Comments on: Friday Class and Pictures of my Green Dyed Gi http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/ My ups and downs as I train under James Foster, Lotus Club black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Vince http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Vince Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:47:33 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-2140 Do you take orders? the green came out really nice and i want one... Do you take orders? the green came out really nice and i want one…

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Steve Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:55:56 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1995 Hmmm... Georgette, obviously I can't know for sure what the problem is, but I am positive it wasn't your fault. I don't like to play the blame game, but if I did, I'd blame the guy who gave you the gi. Just sayin'. :) I'm going to be dying another couple gis in a week or two and plan to get some video/photos of the process to post up. Let me know if I do anything different from you. I could use a few pointers. Hmmm… Georgette, obviously I can’t know for sure what the problem is, but I am positive it wasn’t your fault. I don’t like to play the blame game, but if I did, I’d blame the guy who gave you the gi. Just sayin’. :)

I’m going to be dying another couple gis in a week or two and plan to get some video/photos of the process to post up. Let me know if I do anything different from you. I could use a few pointers.

]]> By: Georgette http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 Georgette Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:18:59 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1958 Steve-- I did use calsolene oil, and have not had any problems with any of the other gis. My Gameness was a Pearl, his was (I believe) a single weave. I don't have hard water, luckily. I don't know, it might also have been user error! :) Steve– I did use calsolene oil, and have not had any problems with any of the other gis. My Gameness was a Pearl, his was (I believe) a single weave. I don’t have hard water, luckily.

I don’t know, it might also have been user error! :)

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Steve Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:10:31 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1954 Oh man, sorry to hear that, Georgette! I didn't have any problems dying my Gameness Pearl green and I still wear it all the time. It looks exactly like the picture above... a little variation which I think looks cool, but nothing I'd call uneven. Do you use calsolene oil in your dye? If not, do you think that might be the difference? I've always done that. We also have good water up here. Growing up in Texas, I remember that the water was extremely hard. Do you think that might be a factor? Oh man, sorry to hear that, Georgette! I didn’t have any problems dying my Gameness Pearl green and I still wear it all the time. It looks exactly like the picture above… a little variation which I think looks cool, but nothing I’d call uneven.

Do you use calsolene oil in your dye? If not, do you think that might be the difference? I’ve always done that. We also have good water up here. Growing up in Texas, I remember that the water was extremely hard. Do you think that might be a factor?

]]> By: Georgette http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Georgette Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:23:52 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1953 FYI-- Just dyed a friend's Gameness charcoal grey and was disappointed with the unevenness of the color, despite using the additional fixative as you mentioned. I have heard that Gameness treats their fabric with something that doesn't ever fully wash out, and that it may be the underlying cause for some unevenness. In any case, he described it as "postApocalyptic camo" and I felt so badly about it that I bought him a new gi. I also have some unevenness in my dyed Gameness. (FWIW, my chocolate gi has not rubbed off on anyone or anything since nor is it uneven in color. Yay.) So I don't think I'll be dyeing any Gameness gis in the future. Cheers all! georgetteoden.blogspot.com FYI–

Just dyed a friend’s Gameness charcoal grey and was disappointed with the unevenness of the color, despite using the additional fixative as you mentioned. I have heard that Gameness treats their fabric with something that doesn’t ever fully wash out, and that it may be the underlying cause for some unevenness. In any case, he described it as “postApocalyptic camo” and I felt so badly about it that I bought him a new gi.

I also have some unevenness in my dyed Gameness. (FWIW, my chocolate gi has not rubbed off on anyone or anything since nor is it uneven in color. Yay.) So I don’t think I’ll be dyeing any Gameness gis in the future.

Cheers all!

georgetteoden.blogspot.com

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Steve Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:58:16 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1808 Yeah, sage green. It's my favorite now. I wear it at least once per week. Yeah, sage green. It’s my favorite now. I wear it at least once per week.

]]> By: Georgette http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Georgette Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:01:55 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1801 About my Chocolate Love gi.... it only rubbed a little on a white gi just the once, when it was freshly dyed and had only been washed once. (Oddly, my training partner's white gi had some places with a pale green tint to it-- which I assumed somehow came from the brown gi but who knows! So I washed her gi that night in regular detergent etc and it was sparkling white afterwards.) Never had a problem with the brown after I washed it once more, or with any of my other (many) colors. I can't even say for sure that the tint on her gi was because of my brown gi... but better safe than sorry. Steve-- What color green did you use? Is that sage? About my Chocolate Love gi…. it only rubbed a little on a white gi just the once, when it was freshly dyed and had only been washed once. (Oddly, my training partner’s white gi had some places with a pale green tint to it– which I assumed somehow came from the brown gi but who knows! So I washed her gi that night in regular detergent etc and it was sparkling white afterwards.) Never had a problem with the brown after I washed it once more, or with any of my other (many) colors. I can’t even say for sure that the tint on her gi was because of my brown gi… but better safe than sorry.

Steve– What color green did you use? Is that sage?

]]> By: Ottawa-jits http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Ottawa-jits Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:21:35 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1210 Thanks for the information. I'll check out Dharma Trading and if I have questions that their site can't answer, maybe I'll bug you again :) Also, I'll probably check with Georgette about the severity of her issues as I'd hate to ruin our mats or another person's Gi. Thanks again. Thanks for the information. I’ll check out Dharma Trading and if I have questions that their site can’t answer, maybe I’ll bug you again :)

Also, I’ll probably check with Georgette about the severity of her issues as I’d hate to ruin our mats or another person’s Gi.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 Steve Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:12:55 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1208 Thanks for the comment! I purchase my dyes from Dharma Trading (upon referral from Georgette over at her blog) and have been very happy. No color fastness issues at all after washing it before dying it, using the soda ash to fix the dye and then washing it twice before wearing it. But, that said, Georgette dyed a gi brown and she did have some issues with it. I'm going to be doing a very dark gi for a friend and to avoid any problems, I purchased an additional step, a dye fixative, which is specifically used to enhance fixing properties of the soda ash and make the darker dyes more color fast and look better. Let me know if you'd like some specific advice or links. I'd be happy to help you out. In the meantime, check out Georgette's "Chocolate Love" gi. It looks pretty sweet. http://georgetteoden.blogspot.com/2009/10/chocolate-brown.html As an aside, Georgette's got more experience than I do, so I'd totally recommend chatting her up for advice, too! Thanks for the comment!

I purchase my dyes from Dharma Trading (upon referral from Georgette over at her blog) and have been very happy. No color fastness issues at all after washing it before dying it, using the soda ash to fix the dye and then washing it twice before wearing it.

But, that said, Georgette dyed a gi brown and she did have some issues with it. I’m going to be doing a very dark gi for a friend and to avoid any problems, I purchased an additional step, a dye fixative, which is specifically used to enhance fixing properties of the soda ash and make the darker dyes more color fast and look better.

Let me know if you’d like some specific advice or links. I’d be happy to help you out. In the meantime, check out Georgette’s “Chocolate Love” gi. It looks pretty sweet.
http://georgetteoden.blogspot.com/2009/10/chocolate-brown.html

As an aside, Georgette’s got more experience than I do, so I’d totally recommend chatting her up for advice, too!

]]> By: Ottawa-jits http://www.stevebjj.com/2009/10/friday-class-and-pictures-of-my-green-dyed-gi/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Ottawa-jits Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:29:20 +0000 http://www.stevebjj.com/?p=436#comment-1207 Hey Steve, Great site, enjoy the blogs and it's nice to read others insights into their BJJ journey. I have a question about your dyed Gi. Have you had any problems with the colour rubbing off onto other surfaces? - Mats, other peoples Gis, etc. I'm looking to dye my old white Gi a dark brown but I'm worried about the colour transferring where it shouldn't. Thanks a lot. Hey Steve,

Great site, enjoy the blogs and it’s nice to read others insights into their BJJ journey. I have a question about your dyed Gi. Have you had any problems with the colour rubbing off onto other surfaces? – Mats, other peoples Gis, etc. I’m looking to dye my old white Gi a dark brown but I’m worried about the colour transferring where it shouldn’t.

Thanks a lot.

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