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Post by Drum on Aug 13, 2024 13:01:39 GMT
This time I decided to try my hand at “tie dyeing” which is actually sort of difficult with a hat made from relatively stiff cotton duck. Decided to use a combination of techniques including some mild tying and some direct application of dye patterns. It’s a bit of a mess, but this is another test hat. i also suspect that this would have worked better on an older, less stiff, hat. |
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Post by NeilC on Aug 13, 2024 14:57:02 GMT
I love the tie dye look. It definitely gives the hat character!!
Gives new life to an older hat!!!
Did you use the same dye as the blue hat?
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Post by Drum on Aug 16, 2024 15:40:36 GMT
I love the tie dye look. It definitely gives the hat character!! Gives new life to an older hat!!! Did you use the same dye as the blue hat? Yessir! The technique is different in that I made the different colors and added them to a soda ash soaked hat where as the blue hat was simply immersed in a combo of dye and soda ash and soaked. Interestingly, on Reddit, I caught some comment about sacrilege and heresy because I defiled a vintage Tilley, especially one with a green underbrim.  . Makes me kinda hesitant to do it again, but I do have another, rather faded, TH5 in mocha inbound tomorrow and I am trying to decide whether to try and refresh the brown or try a different color that would mix Will with the brown. |
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Post by NeilC on Aug 16, 2024 16:15:44 GMT
I love the tie dye look. It definitely gives the hat character!! Gives new life to an older hat!!! Did you use the same dye as the blue hat? Yessir! The technique is different in that I made the different colors and added them to a soda ash soaked hat where as the blue hat was simply immersed in a combo of dye and soda ash and soaked. Interestingly, on Reddit, I caught some comment about sacrilege and heresy because I defiled a vintage Tilley, especially one with a green underbrim. . Makes me kinda hesitant to do it again, but I do have another, rather faded, TH5 in mocha inbound tomorrow and I am trying to decide whether to try and refresh the brown or try a different color that would mix Will with the brown. I kinda see what he means but it's your hat and I think the hat takes on a who new life!!! If the TH5 is really faded it might be nice to see if you could restore it to it's original color or something similar. Or make a black TH5. In the end it's you hat and I'm interested in seeing what ever you decide. |
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. Makes me kinda hesitant to do it again, but I do have another, rather faded, TH5 in mocha inbound tomorrow and I am trying to decide whether to try and refresh the brown or try a different color that would mix Will with the brown.