fiebings

[b44mag]

i did some reading on here about dye went to tandy today. the kid there had no clue but tried to help. i ask for powdered leather dye nothing. so he says heres our dyes so i remembered fiebings when i saw it. so i ask what it was made from he said alcohol base. so i thought ok this is the stuff. i told him that i was dying wood shafts.  he said i could add alcohol its just a 4oz. bottle. i ask rubbin 91 or denatured he looked at me like what. so i just bought it (orange) and thought ill ask you guys the ? cause he just did not know. and niether do i
ok ????????
is this the right dye yellow white and black box
can i add what kind of alcohol or just use as is
can i polywipe over it

i tried rit and 91 worked fine but want bright orange shafts
thanks for any info

[magnus]

Use it as is. Wipe it on and wipe on poly over it. Throw the dauber away and use a piece of old T shirt. Oh yeah wear rubber gloves.    

[Ground Hunter]

Behlen Solar-Lux  --  The dye not the stain.

The best!

[b44mag]

thanks magnus

solor-lux ??? whats that
 i learned about the gloves with the rit looked like a umpalumpa from the wrists down first try

[Bill Carlsen]

RIT dye and alcohol works really well.

[dragonheart]

Originally posted by magnus:
Use it as is. Wipe it on and wipe on poly over it. Throw the dauber away and use a piece of old T shirt. Oh yeah wear rubber gloves.      

YES

[Tom Leemans]

It works as stated above, but the only thing I'll use now are the dyes sold by Larry Maggard and Mike Yancy. That stuff is the bomb.

[monterey]

I thin fiebings with denatured alcohol with no problem.  70% or 91% might work, but remember that the dye is alcohol based and the remaining 30% and 9% are water!

Given enough time it will fade on wood.  Used it on a riser and it faded but did take quite a long time.  OTOH, the bow spent most of it's life in a fairly dark room!

I suspect that the color will outlast your arrows.

[Ground Hunter]

b44mag

The Behlen Solar-Lux is a liquid dye for wood, non-grain raising alcohol based.  I've used it for years in the making of guitars.  Makes the grain JUMP out of the wood.  About the same cost as the others.  Not real well known to archers - the stuff rocks!!

[b44mag]

maybe next time ill try the solor-lux. i got the fiebings so ill use it on a few shafts see how it works. i got so much stuff in the last few months. its all comming together pretty good.
now i just need to put it all together and go let them fly. really glad i decided to buy the stuff to make my own arrows. in the begining the cost is a bit more than a good set of arrows. i just cant come up with 80+ bucks at once for anything it seems. but the reward of shooting the arrows you made is well.    
a great feeling and worth every penny i think.

[b44mag]

well its orange a lil deeper than i want but not too bad. im sure after some woolin and a clear coat it will look diff than it dose now. i will look into the solor lux. i like the sunburst orange on those old guitars the color in between the light and dark you know what color to look for to achive it ground hunter????

[JRY309]

I've used leather dye for wood shafts,I use it right out of the bottle.