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Title: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Buranurra on February 08, 2013, 02:22:00 AM
Hi All

I have dyed some feathers using Rit and following the general consensus from all of the feather dying threads I have found here.

Colour is spot on but I am concerned that the feathers are in a twist as you can see from the pic.

I didn't boil the solution, is this normal and will steaming return them to shape????


(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/Yonjuro/IMG_3851_zpsd898f69f.jpg)
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Buemaker on February 08, 2013, 05:12:00 AM
Good grief, looks like vanilla sticks. Hope you can save them. Bue--.    :eek:    :eek:
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: magnus on February 08, 2013, 07:20:00 AM
You can try steaming but that doesn't look promising. Sorry.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: magnus on February 08, 2013, 08:31:00 AM
Pm sent. Call now if you can.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: reddogge on February 08, 2013, 09:05:00 AM
Holy Moly I've never seen feathers do that.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Gordon Jabben on February 08, 2013, 09:09:00 AM
Sorry, but I couldn't keep from laughing.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: stringstretcher on February 08, 2013, 09:12:00 AM
From the looks of the towel under them, you tried to squeeze them dry?  If so, that is a big no no.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: magnus on February 08, 2013, 09:27:00 AM
Good eye Charlie!
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: stringstretcher on February 08, 2013, 09:29:00 AM
I won't go into how I know about that   :knothead:
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Pat B on February 08, 2013, 09:36:00 AM
They should steam back to normal or almost normal.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Bldtrailer on February 08, 2013, 10:07:00 AM
I've dyed alot of feathers and NEVER have had this happen .  Dry them flat and see what happens, I bet they will be fine.  When I dye feathers I lay them in a 9 by 12 pan/tupperware flat , then lay them out on a "gutter guard" (from lowes) so the air can get to both sides.   (http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/bloodtrailer7/001-9.jpg)
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Post by: Zradix on February 08, 2013, 12:28:00 PM
I'd say they're dead buddy.

...I'm sorry
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: acolobowhunter on February 08, 2013, 01:39:00 PM
Try the dye from 3 Rivers ( I believe that is where I got it).  Comes in a small packet - add 1 gallon of water and bring to a rolling boil and add feathers for 1 minute only.  Remove and let dry.  Allow liquid to cool and pour into a 1 gallon glass jug.  Reheat and reuse as needed.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: acolobowhunter on February 08, 2013, 01:41:00 PM
Try the dye from 3 Rivers ( I believe that is where I got it).  Comes in a small packet - add 1 gallon of water and bring to a rolling boil and add feathers for 1 minute only.  Remove and let dry.  Allow liquid to cool and pour into a 1 gallon glass jug.  Reheat and reuse as needed.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Buranurra on February 08, 2013, 08:27:00 PM
Thanks for all the responses.

here is take two. fingers crossed

(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/Yonjuro/Arrow%20Building%201/IMG_3852_zpsd3ef8053.jpg)
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Gordon Jabben on February 08, 2013, 09:04:00 PM
Lookin' pretty good!!!
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Buranurra on February 15, 2013, 10:42:00 PM
erm well, those last batch were pretty stuffed!

However I received some great help from Magnus and I ended up getting the colour I wanted. It is darker blue than appears on the pic but matches the Aussie flag blue I wanted.

It has been an expensive and frustrating learning curve but I feel pretty confident that I will be able to dye feathers first go from now on.

(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/Yonjuro/Arrow%20Building%201/IMG_3866_zpsd9231be5.jpg)

Thanks again Magnus,

Cheers

Jase
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Alexander Traditional on February 16, 2013, 03:11:00 AM
That is a pretty blue,glad you got it figured out.
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Green on February 16, 2013, 05:19:00 AM
Yeah, Magnus is like that.     :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Help, have my dyed feathers died?
Post by: Rustic on February 16, 2013, 05:35:00 AM
Good post, I was gonna do the same thing this weekend.
Thanks for sharing
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