Dyed My Seat Belts
how about a few more details
how long to soak?
rinse twice...warm and then cold?
i pkg. dye?
Here is what I did step-by-step.
1. I used two boxes of the Rit Dye (each box has a 1 1/8 oz. package) because I wanted to make sure they dyed dark. I had read that one package might leave them too light.
2, I found a big damn pot (probably about a 5-6 gallon pot).
3. I filled the pot with 3 gallons of water and put it on the stove to heat. It took a long time to get the pot of water hot, probably because of the type of pot.
4. Once the water in the pot was close to a boil, I took a clean one gallon jug and poured in four cups of hot water out of the faucet (two cups per package of dye).
5. I then shook the jug up really well to mix the dye.
6. I added the mixed water to the pot of hot water on the stove.
7. I then added two cups of distilled vinegar (one cup per package of dye) to the pot. The vinegar was recommended when dying nylon.
8. After using a large serving spoon to mix the pot, I added the seat belts to the pot. I used a large set of grill tongs to constantly stir and move the belts in the pot.
9. I soaked them in the pot for 30 minutes.
10. After 30 minutes, I removed the belts from the pot and dropped them in a luke warm bath in the kitchen sink.
11. Then one-by-one, I rinsed them with cold water.
12. After one rinse, I soaked them in cold water.
13. I rinsed them a second time each until no more color was draining out of the belts.
14. I then soaked them in a clean, cold water bath again to see if they would still bleed.
15. After a few minutes of soaking a third time, I rinsed each of them in cold water and then laid them outside in the sunlight to dry.
16. I flipped them over once during drying. After the completely dried, I got one of the belts wet and rubbed it on a white t-shirt to see if it would bleed, and it did not.
