roo4u Report post Posted April 26, 2011 i finally figured out how to resize my digital pictures...can you say duh? this lace was dyed with easter egg dye made with vinegar. red yellow and orange are good, the one that looks green was supposed to have been teal and the day i mixed the dye it came out much darker. but i couldnt get a decent picture of the tiny pieces i dyed the first day. and after sitting two days the blue pigments in the dyes faded away. the blue and purple were totally unusable after sitting that long. now to walmart to get more dye on clearance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnotHead Report post Posted April 26, 2011 I think they turned out really good roo. B... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roo4u Report post Posted April 26, 2011 thanks knothead....i tried them on the drumstuffed natural roo and with the orange i got a really nice cantaloupe color....still have to do wear testing on that but the rawhide is dyed all the way thru. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnotHead Report post Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) The rawhide tends to take better to the dyes. Where as with the kangaroo it takes a bit longer to get that all the way through the skin dyed effect. I tested a natural piece of kangaroo and it took about 2 or 3 days just for the color to stay on the surface. So the natural dye like I have been using on the horse hide does not work out too well with kangaroo. I know that a dye for leather will work better. I have not tried rite dye on any natural kangaroo hide yet. One of my next experiments on the table to do. LOL... I did notice that the orange in your photo turned out really nice. It almost takes on the color of Saddle Tan. A tad bit darker and it would almost look exactly like a Saddle Tan, which is one of my favorite colors in leather. B... Edited April 26, 2011 by KnotHead Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roo4u Report post Posted April 26, 2011 normally when dyeing roo i use fiebings spirit dyes...but they always come off on the hands a little bit. i did mix some rit based spirit dye and using the pink i got a dye that on the drum stuffed natural came out a nice soft rose pink and on the crusted white i got a nice baby pink. though the spirit dyes dont penetrate the rawhide very well. the vinegar based stuff really penetrates thru and thru. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
