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Title: Dyeing wool ?
Post by: Lslite on June 24, 2008, 08:09:00 PM
Bought a neat,100% wool jacket I want to use for hunting,but the color is a rather bright,forest green.Anyone ever try overdyeing something like this to subdue or darken the color ? If I use lukewarm water with Ritz dye,should I worry about it shrinking too much ?
Title: Re: Dyeing wool ?
Post by: waiting4fall on June 24, 2008, 08:41:00 PM
You might not believe me but this is what I did w/ walmart paint to my green Gallatin columbia wool. I have ha it for years, & have not been happy w/ the green color. Well i took care of that. Smell is gone, very little stiffness.

http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff241/waiting4fall/?action=view¤t=137.flv
Title: Re: Dyeing wool ?
Post by: woodchucker on June 24, 2008, 09:15:00 PM
Do you mean "forest" (pine tree) green?????

Why bother?????    :confused:   I killed more than a few deer,and an 85# coyote (at 7 yards) from the ground wearing a "forest" green jacket and pants from Johnson's Woolen Mills.I just look like a little pine tree sitting there   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Dyeing wool ?
Post by: Lslite on June 24, 2008, 10:02:00 PM
Yep,I agree that the deer won't mind the color,but it's pretty bright and I'll also use it for turkey and waterfowl.
Title: Re: Dyeing wool ?
Post by: Pat B on June 24, 2008, 10:53:00 PM
Generally wool absorbs light so it doesn't show up to deer like cotton or synthetics do.   Pat