Interesting - thanks for your points.

BT

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         2 issues to consider with Your choice of Hunter Green >
>
> Your Van will be Less Visible to Others on the road &
>
> Hunter Green is one of the best Solar Collectors in the visible spectrum ~
>
> But if You leave the Roof White it will then look like a Gigantic Retro
> Coleman IceChest ~
>
>
>
> > On 12 Sep , 2022, at 3:35 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Absolutely Gil - the darker the better.  It would be nice to know what
> the
> > fabric is - I guessed it was a blend of synthetic and cotton and so went
> > the route of hot water dying as you can't dye synthetics properly
> otherwise
> > - according to the instructions.  More cotton than I thought in the
> fabric,
> > as I had to heat the iron to a fairly high setting in order to iron all
> the
> > wrinkles out.  You may have noticed that I dried them in the sun and
> didn't
> > use a clothes dryer.  Only some colours have the dye for synthetics so
> keep
> > an eye on that when and if you purchase the dye.
> >
> > Lastly I used a stabilizer at the end to prevent the dye from running -
> and
> > it seemed to work fairly well.  You need at minimum a 5 gallon or 20
> litre
> > pot and have to get the temp up to just below boiling.  I roughly weighed
> > the curtains and they were about 5 lbs or 2 kgs overall .  You need
> > about 16 to 18 litres per pound of cloth and I ended up using a whole
> > bottle for each batch - and another whole bottle of stabilizer for each
> > batch.  This site has lots of good info.
> >
> > https://www.ritdye.com/
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:18 PM Gil Ngai <gil@dayonemedia.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Very inspiring, thank you Bruce.
> >> I have the same curtains and would love to go to a darker color.
> >> Do you think it's possible to make them a very dark color? Like
> charcoal?
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> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 1:01 PM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well this is a different kind of repair which I had been putting off
> for a
> >>> while.  I think some of you know I am having my van restored and as a
> >>> result have been living a very boring life without a Vanagon since late
> >>> January.  Really missed driving it this past summer - no camping, no
> oil
> >>> temp readings to share, no last minute mechanical heroics from the
> side of
> >>> a highway or driveway and no beer chilled from the deep depths of my
> >>> Dometic.
> >>>
> >>> Given the van has been such a money pit (in a good way) and all the
> >>> discussions recently about white elephants, I decided to change the
> paint
> >>> colour to hunter green - which will match the tan interior quite
> nicely.
> >>> I
> >>> liked the original white the van was painted, however I wanted to give
> the
> >>> van a more distinct and original look.  Anyway, over the past few
> years I
> >>> have noticed my tan curtain set starting to fade - primarily on the
> side
> >>> exposed to the window - rear window curtains being the worst, and so I
> >>> decided to dye the curtains a darker colour - from tan to chocolate
> brown.
> >>> To do so I used Rit dye for synthetics and cooked the curtains in two
> >>> batches, in a large 5 gallon pot on the stove for about 40 minutes.  a
> >>> pretty good result overall - still there are some fade marks but they
> are
> >>> not as prevalent as before.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway here are some photos which also include the new colour I have
> >>> selected - ( it is the lighter version of the two greens).
> >>>
> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/t/8EkUiIGAfJOqqUmd [dropbox.com]
> >>> <
> >>>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dropbox.com/l/AABeedorab2kDCWN91Gma1fR9BDDS36QRWQ__;!!G4oVokrRG-Im!4fWJ-Z7LaupsuJQPP9ZV7Li4bEYe_JRtXQ9ttW4IPLOLBw8t3AF86uFVGsJ-NteNkZe5nA$
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Bruce
> >>>
> >>
>
>