Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Fly Tying => Topic started by: James Laraway on 01/02/2024 at 20:20
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Can you 'dye' feathers (white hen or grizzle) with a permanent marker instead of buying lots of capes?
I'm trying some grizzle hen with a blue pro marker and they look excellent but will the colour hold?
Thoughts/ experiences ?!!;!
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So i think they looks pretty good
(https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/11649-020224103955.jpeg)
soaked a fly using the feather overnight in water and its still blue so maybe it will work as a technique ?
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Looking good James, I imagine it would hold - there's only one way to find out *smiley-wink*
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I have done this, and it worked well, I have also used permanent markers on the calf tails and various synthetic fibres.
You can also use permanent markers to tint UV resins. Colour in a spot on a piece of tin foil and then put a bit of resin beside it and mix the two until you get the colour you want.
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i like the idea of tinting the UV resin with the pens - excellent 'hack'
I have actually ordered myself a 'natural' grizzly hen cape so that i can utilise the technique some more without breaking the bank
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Have you seen Dylon pens - basically marker pens, the pigment is fixed with a little heat.
AND :) some years ago I saw someone dying feathers in tiny batches using a bowl of water and a microwave. or - Phil White would dissolve some dye in a jar of boiling water with some vinegar- add feathers and leave it overnight.
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here is an attempt with 'pen dying' grizzle hen hackles - claret and blue ordie
(https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/11649-280224112915.jpeg)