Anyone ever dyed a wool fedora

Longspur77 · February 03, 2013, 11:51:00 AM

Was doing some spring cleaning yesterday and found a tan 85% wool Fred bear looking hat. I tried it on and it fit. Was wondering how I can break the tan up on it. I thought of leather dye. Has anyone ever dyed stripes or anything on a hat before?

Will Cocke 2 · February 03, 2013, 11:56:00 AM

I dyed a wool tabogin with rit dye turned out perfect.

hawkeye n pa · February 03, 2013, 12:05:00 PM

I dyed a faded wool camo hat once, then used magic marker to recreate shades or blotches on it.

Got caught in a horrific thunder storm rain during a spring gobbler excursion. The dye and or marker stained my face and what I took in around the mouth made me sick. Now I only wear a quality wool hat if they are calling for rain!

huntingarcher · February 03, 2013, 01:47:00 PM

Lessons learned

stabow · February 03, 2013, 05:16:00 PM

Fred didn't dye his......

amar911 · February 03, 2013, 05:49:00 PM

I don't think the permanent marker dye will come out with rain water, but do you really want to do that to a nice hat. The tan deer don't use dyes on their coats.

Allan

onewhohasfun · February 03, 2013, 06:14:00 PM

Fabric paint.

February 04, 2013, 08:36:00 AM

try some walnut hulls soaked in water, it works great for faded camo.
i was thinking of trying to camo my wool felt hat also,....but i havent done it yet..

Bill Carlsen · February 04, 2013, 11:13:00 AM

I dyed a face mask with some of the Just For Men beard stuff. Worked really well and was permanent.

McDave · February 04, 2013, 12:56:00 PM

Here's one I camoed by dabbing some black face paint on. It happened somewhat by accident, as I got some black face paint on my fingers and then on to my hat as I was adjusting it. I decided that rather than having a dirty looking hat, I might as well add some more and have a camo looking hat. Anyway, it seems to have worked!