How to stain a hemp belt.

[Mean Gene]

Hello again. A while back I asked for suggestions which would make a better belt to put on a possibles bag I was making.
All were good suggestions and I appreciate everyone's comments, in the end I settled for the leather belt.
After several months I decided it was uncomfortable and ordered a couple yards of 1 1/4" hemp from a company named Hemptopia. It is a little lighter than I would like and would like to give it a brownish color, but something that won't come off on my shirts.
Can you give me some suggestions that might help.

Thanks Gene.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Any stain will work. Make yer own from walnuts or just buy a box of Rit.

 

[Elnathan]

Might try a strong tea with a bit of vinegar as a mordant.

If you have any scraps, it seems to me like it would be a good idea to test any dye first.

 

[Mean Gene]

yes i have some left over, using test pieces is a good idea, i have heard of using tea once before but it was about turning white plastic grips yellow.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Dayum ... 1-1/4” weaved hemp is gonna be one HUGE belt!

:dead:

 

[SgtErv]

They’ll get plenty dirty enough after a few times shooting, or even just one weekend in the woods.

When I first started, I tended to desire some aging on my gear. Aging plus actual use makes it look overly old, though, in my opinion, and often the dyes would leach out

Totally up to you, and either way is cool, but Blackpowder and the woods will hey it plenty dirty in no time to tone it down

 

[necchi]

They’ll get plenty dirty enough after a few times shooting,

,,and often the dyes would leach out

Kind of my experience too, I was thinking why not just use local mud?
Not dirt, mud. Put mud on, let it dry,, break it/brush it off.
Dirty then clean-Dirty then clean = patina.

 

[Mean Gene]

:surrender: ok ok, I changed my mind the day after my posting, I decided to just let it age naturaly.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

That's good. You probably would need to wash the webbing first, with soap and water then rinse, and then let it dry to then dye it, for the dye to "stick". It can be oily or is often treated with a flame retardant since it's intended use is for seat webbing on furniture.

LD

 

[Mean Gene]

Thanks LD

 

[Wes/Tex]

:surrender: ok ok, I changed my mind the day after my posting, I decided to just let it age naturaly.

Even better...let the grandkids play with it unsupervised a day or four...if they're like mine, they can unravel a cannon ball if you just leave them alone a while! End of the week end it'll look just finely weahtered. :shocked2: :rotf: