If you want more natural dyes, try walnut hulls. Walnut hulls are a very old (like hundreds of years) solution to making ink for quill pens. You boil the walnut hulls in water and the resulting ink is a sepia-brown color that is very permanent. The longer you let it boil, the darker the ink. But you can also use it to dye clothing and it should work better than cocoa (way better than chocolate drink mix) in adding some light brown tones. Nice part is that it works on synthetic fabrics. Walnut hulls will dye the cotton-nylon ripstop blends that are common today. The tannins in the walnut dye make it a really durable color and if you do it and decide you want it darker or want to touch up an older dye job, just mix up another batch. It doesn't get splotchy. You can even use it to darken leather.
Thanks for showing. I´ve done some dying with RIT Dye and such, good stuff. Once I tried dying a MOLLE pouch with the US Army UCP camo digital pattern with coffee. Just bought cheap instand coffee, used a lot (like a strong coffee) and boiled the pouch approx 30-40 minutes. With big success. Even after washing the pouch in the washing maschine it is fine (and smells like a cup of coffee for a long time😆)
The dyed acu looks like the Canadian cadpat Camo. I do like it as it’s not as bright as the Canadian Camo also it’s a pretty awesome trick and I’ll be doing this
Just a heads up, there is a color of liquid rit dye called Cocoa Brown, I’m wondering if that isn’t what the guy meant, instead of literal cocoa. Also, cocoa isn’t the same as hot chocolateC the latter has sweetener and powdered milk in it.
Ya know funny enough i think it still probably gave a pretty similar result. Between the rust water and the cocoa it actually looks pretty awesome. How long did you let everything soak in the dye exactly? It seems like time can matter to a certain degree.
I'm gonna be dying some old ABU pants, the AF variant. They're the summer material ones that are the same lightweight material as the ACU, so these videos of yours are a good reference! Thanks!
Most people soaked theirs longer, and came out very bright neon green. Im glad you didnt love the way they came out and its given me some ideas for my own project
I think if you would have used Cocoa Powder it would have subdued the green even more, as that stuff is pretty rich.. but still a major improvement over ACU👍
Kinda looks like the Russian digital Flora camo pattern. My question is how will this look with the Navy blue digital patterns? Or Air force tiger stripe?
I can’t imagine that the navy blues will work very well unless you use a color that will completely wash it out. But the ABU tiger stripes should work rather well.
I can tell you that the USAF ABU tiger stripe pattern turns out great with some brown dye. I have a boonie cap in ABU pattern and I followed the directions on the bottle of dark brown Rit. I didn't leave it in very long as I wasn't looking to darken it much. I live in the desert SW, and I was going for an arid color scheme. I like how it turned out. It darkened the Sage green color and made the tan base look more mottled against the greens. The darker green didn't really change. The short soak time probably kept it from getting a lot darker, but if you were going for a brown dominant color for the woods back east or in the northern states during autumn, I'll be it would look great. If I get another piece of ABU gear, I'm thinking about doing a bleach soak with it first to really lighten the colors before trying to dye it again. And I thought about it at the time, but adding some yellow or amber tones to it would not be the worst idea. Sort of a poor man's Flecktarn. No idea how it would look with greens although I can only imagine it would turn out about the same as UCP seeing as they're pretty similar in their color scheme.
Now all you need to do is add the eyes of a lion the feathers of an eagle and a crocodile's teeth and you got a magic potion going. Oh and dont forget the garlic.
I haven't but some of the comments I've seen for dye ratios, using the way to dye them green as seen in most videos, then adding a quarter cup of either a grey variant or a quarter cup of black as a starting point as this will get you closer to od green. But id say add black into the dye until you're satisfied with the color. But starting with that green then the black might give you some of those occasional green splotches in multicam black instead of just all black
So for ACUs, and I have 8oz Rit Apple green dye right here, and instructions say add teaspoon of liquid dish detergent, and then for cotton, add salt, for Nylon, add vinegar.. is that why added both salt and vinegar? My ACU shirt is 50/50 cotton nylon, trousers say 100% ripstop cotton.. NYCO? And if I just use apple green dye, will get darker the longer I leave it?
I'd like to go toward the deeper tone of "Ranger Green" which has a bit of grey to it I'd say. Hoping to find someone with the recipe of mixing different dye colors to achieve this. Anyone been there / done that can tell me the correct brand and color of dye and and in what proportions?
If you want more natural dyes, try walnut hulls. Walnut hulls are a very old (like hundreds of years) solution to making ink for quill pens. You boil the walnut hulls in water and the resulting ink is a sepia-brown color that is very permanent. The longer you let it boil, the darker the ink. But you can also use it to dye clothing and it should work better than cocoa (way better than chocolate drink mix) in adding some light brown tones. Nice part is that it works on synthetic fabrics. Walnut hulls will dye the cotton-nylon ripstop blends that are common today. The tannins in the walnut dye make it a really durable color and if you do it and decide you want it darker or want to touch up an older dye job, just mix up another batch. It doesn't get splotchy. You can even use it to darken leather.
Thanks for showing. I´ve done some dying with RIT Dye and such, good stuff. Once I tried dying a MOLLE pouch with the US Army UCP camo digital pattern with coffee. Just bought cheap instand coffee, used a lot (like a strong coffee) and boiled the pouch approx 30-40 minutes. With big success. Even after washing the pouch in the washing maschine it is fine (and smells like a cup of coffee for a long time😆)
The dyed acu looks like the Canadian cadpat Camo. I do like it as it’s not as bright as the Canadian Camo also it’s a pretty awesome trick and I’ll be doing this
Yes! That's why I'm dying mine ACU's, get closer to CADPAT than hideous UCP lol
Just a heads up, there is a color of liquid rit dye called Cocoa Brown, I’m wondering if that isn’t what the guy meant, instead of literal cocoa. Also, cocoa isn’t the same as hot chocolateC the latter has sweetener and powdered milk in it.
I figured that out a few days after filming....lol
@@appalachiansurvivalist2080 Lol no worries, love the channel man, great content.
How does the dye hold up after wash
Ya know funny enough i think it still probably gave a pretty similar result. Between the rust water and the cocoa it actually looks pretty awesome. How long did you let everything soak in the dye exactly? It seems like time can matter to a certain degree.
I'm gonna be dying some old ABU pants, the AF variant. They're the summer material ones that are the same lightweight material as the ACU, so these videos of yours are a good reference! Thanks!
And surprisingly a better pattern...
Any pics on how they turned out?
You have just made ACU double the price to buy. 🤫🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great effect on the British Desert DPM. I'll buy some and play around with it soon
Brit desert DPM will be scarce soon. They are no longer making it. Don't die too much.
Ive been watching videos how to dye them. Thanks. You made it easy
Most people soaked theirs longer, and came out very bright neon green. Im glad you didnt love the way they came out and its given me some ideas for my own project
Great vid thanks for showing comparison at the end!
Glad u like it, should have stated Choclate Coco Dye, sorry.. looks good though... sorry..
hahaha I see! I may have to try that as well!
🤣
What does the Chocolate coco dye add?
@@shanewhetstone2201 it adds just enough Brown to make it a FDE.. I stumbled upon this recipe by trial n error.
what dyes do I use to dye my ACUs to look like the green color of woodland marpats or m81 woodland camo? and what ratio?
This looks great! Thanks for the recipe!
Nice! Turned out good! Trying this soon, want to get fairly dark green, something close-ish to CADPAT
Nice job.👍
I think if you would have used Cocoa Powder it would have subdued the green even more, as that stuff is pretty rich.. but still a major improvement over ACU👍
Should be called “dying UCP” because ACU is the cut of the uniform and not the actual pattern
Kinda looks like the Russian digital Flora camo pattern. My question is how will this look with the Navy blue digital patterns? Or Air force tiger stripe?
I can’t imagine that the navy blues will work very well unless you use a color that will completely wash it out. But the ABU tiger stripes should work rather well.
Blue is going to have to go even darker like black
I can tell you that the USAF ABU tiger stripe pattern turns out great with some brown dye. I have a boonie cap in ABU pattern and I followed the directions on the bottle of dark brown Rit. I didn't leave it in very long as I wasn't looking to darken it much. I live in the desert SW, and I was going for an arid color scheme. I like how it turned out. It darkened the Sage green color and made the tan base look more mottled against the greens. The darker green didn't really change. The short soak time probably kept it from getting a lot darker, but if you were going for a brown dominant color for the woods back east or in the northern states during autumn, I'll be it would look great.
If I get another piece of ABU gear, I'm thinking about doing a bleach soak with it first to really lighten the colors before trying to dye it again. And I thought about it at the time, but adding some yellow or amber tones to it would not be the worst idea. Sort of a poor man's Flecktarn.
No idea how it would look with greens although I can only imagine it would turn out about the same as UCP seeing as they're pretty similar in their color scheme.
I always told folks the Army and Air Force meant to have these green uniforms but bleached them by accident ha ha ha ha.
Looks great man!
Lawrence Collins thanks!
Now all you need to do is add the eyes of a lion the feathers of an eagle and a crocodile's teeth and you got a magic potion going. Oh and dont forget the garlic.
Has anyone done their old uniforms in black? Wondering how it turns out? Looking to do my old ABUs or some OCPs in black for a multicam black look.
I haven't but some of the comments I've seen for dye ratios, using the way to dye them green as seen in most videos, then adding a quarter cup of either a grey variant or a quarter cup of black as a starting point as this will get you closer to od green. But id say add black into the dye until you're satisfied with the color. But starting with that green then the black might give you some of those occasional green splotches in multicam black instead of just all black
@@randomboomerang2787 hell yeah thank you, ended up doing my old ABUs in black and they turned out pretty awesome
Cocoa is way different from the instant stuff..... Use the apple green only and the time should be 1hr to 1.25 hrs
Have you dyed any ACU pouches? Im interested to see if you dyed ACU pouches would they be close enough to CADPAT.
Yes. They turned out exactly like the uniforms did. I show some in my other videos
So for ACUs, and I have 8oz Rit Apple green dye right here, and instructions say add teaspoon of liquid dish detergent, and then for cotton, add salt, for Nylon, add vinegar.. is that why added both salt and vinegar? My ACU shirt is 50/50 cotton nylon, trousers say 100% ripstop cotton.. NYCO? And if I just use apple green dye, will get darker the longer I leave it?
You can use desert patterns for fall in non desert environments
what dye can I use to get my acu ucp to look like the green from the marpats or m81 woodlands (bdu)?
I'd like to go toward the deeper tone of "Ranger Green" which has a bit of grey to it I'd say. Hoping to find someone with the recipe of mixing different dye colors to achieve this. Anyone been there / done that can tell me the correct brand and color of dye and and in what proportions?
With 3 gallons, I did a mix of Rit colors:
1/2 Cup Camel
1⁄2 Cup Kelly Green
1⁄4 Cup Dark Brown
Came out an OD Green.
How does this work under night vision?
Can you do that to the combat shirt?
Yes. I did it with the British combat shirt and worked great
Appalachian Survivalist awesome thanks
Yes, I did 1 in apple green n my apple green n coco Chocolate Rit Dye, looks good. Beats the hell outta the original color of UCP.
Wonder if coffee can be used instead of cocoa.
I discovered later that he meant cocoa dye. I tested it, but I didn’t like the darker color.
It certainly can.
remember, that is how the navy used to color white uniforms for combat. (officers uniforms)
Worst case, some bear is going to think you smell like a chocolate desert.😉👌
looks like cadpat like canada has
Hello, I want to buy insect repellent with the same taste as US Army ACU or OCP combat suit
Very cool
What about acu pattern gear?
Kids today you get to learn how to disolve a body JK LOL
I dont know why this popped into my noggin once i saw the trash can
Making lye, huh?
@@____________838 Modern Rouge The *HOW NOT TO DISSOLVE A BODY IN LYE* lol
squishy rio lol
interesting,,,why coco?
Miss understood what a follower suggested. He listed it with other natural ingredients when he meant chocolate coco dye. Lol
Coco Chocolate Rit Dye
Which dye did you use on the desert dpm?
Epsom salt is better than salt
Marine and dessert does not really sound right
Dying ACU look like CADPAT TW f***ed with UCP.
Try coffee,