Dyed some squirrel tails

[drfish]

Dyed some tails using Rit dye. Came out ok. would have liked to have a little darker though. I know black is hard to dye. I was wondering if anyone had used hair dye from a beauty shop to dye with. Does a good job on human hair, so I think it would work on aminal hair also. Might have a order when dyed, but should go away within a short time.

[snake River]

less guys know what happen if you use hair dye.

[Jubs]

I talked to a guy that has been tying flies for longer than I have been alive yesterday and we got on the topic of dying materials. From what he told me black is usually dyed after a purple base dye is on, I don't know from personal experience just relaying what I was told, might be worth the effort to give a try if all else fails.

[dedawg1149]

I talked to a guy that has been tying flies for longer than I have been alive yesterday and we got on the topic of dying materials. From what he told me black is usually dyed after a purple base dye is on, I don't know from personal experience just relaying what I was told, might be worth the effort to give a try if all else fails.

sounds reasonable

[gabulldog]

you mean you want black like that om well how did i do that

[gabulldog]

i like dying and trying to get the right color black is very hard to get right i have tryed many ways to get there but its neaver true black its allways lighter then i want even doin the purple then black its not true black
acid dyes work well but can be be a pain to work with <i hate them>
and to anser my own the 2 black tails in my pic above was done with cheap dollor store hair dye i started by washing tail in hot water and dish soap and drying with <wife loves this> wifes hairdryer and dying it 2x longer then it says i think was 15 min i left for 35 washed out like it said let dry for a few days and start tying out of it i have yet to have any of it fade in water or time so works well

[drfish]

Alan thanks for info. Will try hair dye next batch.

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

I havn't tried hair dyes but when I tried black perfection dye on white kiptail it came out a dark gray,not black. I may have to dye it again.I f that doesn't work then I may try hair dye.My other colors turn out fine.Dog, those tree rats look great.

[gabulldog]

thanks jungle i have tryed more then a few ways people have told me to get black the rite purple and then black gives next bext but once you see it in the sun it aint black
one day i was at dollor store walkig around and was like that hair die is cheap here and i just happen to have the tails best 3 bucks spent