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Postman:
A freind made me some nice arrows with all white commercial parabolics - how would y'all color the cock feather? I was thinking of making 1 or 2 stripes with a sharpie.....

wolfsire:
I tried the sharpie.  It works, but I did not like the way it looked.  I color my whites by soaking them in a kool-aid solution, concentrated, hold the sugar, with a little vinegar for binding.  Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Purple.  Have not seen Green, but There might be.  Y+B=G?  Mixing all might get brown.  Will fade if left to weather.

Pat B:
I don't distinguish the cock feather. All my feathers are the same.  Sometimes I use a commercial "indicator" nock and with self nocks I make an indicator with a drop of glue.
   You can use a sharpie or magic marker to add stripes to the cock feather.     Pat

Patterdale:
Have you ever tried hair color?

brownhillboy:
It won't help you with feathers that are already on a shaft, but you can put 1/2 package of Rit dye in 1qt. of steaming hot water, add 1/4 cup of white vinegar and stir until mixed well, then add feathers to be colored to mixture and let soak for 3 hours.  After that take them out and lay them out on newspaper to air dry.  Works quite well!  Good luck! :)

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