Has anyone dyed a peanut red? My son can't find the red bone peanut I loaned him for a trip a few months back, and for some reason I really miss it. I'm going to be at a store that has them in stock usually, so I wondered about buying one, getting some rit dye and trying it out. I love that old red bone, I hope it's not gone forever.
Here's a picture of it, if anyone has been in my son's room and knows where it went. Lol
When I have used the RIT dye stovetop saucepan method, I have used the liquid Scarlet and Cocoa Brown colors, and mixed them, usually in a 2:1 ratio depending on whether I want a deep reddish brown, or an old red bone look.
The only one I have a before after pic of is this one. Keep in mind that this is Stainless Steel. I've tried RIT dye with CV steel and got some minor pitting in the CV blades from it. Nothing serious, but I don't recommend it unless you don't mind that.
Before:
After, in the shade
After, in sunlight.
I don't remember the exact ratio but I think it was 2 scarlet to 1 Cocoa Brown.
Also, you're not going to make the Chestnut bone into red by dyeing it. It won't become lighter, but any lighter areas will become redder. One thing about the dyeing process is that it will tend to even out the coloration, so if you enjoy the color variations between lighter and darker areas on the bone, you will lose some of that and will end up with something more uniform. I darkened the Winterbottom grooves on that one with some black Sharpie right after the dye bath while the bone was still kind of hot and absorbent to add some color variation, before drying it well and then coating in Renaissance Wax. It's permanent, having absorbed into the bone. I like the way it turned out. I have a unique Chestnut Red Winterbottom Bone medium jack now.
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