- June 29th, 2009, 2:53 am#136190
Does anyone know if something like this would work on a Black Nomex?
dtblack wrote:Does anyone know if something like this would work on a Black Nomex?No. Nomex is synthetic. It will not lighten significantly or take dye. I've been repeating this until I'm blue in the face in multiple threads.
dtblack wrote:If that's the case why is it I've seen people talking about dyeing their desert tan nomex's to a something a little more grey?Because they still end up khaki at the end, with a barely noticeable gray depending on the lighting. I would assume with a black nomex, very little to color would show, if any, as Jarius said previously. If you're very picky about your suit color, get a tru-spec or rothco. Otherwise, just get a black nomex and call it good.
Jairus wrote:RIT dye does not work well on synthetic fibers; it states as much on the back of the package. The most you can hope to do is tint the suit.
Jairus wrote:Nomex is a synthetic material, and as such does not take dye very well at all. The most you can hope to do is tint it,
Jairus wrote:You also shouldn't have to dye a Nomex suit, and it is indeed fairly difficult to do much more than tint one.
Tru-Spec Recipe - Jairus wrote:Coming soon.I was able to get my black Tru-Spec to a suitable GB2 Charcoal Gray using Bleach, RIT Liquid Navy Blue and Dark Green dyes and some really hot water.
JayM wrote:What do you recommend if I were going to be using a full cotton Rothco for hot weather?Taking the presented recipes and using roughly half the amount of dye with roughly half the dying times. You'll need to experiment.
creamyiraq wrote:I actually managed to re-dye the suit and make it semi-accurate on my 3rd try. I pretty much went at it willy-nilly and hope that it turned out okay, and it went well. I figured I'd share my method in case someone else does what I did and ends up with a purple/maroon color instead of the gray.THIS.POST.IS.USELESS.WITHOUT.PICTURES.
First I soaked the suit in the washer with hot water and 2 cups of bleach for 30 minutes, then ran it through the cycle. After doing that the suit was a light brown color. Then I refilled the washer with hot water and added a packet of RIT color remover to the wash, then ran the cycle straight through without any soaking. This time it had a greenish hue to it, but was for the most part gray.
I hit a bit of a snag in this next part. I reloaded the wash, again with hot water, and poured in 1/2 cup of blue dye into the wash, then added the suit. I reset the cycle to run for 30 minutes. After this the suit was starting to turn a nice gray/blue, but was still very light and had some green spots still. I decided to run the wash again (4 washes total) with the remaining 1/2 cup of dye and around 1/2 cup of salt. After running the cycle the suit was nearly perfect. I put it in the dryer for around 20 minutes, and what came out was pretty close to the charcoal gray/blue color I was looking for.
Like I said, this was basically a big trial and error experiment, so by no means should these steps be followed before consulting someone smarter than I at dyeing fabrics. =P
Ron Daniels wrote:Posting pics when I get home to my camera. LOLKTHXBAI.
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