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Dye from Black walnuts (question)

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Minuteman:
Hey Rick, I've done some dyeing with walnuts. I boiled two  5 gal buckets full of the dark, starting to fall apart, kind you pick up off the ground in early October . I was dyeing two wool blankets so I needed a bunch. The wool turned darker but not a real huge difference. Some canvas I did got very dark. I left it in for a coupla hours. Different kindsa stuff will take the dye differently.
   Oh yeah wear old clothes when ya mess with it because you WILL get some on ya! ;)

El Destructo:
Wool has too much Lanolin in it ....it is hard to use a Natural Dye on....and get much color to stay

Dingleberry:
I heard you can also you fresh black walnut hulls to treat giardia......don't think I'll test it out though. :-X

Stonedog:
I just take the green nuts...hull and all......drop them into water.....and wait......

Pour out the water and let them sit for a few hot days in the shade....they will get nasty and brown.

Fill back up the bucket and throw in an old rusty file....and voila!  Walnut dye......

Also....pee (as in urinate) into the mix a few times.  Between the pee and the iron from the file, you will have a mordant that will really help set the dye into whatever you are dyeing.

The longer it sits....the stronger the dye will get.  Stir is every few days to keep it from geting moldy.

El Destructo:
                                                            To Much Information!!!!!!

                                                                          :P

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