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Title: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: ryped on March 21, 2009, 11:01:00 AM

Does anyone have a good way to restore faded camo.  Does RIT dye work.  I have some faded Predator Fall Gray that I would like to keep in service.  Thanks.

I had another idea...Since Predator doesn't make Fall Brown anymore could their Fall Gray be "lightly" dyed brown???

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: ishiwannabe on March 21, 2009, 11:07:00 AM

I have heard you can use RIT. I never have. When my camo is in need of some touch up, I gather some butternuts or walnuts, crush em up, boil them and then add my camo to the mix after I remove the heat. I check it periodically until "done", then air dry. Then into the dryer on high to "set" it.

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: ryped on March 21, 2009, 11:15:00 AM

That's a good idea and I'd give that a try, but butternuts and walnuts are hard to come by up here.

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: bowmaster12 on March 21, 2009, 11:55:00 AM

i rememebrseeing a product just for this reason i will see if i can do some research and find the name for you

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: bowmaster12 on March 21, 2009, 11:58:00 AM

just did a search the product i found was camo restore

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: Whip on March 21, 2009, 12:14:00 PM

I used the Camo Restore stuff once and it did a fairly reasonable job.  My camo now is the Gray Wolf Wolfskin, and fading isn't an issue at all with it, so haven't used the Camo restore in a long time.

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: George D. Stout on March 21, 2009, 12:31:00 PM

I like faded camo 8^).

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: reddogge on March 21, 2009, 08:10:00 PM

I'm partial to faded camo too.
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0599.jpg)

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: wollelybugger on March 22, 2009, 09:30:00 AM

The more faded the better for me. I have camo older than some of the archers here, still wear it.

Title: Re: Restoring Faded Camo
Post by: Eric Krewson on March 22, 2009, 12:57:00 PM

Here is a picture of ASAT treated with camo restore. The ASAT on the left is new,the shirt on the right is old Brigade Quartermasters stuff.

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/hunting%20stuff/camorestore.jpg)

The old stuff had faded until the tan was almost white and brown was barely visible. I used brown camo restore to bring it back. Camo restore isn't permanent and will fade in a year or so of washing.

Sure wish Brigade ASAT was still made, the new stuff is junk by comparison.