Dyeing the jumpsuit

What is the best method of dyeing the jumpsuit? Is there an off the shelf brand that's spot on or will it have to be a custom mix? I'm aiming for a rotj fett colour but it doesn't have to be 100% screen accurate, just in the ballpark.
It's a custom jumpsuit made from heavy duty white cotton work overalls.

Twofoot said:

What is the best method of dyeing the jumpsuit? Is there an off the shelf brand that's spot on or will it have to be a custom mix? I'm aiming for a rotj fett colour but it doesn't have to be 100% screen accurate, just in the ballpark.
It's a custom jumpsuit made from heavy duty white cotton work overalls.

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I just dyed my suit! I didn't really love the shade of blue my ESB suit came with so I decided to do something about it. I wanted to really fade and add some character and I don't recommend this first step if you are wanting a "Clean Fett" but...I started with washing my suit with bleach. Bleach can be damaging and very uneven which is what I was going for. It left some un-even lightening of the suit. After that I rinsed it a couple times. Then I bought the "RIT" brand color remover to get rid of most of the original color and help with the new dye. Then I rinsed that a couple times. I did some looking around on the internet and found the color in a dye that I thought was a really close match to what I wanted. It ended up being Dylon brand permanent fabric dye and the color I used was "China Blue". This is for ESB but ROTJ is more of a pale smoke grey with dirt and grime weathering. I followed the instructions on the packet but used only two packets when three was recommended so that the color wasn't to it's fullness and left it more faded when I was finished. It took about 1 hour to complete the dyeing process then rinsing it in cold water and letting it air dry over night. It was a pretty simple process considering everything else a Fett build requires.

I would get online and go through the different color greys that are available and keep going back to reference pictures and just decide what you want.

From the little research I have done on ROTJ I think the RIT brand, "Pearl Grey" looks to be a close match for the base color and then add your dirty weathering and tones to it after. Remember with grey, it's probably best to go with a lighter shade because it's easy to get it darker through the weathering process.




Best of luck man! Hope this helps.

Cheers for that. That's exactly the kind of answer I was hoping for. That's perfect.

Here is the process I used:

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/correct-color-rotj-boba-flight-suit-51949-post652991/#post652991

I made mine from white cotton overalls. I used Dylon powdered dye because it doesn't need scalding hot water (hot water from the tap is sufficient). I purchased antique grey and navy blue, intent on mixing them (for ESB's bluish-grey), but the antique grey turned out to have a blue tinge that was nearly perfect on its own.

Being cautious, I dyed it three times, making it a bit darker every time, so I wouldn't overdo it. The end result is perfect. The process was much easier than I expected.

A few tips.

1. Use a tiny amount of dye in a small bucket with some scrap fabric (white cotton) for testing beforehand.
2. The instructions say to leave it for quite a while (I forget exactly; an hour?), but it's basically done after five minutes.
3. If possible, do the fabric pockets at the same time so the colours match.
4. Thread doesn't dye well. If you're modifying the overalls, choose the thread colour that matches your target colour instead of white thread.