Dying Mule Tape

[P-Dub]

Everytime I see the name of this thread, that is also exactly what I think...

[Artful]

De Dead Mule

Boudreaux sent his fran Thibodeaux, who was live in Texas, $100 to buy him a mule.

Thibodeaux was buy dat mule from a farmer in Texas and den tole Boudreaux where he could pick it up.

Boudreaux was go to dat farmer in Texas to pick up his mule but the farmer was tell Boudreaux the mule was die.

Boudreaux axe for his money back but the farmer was tole him he was sorry but he had already spent it.

Wellll, Boudreaux say "Dats ok but give me de dead mule and load it on my trailer, because I'm gonna auction it off." De farmer was tink Boudreaux was crazy but loaded de mule on de trailer and Boudreaux was go back to Louisiana.

One month later Boudreaux was visit his fran Thibodeaux in Texas and was see dat farmer at the coffee shop.

De farmer axe Boudreaux if he was have any luck selling de mule.

Boudreaux say "Oh sure, I was make $898 from sell 500 tickets at $2 each. "

De farmer say he don't understand dat and axe if anyone was mad cause de mule was dead.

"Oh sure" Boudreaux say "but only de man dat won de raffle, AND I GAVE HIM HIS $2.00 BACK.

[sqidmark]

Dutch sells mule tape, but he missed the boat for dying mule tape. Or did he? Perhaps he's the mysterious yet intrepid entrepreneur 'Dutchburro' behind mulewaregear.com?

Sorry, been home sick all week with too much time on my hands and apparently getting a bit antsy.

[KYHiker]

.....OK I won't add to this dog pile.

[curlymaple42]

Ok, I received a piece of mule tape to test and have dyed it with the Transtint dark walnut dye stain diluted with alcohol. Looks good so far but I'm going to let it dry overnight before I dunk it in water to see if it stays colored. Here's the color after dipping and wiping with a paper towel and letting dry.



On a side note, this stuff is only 1/2" wide but has 1000# rating. Pretty cool stuff I say!!

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[curlymaple42]

I am going to unfortunately call the transtint dye stain a fail as it mostly comes out when rinsed in water. I'll look into other non stinky or quick drying stains. The obit good thing is there is NO odor after about half an hour.



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[sqidmark]

There was a thread last year about dyeing kevlar. I think that's where the sharpie came up. Sharpies use ink and as I recall, I had looked up and posted links of articles and sources of ink. Might want to search for that thread.

EDIT - Found it https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...=1#post1614914

[curlymaple42]

Oh yeh!!! Maybe India ink would work! I have ink for my fountain pens actually. Back to the drawing board...

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[sqidmark]

Be aware that there are different types of inks. I wonder if some inks/dyes may have long term effects on mule tape integrity. Do let us know if you crash!

[Bigtimber]

Minwax ebony wood stain still holding....even put it through a wash cycle. Stain still holds perfectly. Scent....although faded still there.