What next? Tie dye packs???

Kidding -- Christopher -- very nice job you did!!!

Excellent stuff Chris, I was curious if you were gonna do the Dark Denim color, glad you did too! 2-3 hrs is a long time to soak, I thought my 40 minute soak felt like an eternity. I almost chose the brown for my Ohm, almost. Perhaps when my Burn arrives I'll give it the treatment and a perm to boot.

I'm curious to what your washer looks like after using the dye? Is there enough residue that can get on other clothes?

Eugene:
The color I used for the Conduit was Navy Blue vice Denim Blue...I thought it would look better darker (just my opinion). It was time consuming...well at least it didn't require much work/maintenance - just an occasional stir or flip.
Burn: for the moment I'm not going to dye my Burn until at least a color preference grabs me :-). I like the darker grayish/black of the Burn....but the teal on the Conduit and standard gray on the Gorilla needed to go.

David:
I soaked the packs in a 10 gallon plastic bin (about $4 at Wal-Mart) and then dumped the dye and rinsed repeatedly by hand until most excess dye appeared to be removed. Then transferred to the washer for a few rinse on gentle cycle, followed by a wash with detergent on gentle cycle, followed by a few more rinse cycles.....not a trace of dye left in the washer after doing two packs :-)....

Cheers,
Christopher

David I ran the washer with nothing in it but a cup of bleach when I was finished. This is what Rit suggests and it worked well for me. The 5 gallon bucket may be better if you are worried about the washer.

Thanks for the suggestion Ken-I did my MLD Ark in black-It looks really nice...Yankee Pin Stripes-backpacking with style & class!!!!

Wonder what (if anything) I should do with my beloved Mountainsmith Ghost?




EDIT: Photo lifted off the web.

Edited by ben2world on 04/29/2010 15:32:09 MDT.

Arghh......peer pressure!

I'm going to have to do my baby blue Jam2. I never liked the color, but it was too cheap to pass up.

Baby blue? Yeah, I would do it. :)

"Baby blue? Yeah, I would do it. :)"

That will be some sight in Yosemite...Ben and a baby blue pack :-)

I'm quite jealous of this upcoming Yosemite trip Mr. Tang and Mr. Graf are taking soon... baby blue Jam2 and all. Can we expect a trip report?

Where do you buy rit dye?

@ Jeffrey,

Go to your local fabric store for the largest variety of dye. I found and purchased my RIT brand dye at Joann Fabrics. Most Walmarts have a fabric and sewing section, you can find RIT dye there as well. It's readily available. I dyed a hydration pack with the powder to see how it performed in comparison to the liquid dye and I greatly preferred the results with the Liquid RIT dye. Just my experience though.

Ummm... what I meant up above is that if I had a baby blue color pack, then yes, I would definitely dye it something else!!

Thanks Eugene. It seems like it's hard to mess up using black. I'll deviate and try brown though.

Jeffrey,

I dyed my GG Gorilla Brown and am happy with it....I used the liquid RIT (purchased at Wal-Mart) and had very good results (no missed spots - very uniform color)

Well, maybe now I'll leave the pack baby blue.......too much conformity around here! ; )

"Well, maybe now I'll leave the pack baby blue.......too much conformity around here!"

Yup. How about a matching pair of Crocs?

Edited by ben2world on 05/01/2010 10:51:33 MDT.

David. Think tie dye!

Watch out Ken.......or you'll get a package on your door step with a note requesting a complimentary backpack dye job!