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Title: Need red feather dye?
Post by: TSHOOTER on February 18, 2008, 10:51:00 PM

Anyone know where I can get GN red feather dye? KK & 3R are out of red. Anyone here sell it? Any other ideas on dyeing turkey feathers red?

Thanks

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: pseman on February 18, 2008, 11:22:00 PM

Cherry Kool-Aid. It's easy to dye feathers with Kool-Aid and in fact the red seems to do the best in my experience. Also, you could dye 50 feathers for less than $1.00

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: UKarcher on February 19, 2008, 12:06:00 AM

Yeah, any cake food coloring works too. I've been using it for a couple of years. Just mix it in a pan of hot water, add a cup of vinegar and pop the feathers in. When you have them at the shade you want, pull them out, run them under cold water and then lay them on kitchen towels to dry out.

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: Orion on February 19, 2008, 12:15:00 AM

Rit fabric dye also works well. Scarlet yields a nice deep red.

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: outbackbowhunter on February 19, 2008, 12:29:00 AM

Saffron, for extremely bright orange

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: J. Adams on February 19, 2008, 02:07:00 AM

Thanks for the great ideas!

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: TSHOOTER on February 19, 2008, 08:26:00 AM

Thanks folks. I think I'll try the fabric dye.

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: Tom Leemans on February 19, 2008, 11:56:00 AM

Larry Maggard (Grey Ghost) and Mike Yancy (Pine Hollow) sell some dyes that work great!

Title: Re: Need red feather dye?
Post by: bowfiend on February 19, 2008, 12:17:00 PM

Maybe it's just my demented off-season winter blues, but I was really hoping for a trophy pic here featuring a well colored arrow, if you catch my drift!

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