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Dyeing Results [message #19133] Fri, 15 October 2010 02:54 UTC

clsn
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Everyone seems to talk about using Rit fabric dyes, but I haven't seen much about the details. I guess just following the directions on the package works. But I figure I should do a little more experimenting, since I want to do this in as little space and time as I can, and because I'm probably working with very small models for the most part.

So, a modest experiment with at least a little quantifiable control: pieces from the incorrectly-printed "rattling bones" I ordered a few weeks ago, using Denim Blue, Scarlet, and Golden Yellow dyes, one teaspoon (5ml) of dye powder in 4oz (120ml) of hot water, microwaved (my hot water heater was taking it easy) to get it to around 120-125 degrees F (50°C), steeped for about 5min (300s), microwaved a little more to get the temperature up again and then given another five minutes. The results may or may not be well represented by this picture, but were acceptable for me. Not incredibly full-saturation mega-vivid, but definitely colored pretty deeply. The blue looks kind of purplish, and the red especially shows incomplete saturation. But very acceptable, very simple, and it makes details a whole lot
easier to see.

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Have to try some detail material too. May have to go cooler than the directions recommend; detail material isn't very heat-tolerant.

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	Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 15 October 2010 02:54 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: Magic on Fri, 15 October 2010 05:53 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: Drawn-Steel Hero on Fri, 15 October 2010 11:30 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 15 October 2010 13:09 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: Drawn-Steel Hero on Fri, 15 October 2010 13:15 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: stop4stuff on Fri, 15 October 2010 16:35 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 15 October 2010 14:07 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: jeff on Fri, 15 October 2010 14:50 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: gibell on Fri, 15 October 2010 15:29 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: jeff on Fri, 15 October 2010 18:32 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 22 October 2010 01:30 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 29 October 2010 15:56 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 15 October 2010 15:40 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: gibell on Fri, 15 October 2010 16:25 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: lordnorth on Thu, 11 November 2010 15:17 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: clsn on Fri, 12 November 2010 04:11 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: virtox on Fri, 12 November 2010 08:21 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: gibell on Tue, 23 November 2010 15:13 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: TomZ on Tue, 23 November 2010 16:29 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: gibell on Tue, 23 November 2010 21:32 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: Drawn-Steel Hero on Fri, 19 August 2011 16:51 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results - Anybody want to get Rusty? By: dhawktx on Wed, 24 August 2011 14:22 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: electrobloom on Mon, 29 August 2011 14:03 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: TomZ on Mon, 29 August 2011 14:28 UTC
	Re: Dyeing Results By: dhawktx on Mon, 29 August 2011 14:42 UTC

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