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elbow
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Dyeing goose feathers?
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October 26, 2010, 10:17:00 PM »
Anyone dye goose feathers to make bright fletching? If so how?
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Re: Dyeing goose feathers?
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October 26, 2010, 10:19:00 PM »
Snow goose or Canadian Goose?
I dont think there is much you can do with a canadian goose feather. a Domestic or Snow goose may be a different story though. I am interested in hearing.
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Re: Dyeing goose feathers?
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October 27, 2010, 09:47:00 AM »
You can dye Canada goose feathers but they won't come out "bright". I have dyed them using the Great Northern feather dye. I used red and the feathers came out a red wine color, they look cool but not highly visible.
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Re: Dyeing goose feathers?
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October 27, 2010, 09:55:00 AM »
try kool-aid!
www.ronnlucassr.com/docs/Dying%20Feathers%20101.pdf
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October 27, 2010, 12:20:00 PM »
I tried dying canada goose feathers with cool aid and it didn't work very well. Just the edges and the quill took color. As stated try domestic or snow goose feathers and let us know. I used cherry cool aid.
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Jeremy
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Re: Dyeing goose feathers?
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October 27, 2010, 02:39:00 PM »
You can dye the white domestic goose feathers with just about anything, same as turkey.
Canada goose feathers? Well, that's covered pretty well above.
The primary flight feathers of the snow goose are black, not white
The primary coverts, secondaries and tertiaries are white. Unlike most Canada goose secondaries, you can usually chop a 4" fletch from the snow goose secondaries
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Re: Dyeing goose feathers?
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October 27, 2010, 02:56:00 PM »
Jeremy beat me too it, but Ive ground and fletched both snow and canadian primaries and on the arrow they both look and act the same. Can't tell the difference. If you're looking for some feathers with the same properties to dye, swan feathers are the best but pretty hard to come by.
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