Dying Strings

[Kassidy]

Looking for help dying strings. I am using fabric dyes (green, red, blue, purple). Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[brycew74]

kassidy, ive been using rit, mixing 1 capful to about 2 cups water , letting the strings sit in it overnight take em out lettin em dry retempering them and braiding, havent had much trouble with the coming out, hope this helps

Bryce

[Sovran81]

Bryce, what do you mean by retempering?

[brycew74]

i dry em out totally then put em my humidifier overnigtht to get them to the right temper to braid

[bucksnort]

_{I do the same as Bryce, except that I've always rinsed mine several times.then let them dry & retemper. Rinsing may not be necessary. Rit always seems to hold up well, I have some reins with red interweaves I've been using for a couple of year that are still nice & bright. Luck, Buck}

Not sure why that's so small!

[KnotHead]

I have dyed some horse hide with Beet Juice, and one time in coffee can filled with coffee and some coffee grounds. Both of those seemed to work out really well.