What Price Glory bag-anyone dye it to look more 'green'?

Kokopelli · Post by **Kokopelli** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:23 pm

I have one of their repros that's about 5-6 years old. It is a tan/khaki color, no tint of green in it whatsoever. I understand they switched canvas sometime back, and the newer ones are more olive. Mine has the brass buckle on the strap, too. Anyway, has anyone with this same color bag tried dyeing it at all to add an olive green tint to it?

***search nazis- yes I tried searching first****

Texas Jones · Post by **Texas Jones** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:22 pm

Are you sure it's a repro and not an authentic? Hey, I'll trade my Hulk green one for your khaki one...

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:34 pm

I have a repro about probably just as old, if not a little bit newer. It's also very very khaki, with just a hint of the idea of the concept of green's khaki cousin.

Basically, not very green, but if you close your eyes and think really hard, its a LITTLE green. I've wanted to dye it sometimes, but other times... I like being one of the few guys who has a khaki one.

Shane

ArizonaBones · Post by **ArizonaBones** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:00 am

Search Nazis....I hate those guys!

Seriously though, might try Rit dye, but be careful, as the combinations of dye and colored canvas may produce a different color than just the dye.

Kokopelli · Post by **Kokopelli** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:32 pm

Texas Jones wrote:Are you sure it's a repro and not an authentic? Hey, I'll trade my Hulk green one for your khaki one...

yeah, it's a reproduction bag. Hulk green? Just don't let it get angry!

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:37 pm

Be careful with those WPG repros I washed one and it shrunk weirdly and distorted all out of shape.

JulianK · Post by **JulianK** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:06 pm

Yup, I dyed one OD green. The color was a little too even for my taste but once I faded it a little it turned out ok.

DanielJones · Post by **DanielJones** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:58 am

I just washed the WPG repro bag I got today & it came out fine. It's a tad wrinkled and the desired beginnings of color fade showed up, but other than that it looks just right. It must be one of the newer ones.

Cheers!

Dan

Kokopelli · Post by **Kokopelli** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:29 am

JulianK wrote:Yup, I dyed one OD green. The color was a little too even for my taste but once I faded it a little it turned out ok.

Hey Julian- did you use Rit dye? What color?

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:34 pm

I dyed mine. (I used to own one from the same run).
It came out a little too green, and it shrunk a bit, but it worked.

I'd go ahead and use low temperature and a little at a time in case you're going for it.

Regards,
Swindiana

starks_6 · Post by **starks_6** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:31 am

I did mine using Dylon cold dye and it cam up a treat. Let it sit in a pot of hot tap water for an hour and its awesome by my standards. This was one of the original bags they offered.