Refurbishing Camo - 01/26/20
Just thought I'd pass this on, take it for what's it's worth.
If you're like me, you have a camo shirt or pants that the colors are fading. Or, maybe you just want to dye a favorite light colored shirt. I know there are commercial dyes and I'll be honest, I never tried any of them. So, I cant say they are good or bad. But if you want a really good natural dye, that I think works excellent, try black walnut hulls.
Yep, the same natural dye used on traps. I have a old camo long sleeve shirt, that is as comfortable as they come, that had faded to almost white in places. A couple of years ago, my son told me the shirt stood out in the woods rather than blend in. I was getting some black walnuts ready to plant and had this pile of hulls. Wishing I had my traps ready to dye made me think of the shirt. So I threw the hulls in a bucket of water, stirred/crushed them till the water was almost black, and threw in the shirt. Left it for a day or so, then took it out to dry.
What color it is depends on what you are standing around. If your standing next to something brown, the shirt has a dull green shade. If standing next to something green, it has a dull brown shade.
My son says that it is the best camo color he's ever seen.
Just my .02
If you're like me, you have a camo shirt or pants that the colors are fading. Or, maybe you just want to dye a favorite light colored shirt. I know there are commercial dyes and I'll be honest, I never tried any of them. So, I cant say they are good or bad. But if you want a really good natural dye, that I think works excellent, try black walnut hulls.
Yep, the same natural dye used on traps. I have a old camo long sleeve shirt, that is as comfortable as they come, that had faded to almost white in places. A couple of years ago, my son told me the shirt stood out in the woods rather than blend in. I was getting some black walnuts ready to plant and had this pile of hulls. Wishing I had my traps ready to dye made me think of the shirt. So I threw the hulls in a bucket of water, stirred/crushed them till the water was almost black, and threw in the shirt. Left it for a day or so, then took it out to dry.
What color it is depends on what you are standing around. If your standing next to something brown, the shirt has a dull green shade. If standing next to something green, it has a dull brown shade.
My son says that it is the best camo color he's ever seen.
Just my .02