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RIT Dye works well, very well.
A few things to keep in mind:
1 - Use a stainless steel pot. Glass Pot would be even better if you have one big enough.
2 - Wash your bucktails with dish washing soap thoroughly. You may have to do it a few times to get all the oils off. You know you haven't washed them good enough when you end up with white spots all over where the dye didn't penetrate.
3 - Throw in a splash or two of vinegar. It makes the dye a bit stronger.
4 - Do not boil the bucktail, you want the water to be simmering, not boiling. Lay the bucktail flat and put something on top of it so it doesn't curl when you take it out.
5 - Different materials take dies differently. It's a guessing game how long to leave in certain materials so the colors shades are the same. Best thing to do is test a few pieces and write down the time for each. You can throw in all kinds of stuff in the pot and take them out at different times. Wash them in clean tap water and blow dry them to see what they will look like when they are dry.
6 - Don't try putting rabbit skins in hot water and expect to use them afterwards. The trick to this is you need to let the water cool to room temperature, then throw the skins in. Otherwise the skins become hard as a rock and essentially useless. That one took me a while to figure out.
7 - Get a color wheel, you can come up with some really nice colors.
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