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After giving my ghilie suit a wash, I was horrified to find that the color had changed horribly.
My ghilie suit was made by tying two, 8-12 inch long strands of burlap through the holes of a CADPAT Camnet and trying them in a double not/half hitch (whatever, i‘m no lineman). The burlap had a woodland camo pattern dyed on only one side, and thus, the other side was a very, very light brown (like most burlap normally is). After giving it a wash, visually apperant scrim thus became very brownish. Ironic, since it would look great in desert terrain, but horrible in most Canadian forests this time of year.
Anyway, I bought some olive drab dye, and dyed the whole net, as well as some of the extra burlap as well as my scarf (Tie Dye so it‘s no longer just Republican Guard Green).
To anyone who has a ghilie suit, how do you maintain and clean yours? Did you make yours in a similiar fashion as me? I think in retrospect, I should have used jute instead of burlap, but I think that would have tripled the cost of the thing. Also, how do you keep yours woodland green? Do you dye it like I just did or do you have some other magical formula for keeping it that color?
Peace ^^
My ghilie suit was made by tying two, 8-12 inch long strands of burlap through the holes of a CADPAT Camnet and trying them in a double not/half hitch (whatever, i‘m no lineman). The burlap had a woodland camo pattern dyed on only one side, and thus, the other side was a very, very light brown (like most burlap normally is). After giving it a wash, visually apperant scrim thus became very brownish. Ironic, since it would look great in desert terrain, but horrible in most Canadian forests this time of year.
Anyway, I bought some olive drab dye, and dyed the whole net, as well as some of the extra burlap as well as my scarf (Tie Dye so it‘s no longer just Republican Guard Green).
To anyone who has a ghilie suit, how do you maintain and clean yours? Did you make yours in a similiar fashion as me? I think in retrospect, I should have used jute instead of burlap, but I think that would have tripled the cost of the thing. Also, how do you keep yours woodland green? Do you dye it like I just did or do you have some other magical formula for keeping it that color?
Peace ^^