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natural dye
Don:
OK thanks Pat , Wasn't sure where to put it.
I like the beet juice, might give that a try.
Other berry dyes are not quite in season yet. The black rasberries are just starting. I'd rather eat them anyway. ;D
Some where around the house I have some red earth from Oklahoma, if I can find it.
Good ideas. Don
Pat B:
Onion skins and osage will give you yellow dye. Black walnut hulls, hickory nut hulls and tea will give you browns or tan. Different minerals will give other different colors. Places like crazy crow sell natural pigments already ground. Maybe even Mike at Pine Hollow or 3rivers. Pat
Badbill:
When I was a kid of about 8 years old I cut a strange looking nut in half with my Boy Scout pocket knife. Whatever came out of that seed stained my knife right in the middle black as any rifle I've ever owned, the stain is still there and I'm 44 now. Anybody want to guess what kind of nut that was?
El Destructo:
--- Quote from: Badbill on July 12, 2008, 02:17:19 am ---When I was a kid of about 8 years old I cut a strange looking nut in half with my Boy Scout pocket knife. Whatever came out of that seed stained my knife right in the middle black as any rifle I've ever owned, the stain is still there and I'm 44 now. Anybody want to guess what kind of nut that was?
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I know an Unripe Pecan or Walnut will stain Steel forever...if you are cutiing through the Green Hull....could have beek on of them
Badbill:
Now that you mention it, We did have walnut trees in the area.
Thanks ;)
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