How to dye fake fur and achieve a rich color!

[@UandMeGod]

7yrs after you made this video and posted it and here I am watching it after watching SO many other much newer videos and thinking to myself DANG this video YOU did is literally the best one I have seen showing the best results! Your fur looks great and I will be following your directions! Hope these past 7yrs have been amazing and here's to the next 7yrs being even more amazing! Thanks for doing this video I really appreciate your info!!!! I couldn't find any fake fur in any other color other than white! Which white is great for gnome beards but I wanted more depth like what you did!!! So Woo-Hooooo!!!! I am so excited to try this!

[@jenstar2099]

So glad this helped you! Let me know how your project turns out! 🖤

[@HeatherB..]

Rubbing alcohol makes a great quick clean up tool for acrylic paint that's stubborn coming up with hot water and soap!! Thanks for the great tips to achieve a natural fur look with the acrylic!! Loved the toothbrush idea!!

[@CavegirlMelanieHobby]

This is the best, most logical one I've seen yet. Thank you for a helpful vid!

[@alligatoruk]

Thanks for the tutorial, it was really helpful when I wanted to turn a white fur collar into a grey one to match my coat. Much easier than using dye or all over colour and the results looks really natural and effective.

[@Mofu-Kitty]

this is amazing. i was going to give up on an outfit, but this is totally want I needed, thank you

[@jenstar2099]

Sara, I am unsure how that would work using paint- to lighten a dark color would be a lot harder...if even possible. It would actually need to be able to dye the color and if you are using white- the color probably wouldn't set in over a dark color. The only chemical that I am aware of is bleach, which would actually strip the color. However I would not recommend bleach as it may damage the material and sometimes bleach does not even take color completely out (black most of the time turns a dirty orange color).

[@StarMoonShadows]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you! I'm gonna be attempting this method on some plushies I have~! :)

[@jenstar2099]

I have not personally washed these as I would be worried about extracting the color. I only used the paint/water mixture and brushed it on. (I wanted my color to be as vibrant as possible).

[@HeatherB..]

I've had mega success on medium hair dryer setting with all my faux fur projects. When it starts to get warm for your hands, switch to cool until it's comfortable and you'll be good! I've literally put my hair dryer directly on the fur to get the undercoat dry with no melting or scorching. I've been using faux fur from walmart over the last year as a side note.

[@VICKIB11100]

I'm a fursuit artist, looking for better technics for my job. May I ask, is there resido? Like on your hands from touching it once they are done?

[@jenstar2099]

Hi Vicki, no residue after I was finished. The messiest part was using the dryer to "speed" up the drying process. Otherwise, months later and these boots are still holding the color and are still as soft as ever! I would let the material completely dry though, otherwise no problems! :)

[@xxtripwire]

I'd be wary about this technique getting at all wet, though. Acrylic can and will wash out of fabric.

[@LifeLostSoul]

@@xxtripwire I would be worried about someone deciding to wear this type of shoe in wet weather. Those don't look water proof. Also using a fabric paint instead of acrylic might help with that.

[@katelynfouts8560]

This helped a lot I am making a small fursuit tail all white and I added some black in it

[@nem4805]

Hi, I want to put a cyan blue on some black. Should I put a white base on it first, then do the cyan?

[@magandann5533]

did it come out soft?

[@constancel6895]

So did you just use regular acrylic paint? Or did you use a specific kind of acrylic paint?

[@deermiilk9813]

YOU ARE AN AMAZING LIFE SAVER THANK YOU SO MUCH AHH YOU JUST SAVED ME SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY

[@tabswon9572]

Wit shorty toothbrush 🪥. Dayyyyuuummmm.

[@_FromtheFields_]

This is super helpful the fur that you can buy like this is freaking expensive and now i can just buy white fur. I am going to use it for an artdoll so i wasn't going to wash the fur after dying it annyway ;)

[@madamicequeen]

Can you just let it air dry and brush it out every so often?

[@sarazerbo8104]

How do you think I could lighten it safely?

[@pixit273]

GOD NOW I CAN DYE MY MASCOT COSTUME TO MAKE AN ORIGINAL FURUSIT AAA

[@bellablackmist5033]

If you repeat the process could you get darker or thicker color?

[@newtwolfbuck]

very good technique! thank you!

[@jdonnelly1977]

If I'm not in a rush, could I just let it air dry instead of using a dryer or hair dryer? Since it's low heat, I'm guessing the heat isn't setting the color... it just simply has to be dry, right?

[@salsoteca72]

I would use a hairdryer on cool.

[@_FromtheFields_]

the problem is that it if it dries to slow the fur wil stick together so you would have to brush it constantly what would put the dye closer to the bottom than you want i think

[@lisacole575]

this works for grey but what if I want a like ginger brown color? how would I cover the white base in it or do you know?

[@michelesenay873]

Can you air dry them too?

[@christinahart9096]

I didn't know this till know, thank you 😊

[@csillaszabo2659]

Hi, what kind of dye was that? I tried to dye fake fur with silk dye and when I dried it with hair drier, the dye and I tried to brush it, the dye disappeared :/

[@bellablackmist5033]

Water or oil based acrylic paint?

[@starustwomey5189]

how do u paint a fursuit head do u only have to use air brushing or can u use dyes

[@sarazerbo8104]

Can you do this with white? Can you make the dark grey lighter by using white? I want to lighten my hat.

[@mblitz1977]

I'm guessing you can bleach grey fur for white and she used white faux fur for this tutorial.

[@twinklemiranda3549]

im getting a fur tail for my halloween costume would this technice work for that? Also, my dryer doesnt have settings sooooooooo what do i do?

[@barbraiqbal6006]

Could I use watered hair dye!

[@fourishere3947]

Omg you saved my life

[@doaasy403]

I wander if l can dye my yellow cout By white

[@giselleh7688]

Hi, may I ask why acrylic paint and water? why not dye?

[@giselleh7688]

+MadamParadoX that was incredibly insightful, I had no idea -thank you! and yes, unfortunate.

[@thefront4357]

If I "painted" the faux fur with an acrylic paint, won't it just look like paint and not look natural?

[@redjack2629]

Poly eyes actually do work, but making it look natural is the challenge. I may try some stuff soon in regard to that.

[@sweetluka123]

thanks this helped alot !

[@natziraarias1915]

Thx I can show y’all when I’m done Thx a lot!

[@multiplecuriosity2469]

thank you

[@TheeCoachg]

Have you tried dying real fur at all???

[@colloredwolfs]

Thank you! ^^

[@jenstar2099]

Very welcome! :)

[@yasmeencuttino1602]

I’m in the same exact situation lol wow

[@ello4194]

Hello

[@lolitadragon937]

wow this is amazing !!!! thank you sooo much!!! this will help me soo much..