My not-so-budget Jack Sparrow build

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Yea, your tutorial is similar to how I did mine, the difference being that the remover and dye did very little to my breeches. I'm questioning whether Jas Townsend's cotton duck breeches are actually made of cotton (or any natural fiber) at all. When I move in a couple weeks I'll have my own washer and dryer for the first time ever (laundromat doesn't let you extend the cycle) and I'm also going to look into getting some kind of giant pot or cauldron-type deal for dying. Maybe the stuff wasn't so effective because it didn't run long enough or it wasn't hot enough. From the other stuff I've dyed though, I don't think that's the case.

My sash is 11 inches wide, but I don't like it because of the uniformity of the stripes, and not enough white showing through. I'm trying to find an Ikea sash right now.

I look at KttC occasionally, when I need to. As I've said before, the search function over there is worthless, and browsing makes me spend more money, so I do it sparingly.
 
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Using the Rit Dye remover how long did you soak your breeches? Did you do it twice? There is a point in which the color will stop coming out of the fabric and there really isn't much more you can do. Have you tried bleach?

I ended up using Rit Dye remover on my blue pants (100% cotton) and like I stated ended up having to go back and dying them again with blue. I followed that up with a quick dip in bleach and used bleach in a sponge to spot remove color.

My second pair of breeches from Jas Townsend which was also 100% cotton suffered a more tragic tale. After using Rit Dye remover they turned orange and no matter what I did they would not go back to brown. I also used hot water which shrank them down to the point that they now became my wife's breeches.
 
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Yours went from brown to orange, mine from blue to purple. I have serious doubts about their materials. I used color remover twice. One pack in a bucket of warm water for 45 minutes, and 2 packs in a washing machine for roughly 15. And I tried bleach as well. As it is, if I use bleach again they'll probably completely fall apart. They're heavily distressed.
 
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Thanks for the link to the facebook group :)

If you're giving up on the RIT dye, you might try something that is more geared towards synthetic fibers. Jacquard makes a wide range of dyes that are higher quality than RIT.
Jacquard iDye

I haven't used this product specifically, but I have used their procion dyes with success. Downside is that it's a lot more expensive than RIT dye. And I think you can only go darker, as there isn't much in the way of dye removal.
 
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Jo-Ann's has another line of dyes that look more potent than RIT, but I know how RIT works and how to mix it to get certain colors, and also the selection of colors of the other dye is terrible.
 
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Sweet. Looking good so far.

This thread reminded me that I have to actually watch these movies. I've only seen bits and pieces of the first 2 lol.
 
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Yeah, I've used the other dyes at Joanns' (Dyson, I think?) and I didn't get any more intense colors than I did with the Rit.

Sorry for the continued suggestions, I used to work in an art supply store, so I tend to go into customer service mode.
 
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As I've said before, the search function over there is worthless
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Yea, I hear you, - it's something that is hard to fix when people post threads about topics but then inappropriately name them. You can search the word "sash" and it probably appears in every thread.

I have yet to see an IKEA curtain in a while
 
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All my rings came in today. The dragon silver skull ring is very nice and fits on my finger better than I thought. I was expecting a struggle. The costumebase rings are a slightly different story. Maybe I somehow measured my fingers wrong, but they all seem a little large. The stolen ring is the best of the three, with a tiny bit of padding under the gem it'll fit fine. The flower ring I knew would be too large because they don't sell it in my size, but additionally the button part of the ring is way different from the pictures. The thing must be nearly 1.5 inches in diameter, it's huge. I'll have to replace that one with an MR. And last, the dragon ring. This one looks really good, it's even blackened like the movie ring. It's way too big for my thumb, I'll have to figure out a solution to that. And one of the legs of the dragon is broken and the green gem is missing completely. They've always been good about their customer service though, so I'm sure they'll replace it.
 
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Yea, I don't know how they managed it, but the dragon ring they sent me looks like it was probably smashed in a bit, which must have popped the gem out. The thing is, with the little boxes they ship them in, it must have happened before they put the ring in the case. That's some intense quality control right there. But no harm done, so long as the replacement ring gets here before that address is no longer mine in 2 weeks.
 
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Going to IKEA today... will see if there's any more Alvine smals ;)
 
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From what I've heard, not a chance in heck. Btw, I'm still waiting on a response from you to my last PM.
 
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Tsuyosa, thanks again for the sash, it's a huge improvement over the pillow ticking.

A few days ago I started working on my belts. The sun belt just needs to be cut to length, have the holes punched, and the buckle attached. The Anna Maria belt needs the buckle, holes punched, and stitching/leather lace in the back. I got a pair of buckles from Acme, which weren't nearly as expensive as I thought they'd be, very worth the money IMO, and they showed up the very next day.

My at-home project while working on those belts is converting my boots. I was having a heck of a time with it until I went down to Tandy and bought a leather stitching awl, which is an awesome tool that punches holes and sews the leather at the same time. I've got one shaft liner sewn up the back, glued onto the top of the existing ankle boots, and stitched down for extra security. I think I've got the pattern for the outside of the shaft right, and enough leather that if I mess up once or twice it's not the end of the world. I'm definitely confident enough in my work so far to say that if the boots pan out the way I expect them to, they'll look even better (not more accurate, just better because of the shape of my ankle boots) than the CABoots.

Just one question for anybody who might have tried it: When using SithCamaro's boot tutorial, has anybody ever used leather weld instead of Barge cement? I got a tube of the Barge, but I'm a big fan of leather weld and if it'll work just as well I'd prefer to stick with it.
 
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