? like dying eggs?
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03-26-2007, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Southern R.I.
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Im no chemist but its used as whats called a "setting agent". I guess the acid somehow sets the dye.
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03-26-2007, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: South Orleans
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I was unsuccessful also
A few years ago I dyed a tail black with Rit. I heated up the dye solution as per instructions. I did not know about the vinager or the degreasing though I usually wash my bucktails with soap. My result was black enough, but the dye came off and blacken my hands when handling it. I have not tried since.
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03-27-2007, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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hair coloring
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03-27-2007, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Edison,NJ USA
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Get A.K.Best's book: "Dyeing and Bleaching Natural Fly-Tying Materials". Lots of good info and gives you the whole process.
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04-04-2007, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Long Island NY
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Wash in woolite. Let dry. Make you solution of rit dye, heat to just before a boil. Add white vinagar and soak the tails or bucktails a few hours.... Let dry and your ready to go....
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04-04-2007, 08:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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As long as we're on the topic.....
Has anyone ever tried sugar-free Kool Aid to dye bucktails? Read about that a while back, not even sure if it was serious. Anyone?
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