Bleeding red dye

[CrappieDreamer]

I recently purchased some red maribou. When I tried using some, the red dye was rubbing onto my hands. Unfortunately I didn't realize it right away and it transferred to my bright white chenille. Now it has a pink shade to it.

This is the first I've had any color from my materials rubbing off onto my hands. Any ideas how to save the maribou?

[skiptomylu]

About the only thing you can do is wash rinse it out until the extra dye comes out. The you can put them in like a sock or one of the dryer bags and dry in the dryer? Maybe ask Fatman on here when he comes around as he does a lot of his own dye work so will know. I am pretty sure though all you can do is rinse it in water until it stops coming out. I have had that in some Blue marabou and resist doing the rinse out thing, but I probably will when I have to use it. Now I have other Blue marabou that I like there is a chance I never wash that out of the one I am talking about, lol!

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[CrappieDreamer]

I've never dyed anything and wasn't sure if it would be water based or solvent based dye.

I guess it makes more sense to be water-based so as to not leave behind an odor for the fish to smell.

[skiptomylu]

Just need to rinse it I believe and them if you have some something you can put it in to dry in the dryer. Just need to have them contained when doing so.

PM Fatman and ask him, he's done a good bit of dying!

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[CrappieDreamer]

After talking with the supplier, I decided that their manufacturer doesn't rinse their feathers very well. The people that package the feathers for sale apparently complain that the dark colors get all over their hands so they wear rubber gloves.

I took a small clump and rinsed it in cold water for about 4-5 minutes. I could still get red color to come out when I squeezed water from the feathers. After getting most of the water out by hand, I dried them some more by squeezing them Inside some folded paper towel. You can see in the picture below that more color came out.

Next, I dried them with a hair drier, shaking them gently during the process. It doesn't look like the color changed much at all. In the second picture, the washed clump is at the top.






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[skiptomylu]

Yes all your doing is washing out the dye that the guys doing it didn't finish! I don't find that often, but have and do at times. I have some FL Blue that when I got it I thought it are a little extra dark shade, but then I see it coming out on my hands, lol!

So just wash them out and go to it!

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[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

Soaking the marabou in warm water with white vinegar will help the dyed marabou colors set up better. Then rinse in cold water until water is clear, then dry.