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Post by Grizz on Jan 7, 2008 22:07:05 GMT -5
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Post by Grizz on Jan 7, 2008 22:16:06 GMT -5
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Jan 8, 2008 1:29:53 GMT -5
Aint for sure but may have to boil them hulls to get the color to come out .Used to go out and gather logwood crystals to dye my traps in the old days before I could buy the quicker stuff but syill have to boil it first to get the color to really work.
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Post by Grizz on Jan 8, 2008 20:31:14 GMT -5
I strengthened up my mixture some and left it soaking. Here it is after 44 hours. Startin to get there.
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Post by livesalone on Mar 2, 2008 20:03:02 GMT -5
Use black walnuts instead....will be darker and more permanent....will work on your hands too though! LOL
Lynne
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Mar 2, 2008 20:56:45 GMT -5
I just read the first post again I thought you were using black walnut hulls sorry about that.
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Post by beaudro on Mar 2, 2008 23:36:30 GMT -5
Grizzly, i've been dying a few things for about a month now, I use Black walnut, it works much quicker, You don't have to grind it all up either. I just crushed mine by wrapping it in a towel, hitting them with a hammer a few times. pour it in a pot with a little water, boil it, LET IT COOL , dip your raw hide in it. The longer you let it set, the darker it'll get. Some say that you have to put iron in the pot with it, but i never have. It doesn't need a mordant to set the dye with. I had to go back and modify this, do not put your rawhide in boiling water... you'll fry it. I'll go find a picture of some rawhide I dyed recent.
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Post by beaudro on Mar 3, 2008 14:53:50 GMT -5
I use this little pouch to put shot in, just a few weeks ago I dyed it with black walnut, I have used pecan hulls, or anything else before. Maple will also work. it'll also work for brain tan, or any other leather.
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Post by livesalone on Mar 4, 2008 22:55:27 GMT -5
FYI- A warning....as we are on the subject of black walnuts I thought I should mention this, just in case you all don't know it. Black walnuts, any part of, even the sawdust from the wood, is a deadly poison to horses. They will absorb the toxin through their feet if they even stand in the sawdust or shavings. There is NO ANTIDOTE !! So , if you have any horses don't discard any part of the nuts, hulls, sawdust, or anything anywhere near where the horses are. The leaves, even just one or two, if eaten will kill them also, so never pasture a horse near the trees or even close enough so a few leaves could blow into the pasture.
Great to dye just about anything with though. We used to spread the nuts in the driveway and run over them with the car to break off the hulls. I'd throw a piece of iron in the pot with it, to set the dye, although the color will set in some things without it. Depends on what you are dyeing.
Lynne
Lynne
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Post by badhand on Mar 14, 2008 14:09:39 GMT -5
One other thing about Black Walnut Hulls if you have tools or anything that is rusted even really badly rusted boiling them in the walnut hulls like get rid of the rust.
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Post by joanne2 on Mar 15, 2008 5:05:43 GMT -5
Nice looking pouch. There is a best time to collect these hulls or no? Wouldn't the relaxed skins absorb so much better than the dried?
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