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liquid black dye + hot hot water.

I just bought a Rothco and plan to try this:

1 Wash with Heavy Bleach, then soaking in hot water with salt and a touch of black dye (I"m gonna try edible icing dye in small doses. That stuff stained my mouth and teeth for 3 days.), then another wash with heavy bleach.


I'll let you know how it turns out. What I've seen here works, I'm sure. I'm just wondering if there are simpler methods out there and the only way we're gonna find out is to experiment with other methods.

EDIT: Well, my formula failed miserably. The bleach had a huge effect of making the Rothco even pissier, and when I tried the Black and Blue dye, it just wasn't potent enough.

Fear not! I am taking pictures and have picked up some Rit Purple and Black. Once I find some Orange and some color remover, I'll be making further attempts. I will not rest until I have my khaki backup!

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whats the best recipe for color stripper?

the right is my old rothco with no dye, and the left is the new rotcho dyed with powdered orange, purple, and black. It came out too dark and i want to tone down the color so it looks more grey...it still looks tan in most light, b ut under camera flash its gret as you can see.

there is no recipe for color stripper. buy a couple boxes of it and the suit with it in a very hot wash.

and yes, color-stripper = color remover

i used the above recipe on tw and suits and seperate times nad one came out more purple than other..what can i do to combat that purple color?

my suit definately did not come out like the the other pcitures on this site, i dont know what i did wrong...i used the recipe step by step and mine certainly does not have the safe shade as the others

By the way, my finished product is my current avatar.





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It's subtle but much better and less pissy.

is the one box of pearl grey dye still work on the newer Rothco suits?

tried this today. came out an uneven purple. gonna try and strip it and start over. no liquid available, only the powder.

I DID order the tru-spec version anyway online for 30 bucks. at least ill have a backup. ive had this Rothko sitting around for a while, so if it doesn't work out, ill strip it and just use the pearl grey(possibly from Joann's or hobby lobby) instead of the multi color version of the recipe.

Just wear the tru-spec.

Looks GREAT! BTW GO GIANTS!!!!

for the orange dye is it tangerine orange or sunshine orange

Any one have any luck dyeing the True-spec suits? I've got one of those and the more I look at it the more I'm saddened by it's inaccuracies. For one the angled chest zippers seem awfully far apart. hmmm curious.

I've had a rothco sitting in my closet for close to a year but it seems more tan then a pissy yellow color. Is this a newer version and will this recipe still work for it?

I have a question for the more experienced dyers here.
A few of us big guys need to use the 5 and 6x Rothco suits and they don't come in khaki. I think the 6X only comes in black.
Has anyone tried stripping the black and trying this recipe?

How well it works, really depends on the poly/cotton blend, the higher cotton ratio would work better. But I doubt you'll be able to get it light enough. I have been wrong before though.

I'm very late to the party on this, but I wouldn't recommend starting with a black Rothco and trying to get khaki out of it. Whenever I've used color remover or bleach on a black Rothco, I've always ended up with reddish-grey color that is far darker than the shade of khaki you're aiming for. I just don't think it will lighten up enough.