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I know some purist will cringe at me doing this especially with Tony being gone now but when

When I bought my jacket I wasn't aware that I could get the black thread option. After seeing one online I loved the look of it. I wear this jacket every day and probably 90% of the time when I lay it down the side panel flips out and the insignia in bright gold letters stands out like a neon sign. I don't do it on purpose but to me it looks like I'm trying to advertise my authentic made jacket to all in view.

So today I took a bottle of pre-mixed liquid black Rit dye and dyed the letters. They came out looking like a dark brown that somewhat matches the leather! I filled the cap with about an 1/8" level of hot water and stuck a q-tip into the dye twice, stirring it into the water after each time. Then I applied the dye to the letters and wiped away excess with a rag.

I am more pleased with the results then if they were completely black. It toned the brightness of the letters down perfectly for my taste.

I think ot looks pretty darn nice!

Gailen

Wow, that looks great!

No cringing from me, granted, I don't own a Nowak... But I have a feeling that I still wouldn't cringe even if I did.

I agree, I think your lettering looks better than black. There is just enough contract to make it easy to read without the neon sign effect you mentioned.

Well done.


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

It looks good but l would worry that the dye might later bleed back onto my shirt after a good rain.

tmurph wrote:It looks good but l would worry that the dye might later bleed back onto my shirt after a good rain.

I thought about that before starting. That is why I didn't use full strength dye. I was going to do a few applications of the very diluted dye to get to black without over doing it, but then liked the looks of the single application. I could test it by wetting the panel and lying it on an old white shirt but I'm not to concerned because the inside panel has never gotten wet even in a good Washington rain since owning it in Jan of 2009.