Well, I finally bit the bullet and jumped in at the deep end with my Egon build…
After bouncing around ideas for Egon’s uniform, I wanted to stay true to the cartoon feel of the uniforms, but bring some more movie styling into the build… so using one of the TruSpec suits and dying it, however troublesome, seemed to be the best option.
Knowing the suit was a 70/30 PolyCotton blend, I decided to work on the polyester fibers first… which meant diving in with a boiling dye bath… so it was all or nothing here… using Idye turquoise, i chose a lighter shade as the flightsuit was already khaki, and didn’t want the end result to be too dark.
So I started the boil, added the dye sachet and colour intensifier stuff… oddly enough the dye didn’t stink out my kitchen, which was a pleasant surprise lol
So once the Idye goop had boiled, I took a deep breath, crossed my fingers, toes, and any other appendage I could, and dunked in the suit…
Boiling the suit for an hour while constantly stirring was possibly the most nerve-wrecking hour ever… though my nerves quickly turned from apprehension to hope as the dye started to do its work…
But now, after an hour, the suit was taken out, strained off and hosed down… here’s a before, after, and intended colour shot to give you some idea…
Obviously the suit is still wet currently, so I’m hoping it will come out a few shades lighter when it does, but overall I’m definitely happy with the first steps on my Egon build and ready to call this experiment a success 
