Dying natural turkey feathers

[qsmith]

#7614

Hello all,

This is my first post and only my second visit to the site. Looking forward to learning all I can here. My question is, can you dye natural turkey feathers to specific colors? I am looking at making my own arrows and would like to have blue and white fletching. Any advice, tips, or feedback would be appreciated, thank you.

[Polar Bear]

#63822

Some folks have been using Kool-aid and getting great results. Do a search on this site for dyeing feathers. There are some that use Rit dye with good results also.

[aeronut]

#7718

Here ya go. It is an easy process and it is colorfast.

Dying Feathers

Dennis

[qsmith]

#17564

Hey thank you very much! I will try this out soon and post some pics.

[Jeremy Holden]

#27711

Hey There qsmith,

I dyed my own turkey feathers using Kool-Aid and food coloring. I made some warm water, added the Kool-Aid and a few drops of food coloring for good measure. I first soaked the feathers in some warm soapy water, didn’t scrub them, just soaked them. No rinse needed. Moved the feathers to my colored water and I believe added a teaspoon or two of distillied white vinager to make the color hold. Now I have some beautiful yellow barred turkey feathers. Give it a try. Good luck.

-Jeremy

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