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I see on here different receipes for the rothco suits for the dark gray, but never for the Tru-Spec suits. A lot of people I suppose are affraid because the Tru-Spec suit is 65% poly and 35% cotton. Well I managed to pull it off, here are some pictures of how it came out.




And in different lighting.


Here is how I did it:

I color stripped a black suit with two boxes of color remover for 1 1/2 hours in the small load in the washer (hot water).

Then in a small load again (about 11 gallons in my washer) I mixed one powdered package of black and one package of royal blue and a cup of salt. (hot water)

I wet down the suit and put it in the wash for about 5-7 minutes.

Then I took it out, rinsed the extra color out in the bath tub, and that is the color I ended up with.

The next day I did wash it in cold water with no soap, and the color didnt change.

The color in the pictures are accurate to the color in real life.

Good luck everyone!!!

Nice work! That's about the color gray that I got with the Rothco suit but of course the quality of the Rothco is often frowned upon by others. At least we know it can also be done with the Tru-Spec suits. Once again, great job and nice write up!

Great job on this!! looks well good

Lawrence

Quick question: did it dye the interior of your washing machine? I want to do the same wiht my GB1 color, but I don't want to ruin my washer...or next load of laundry.

I have dyed many items in my washer without it ever staining the washer. I usually run it once empty after I dye something just to make sure there is none left that could get on my clothes.

That looks awesome man! Well done!

Some dyes I've seen are for front load washing machines only. So if you ave a toploader you should always check if its ok to use as well.


Lawrence

Yeah mine is a top loader washer.

I don't know about other dyes, but yeah you're right, the package of RIT dye gives instructions on how to run a load of hot water and bleach after to avoid staining. I don't even think the plastic parts or anything was tinted as long as you do it right after.

On topic, the color looks great! I finally got a Lifegard as well. I had no idea how loud that damn thing was lol

Yeah, kind of painful, eh?

Would your process also work if I just used a plastic bin instead of a washer or would it better to do it in the washing machine? Thanks

i may have to try this....

I followed the instructions to the T but my suit looks just as dark as when I started. I think i messed up during the color remover portion. Any advice or do you have any details about that step? Thanks