I recently dyed a set of UCP pattern ACUs (including field and boonie hat), using Rit Camel Tan. The gray areas now are tan with a slight green tint, the other areas just a little tinted. The boonie hat came out a little darker brown. I think this will work well in our Kansas fields and fencerows.
I'm watching videos trying to figure out the right dye concentration/immersion time to get a nice dark urban camo look. I have a classic ACU jumpsuit I'd like to mod, good video!
Try this, 4 oz of Green Apple, 2 Tablespoons of Coco Chocolate, added to 3 gal boiling water along w/ 1/2 cup of salt, n a 1/2 cup of vinegar. Makes a ACU a FDE, looks like it could be used year round.
I saw a video where someone used a Rit Chocolate brown and it came out pretty damn cool! Looked like a Coyote/Chocolate digital. Almost like a subdued old school chocolate chip
Very informative and great video! Does that color last or if you start low crawling, and doing other things that rub on the fabric make that color come off bring back the ace color, or is that not possible?
Awesome concept and cool videos in your dyeing series. I have an old set of ECWCS parka and pants in ACU I want to try this on; the black looks sick, and if it works I might do 2 sets one in apple green also; Any idea if the RIT dye will work and take on the goretex fabric without hurting the waterproofing.
If I'm wanting to get into turkey hunting in the midwest and I already have a pair of ACU pants & combat shirt would you recommend buying a matching BDU top and dying all three or just getting other cheap military camo? I have a Flecktarn parka and pant set as well that's slightly faded. Just not super fond of Real Tree and Mossy Oak made in China overpriced stuff and while Sitka looks cool it's just too expensive. Thank you for your videos!
Ok, so I have a really good one for ya, I have always wanted a winter cover for the old PASGT flak vest, but they were never made. How would you go about dying one to pure white?
ACU is Army Combat Uniform. The old woodland camos were called BDU (Battle Dress Uniform) but that referred to the uniform style not the camo pattern. ACU also refers to the style of the uniform. You've got class A, class B, and you've got ACU. The camo pattern itself, which is what sucks, is called UCP or Universal Camo Pattern.
I haven’t had much luck dying black to anything other than black short of spray paint.... however, I haven’t tried it, but I would think if you bleached it, it may turn it brown or tan and you could dye from there.....
I'd like to know that there's a smell on the new ACU or combat suit. I don't know if it's disinfectant or insect repellent. Can you tell me It's very fragrant. I like it very much
-😎So the ACU digital CAMO is always judged as crap CAMO, no one realizes HOW AFFECTIVE IT REALLY IS IN URBAN COMBAT, CAMO IS CALLED “UCP- Universal CAMO pattern. Every CAMOUFLAGE HAS WEAKNESSES, why would WOODLAND BE GOOD IN AN URBAN ZONE COMBAT?? Tooo DARK AND APPARENT! So ACU-UCP BEING LIGHT FOR REASON !
Vuongiam I completely agree! Thanks, couldn’t remember the pattern name in the video. One of the worst decisions the army ever made was going to a camouflage pattern that would only blend in to a pile of gravel.
Appalachian Survivalist I just did it, black and dark green.... it turned out green. I did wet/cold gortex. It’s expensive because I live in Canada and I got it new and was on sale. I am used to olive drab when I served so it’s a step up for me. Cheers Richardj
detail it with a brush probably, blending brush strokes makes for good meshing with background foliage, they make a uniform camo called smear and dry grass and desert smear camos look really good
@@fireteammichael1777 If you didn't get the liner with that parka order it. That German parka liner is one of my favorite bits. Its a jacket in its own right. I wore it all through Atlanta airport when I got stuck there over night. Airports get cold at night. I bet I looked nutty but I was warm and thats what mattered.
