clovisc wrote:Here's a question to anyone who's dyed a white spydie with RIT dye... how's the dye-job holding up?
I'm especially curious if exposure to water causes any issues...
Clovisc and all,
Back to your original question. I may have mentioned this before … my lovely wife dyes fabric on a regular basis. She has long (not since she was a cub in high school) moved on from using Rit. Rit on fabric just doesn’t last that long. It tends to fade with exposure to light and many solvents will cause it to “wash out” of the material.
That said our knives are rarely out in the sun, but we do use oils (solvents) around the knives. Does anyone have photos of a knife they dyed a year ago????
What I think we need to do is step this up a notch and move beyond the supermarket aisle dye. My wife suggests a product called “Dye-na-Flow” by Jacquard. You can find it online or at your local fabric store (Jo Ann’s Fabric). The photo below is small sample of the colors available; there are many, many more colors available. The bottles are sitting a scarf made of yarn dyed with this dye.
This dye is light safe and can be heat set (blow dryer) to make it washing proof. There is no mixing involved just squirt it on and even it out. If you are not heat setting, it does take 24 hrs to dry. The dye can also be used for “vat” (mix it with water) dying just like the Rit.
One interesting thing about the Dyenaflow is you can paint it on. The wife is presently experimenting on a PVC pipe to show everyone what you can do. We shall see what it looks like later.
I second the notion that we need more white FRN knives. I have only bought one because the sprint run tends to up the cost of the knife. I think white could be a regular color for all FRN knives and we could all dye to our heart’s content.
Please note, we should all be experimenting with test pieces. Many small plastic plumbing fitting are made of nylon. I’ll pick some up to run an experiment. I want to see what the Chartreuse looks like. I’m just dying to see it :p
Jim
