DrToothache
Hunter
Hey Everyone,
So I am working on dying my ESB flight suit and need some opinions. I have 2 flight suits from the same maker and was dying both at the same time. They both started as gray and I used Rit Evening Blue to dye the suits. Even though they are from the same manufacturer, they came out with vastly different results! Note that these were dyed in the same batch with the recommended amount of dye. One of the flight suits came out on the darker side and the other on the lighter side. I know that it wasn't the process because both suits were in the same bath together for the same amount of time and everything was thoroughly mixed. The only thing I can think of is that even though they are from the same manufacturer, one of the suits probably has a higher percentage of polyester material as opposed to cotton (the dye used was Rit All Purpose dye for cotton).
I don't think that the results are bad though, I was just really surprised that they came out so differently. Anyways, here are some photos comparing the 3 suits (left is darker outcome, middle is starting point, right is lighter outcome), as well as the suits lined up against reference pics in a collage.
Here is a picture with indoor lighting (Darker suit on left, starting point in middle, lighter blue on right):
Here they are with sunlight beaming directly on them through the window:
And here they are with camera flash on:
Then here is the collage I made using reference pictures from the movie. I tried to line up the photos with sunlight exposed on left / dimmer lighting on right side of collage.
And another reference pic to compare against:
So I am kind of torn on what to do, but my opinion is that the one on the right is a better starting point. It seems to be slightly lighter than the reference photos whereas the darker flightsuit is way too dark. I am thinking that doing another run with the same dye with the lighter flightsuit for less time than the first round may get the flightsuit in a better place. However part of me also thinks that what I am seeing in the reference pictures that is making his suit darker is the weathering. So what are your thoughts? Use the right flightsuit and dye it a little more? Or keep it at its current state and apply weathering?
Or do you think I should use a small amount of dye remover on the left/darker flight suit?
Thank you in advance for your opinion guys, I really appreciate it!
So I am working on dying my ESB flight suit and need some opinions. I have 2 flight suits from the same maker and was dying both at the same time. They both started as gray and I used Rit Evening Blue to dye the suits. Even though they are from the same manufacturer, they came out with vastly different results! Note that these were dyed in the same batch with the recommended amount of dye. One of the flight suits came out on the darker side and the other on the lighter side. I know that it wasn't the process because both suits were in the same bath together for the same amount of time and everything was thoroughly mixed. The only thing I can think of is that even though they are from the same manufacturer, one of the suits probably has a higher percentage of polyester material as opposed to cotton (the dye used was Rit All Purpose dye for cotton).
I don't think that the results are bad though, I was just really surprised that they came out so differently. Anyways, here are some photos comparing the 3 suits (left is darker outcome, middle is starting point, right is lighter outcome), as well as the suits lined up against reference pics in a collage.
Here is a picture with indoor lighting (Darker suit on left, starting point in middle, lighter blue on right):
Here they are with sunlight beaming directly on them through the window:
And here they are with camera flash on:
Then here is the collage I made using reference pictures from the movie. I tried to line up the photos with sunlight exposed on left / dimmer lighting on right side of collage.
And another reference pic to compare against:
So I am kind of torn on what to do, but my opinion is that the one on the right is a better starting point. It seems to be slightly lighter than the reference photos whereas the darker flightsuit is way too dark. I am thinking that doing another run with the same dye with the lighter flightsuit for less time than the first round may get the flightsuit in a better place. However part of me also thinks that what I am seeing in the reference pictures that is making his suit darker is the weathering. So what are your thoughts? Use the right flightsuit and dye it a little more? Or keep it at its current state and apply weathering?
Or do you think I should use a small amount of dye remover on the left/darker flight suit?
Thank you in advance for your opinion guys, I really appreciate it!
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