walnut dye

[hawkeye1755]

Thanks,Hiparoo :hatsoff:

 

[Hiparoo]

You're most welcome!!

 

[Greenmtnboy]

thanks, I guess my frock is going back to the tub for a couple of weeks

 

[Goldhunter]

hmm, frocked again. :grin:

booo hisss bad humor! :shake:

 

[BEMRON]

Soaked my frock for about an hour in cold dye in a plastic bucket, wrung it out and let it line dry. Have some dark streaks with lighter shades in some places, is this normal? First try and admit I had no idea what I was doing. Ron

 

[Hiparoo]

yep, the streaking is from the dye not completely saturating the fabric...it will help if you stir the fabric,take it out and put it back in the dye,etc. a couple of times a day....also using a mordant(read past post on this in this thread)will help "solidify" the dye...also, the longer you leave you object in the dyebath the darker/better the color will be....some folks, like the mottled/camo look...hope this helps..Mitch

 

Hot-cold-green-black

It makes little diference, you will get some shade of dye any way you work with walnut hulls.

I do not seperate green from black or shell them. If I have small amount of hulls I will boil them to increase the depth of color. Tie them up in a cloth sack to avoid the nasty crap in the bath. That eliminates the straining and keeps all the color in the liquid bath.

Use salt (1 cup per gallon) or vinegar as mordent or throw in some rusty nails for a really black color.

You can boil the hulls in small batches, if you do not have a big pot. A 2 gal bucket will work or a big can like dog or cat food comes in. Dump the whole mess into a big $5 garbage can from Wally World.

None of the concentrations or recepes are a one hour dye, not even if hot. Leave the garmet in overnight at the least. I have a batch going now that has been in for right at a month.

It will probably be ready by spring! :rotf:

 

[Karl Feldmeyer]

I've done leather leggins in walnut-no mordant neccesary, and I would NOT use a hot dyebath for leather-use cold dyebath.....

Please use a COLD dye bath Undertaker!
I learned the hard way. I use an old steel crab pot set on bricks over a fire pit. I just bust open the green hulls with a hammer and throw the whole mess into the pot and start building a fire under it once it starts boiling I throw a couple more pieces of wood on the fire and let it burn out over night and DON'T put any leather in it until it is cold. It takes about two days for the pot to cool down then I re-boil it every week and just throw a piece of wood over the top to help keep the critters and tree trash out.

But back to the lessons learned! I once made a great elkhide shooting bag with a harness leather strap, hand carved toggle button closure with a handspun cloth liner and threw it into a hot dyebath overnight :nono: .
When I came home from work the next day I pulled out an elkhide change purse! :shocked2:
I guess I could have said it was a shooting bag for an infant :youcrazy:
Good Luck

 

[hawkeye1755]

I guess I could have said it was a shooting bag for an infant :youcrazy:
Good Luck

A shooting bag for the young ones :hmm: :haha:
I was surprised how expensive black walnut is.2 pounds for $12.80 :shocked2:
How much i need?
:hatsoff:

 

[Greenmtnboy]

what 12.00 buck fer two lbs that is :bull:
go to[url] www.basketmakers.org[/url]

 

[Hiparoo]

hard to say how much you need.....I usually fill up a pillowcase size bag with hulls and use a big garbage can or rubbermaid livestock trough(the small one)-the more hulls the better/stronger the dye in my experience...I say get as much as you can afford..Mitch

 

[BEMRON]

I used vinegar as mordant, wish I had thought about putting hulls in a bag, would have saved a lot of time straining. I have a shirt I might try giving it a longer soak and see if I get a more uniform color. Kind of like the mottled look on the frock. Thanks for the input, Ron