Looking For Thread With Color Options

[hestes]

Hi all! I want to first say thank you all for the great information here. I am a week into learning to make holsters and this forum has been extremely helpful.

I have a question about thread and color options. I am currently hand stitching and I have a request for a holster with pink thread. Does anyone have any suggestions on a brand, etc? Right now all I have is a spool of waxed linen thread that I ordered from Springfield. I would like to find something with more color options that will still hold up well and I'm not sure what good types of thread are for this kind of thing or what I should avoid.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

[J Hayes]

http://www.mainethread.com/product216.html

I've used this in the .035" size, worked good

[hestes]

Thank you! I will give that a shot.

[The Dawg Club]

We get our from http://www.thethreadexchange.com/ . Plenty of colors

[hestes]

Thanks for the previous input. I have purchased a boss and am now looking for 277 nylon thread for it. I placed an order with www.sewingmachineoutlet.com/ricetn.htm, but received an email that the supplier of that thread has gone out of business.

So I am back with a couple of questions.

Is 277 what most people use for holsters? The thread exchange has a variety of colors in 207.

Does anyone have another supplier they would recommend that has a variety of colors? I would like to find red, pink, purple, etc.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Edited June 8, 2013 by hestes

[electrathon]

Buy unwaxed linen and pull it through Fiebings dye. Let it dry, then wax and sew.

[hestes]

Buy unwaxed linen and pull it through Fiebings dye. Let it dry, then wax and sew.

Thanks for the reply. However, I am now using a Tippmann Boss to sew, so waxed thread isn't recommended. I would like to find spools.

Edited June 9, 2013 by hestes

[Matt S]

Buy unwaxed linen and pull it through Fiebings dye. Let it dry, then wax and sew.

I do this but with a Sharpie. Less messy and does faster.

[hestes]

I do this but with a Sharpie. Less messy and does faster.

This did make me wonder, have any of you bought just a a white spool of nylon or polyester thread and dipped it in dye to get the color you want?

[electrathon]

This did make me wonder, have any of you bought just a a white spool of nylon or polyester thread and dipped it in dye to get the color you want?

Nylon and polyester will not accept dye (think od trying to dye plastic. Linen will accept dye. If you dipped a roll I would guess you would have light and dark areas, like tie-dyed. You may also have drying areas. You can also use Rit dye on it too. I like the Sharpie idea on short run batches al lot, great idea. You do not have to wax it, I just threw that in since you said you were buying waxed.