Dyeing ACUs

[rifleman2000]

I have a bunch of old ACUs, no longer in the Army. I want to dye them to make them suitable (or more suitable) for woodland. Anyone ever do this?

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

No but I would like to see what you end up with?

[Lee Indy]

cant says i have but start with light green and work your way darker. go to dark to quick and youll have black

[Iraq Ninja]

Try bleaching some.

Back in the late seventies when Iran was taken over by the extremists, the Ranger Bns were on standby to go to Iran to destroy some AA missiles that we didn't want to fall into the hands of the Russians. It never happened, but we were instructed to use bleach on our camo to turn it more brown to better fit in. We never did it, but I wonder if it would work with ACUs...

[Cerberus]

I will eventually get around to tryin this since I have a couple of uniform items from Iraq that are trashed. Don't hold you breath though, nothing gets done in this household very fast.

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

dont be mad if I beat you to it I'm laid off and have a whole tuff box full

[Cerberus]

Won't bother me at all. Would be cool to see what others get anyway.

[tpd223]

Bleach can seriously degrade cotton and many synthetics, makes them sort of worn out.


Way back when we made our black SWAT uniforms out of BDUs and black RIT dye, worked rather well but you could still see a pattern on the cloth.

Personally I'd try the RIT in whatever color I was looking to get.

[Cerberus]

I wish I could figure out how to replicate WW2 mustard type of OD. Its amazing how well the old GI uniforms items blend in the woods around here. I've seen some coyote brown gear that is real close in coloration.

[Eddiesketti]

I bleached BDU's before. They ended up a lighter shade. The brown was tan/rust color. Different looking. Dying ACU's would be interesting. I would try brown or drk green dye on them.