I just ordered the Tru-Spec Navy flight suit from the GBFans store, and I’ve been looking at threads on how to dye it to the right color. Has anyone had any experience using the liquid charcoal grey dye from RIT instead of using the combination of black, royal blue, and kelly green? If so, how did it turn out? This is my first time dying anything, so any and all advice is welcome. Thanks!!
Holy crap, took them long enough lol. You may be able to get by with just lightening the blue some and using this, however gray tends to fall into the purple side so maybe grab green just to tone it down. Good luck!
Thanks, Spectre. I think I might just go with the tried and true way, to be honest, though I suppose I could just use that color remover to undo the dye if I really needed
I’ve been meaning to update my uniform thread for a while now, I recently color stripped my rothco navy blue suit with the RIT color remover, then used the RIT Charcoal Grey liquid dye and it turned out perfect. I’ll get around to getting some pictures for you.
That would be great! Any suggestions for using it on a Tru-Spec suit?
If I’m not mistaken the tru-specs are the same ratio of cotton/polyester as a rothco so I would think just color strip the suit first then dye it should do the trick!
Do you think you could take some pictures of your DYING progression? 
Todd, how much did you use? Half a bottle, a whole bottle, or more than that?
Etigo, you’re just dying to see it, aren’t you? (sorry, I couldn’t help it)
WHAT JUST POPPED IN THERE???
I’m looking to do charcoal suits for my team so I’d like to see what you came up with, Tood
Sorry guys I’ll get some pictures up tonight to give you an idea of how it looks, my method was this…
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Boiled a huge pot of water and poured into a 5 gallon bucket, added the RIT color remover followed by the navy blue flightsuit. I constantly stirred and agitated it for 30-45 minutes.
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I then rinsed the suit in hot water in the bathtub until the water ran clear. After the water ran clear I threw it in the washer then dryer.
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The suit went from dark navy blue to almost white with a hint of blue to it.
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I boiled another big pot of water and poured it into a five gallon bucket then I added half of a bottle of the liquid RIT Charcoal Grey, added the suit to the bucket and stirred/agitated for 30-45 mins.
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I rinsed the suit in cold water to set the color, rinse until the water runs clear. Then added the suit to the washer and washed. I let it air dry and once it was dry my suit was perfect color of charcoal grey.
I’ll definitely get some pics up for you all who are interested in seeing the final results!
I was stupid and didn’t take any pictures of the in between stages of the process but if you follow my directions you should end up with a perfect GB2 suit.
Keep in mind I used a ROTHCO Navy blue suit as the base.
Thanks, Todd!
For step 5, where did you rinse it? The bottle says it’ll stain “plastic, fiberglass, or worn porcelain tubs”, and I have a bathtub that’ll probably get stained by it. I’m contemplating taking it outdoors and just hitting it with a hose, but being in NY, the weather is – well, let’s say random – at the best of times (and multiple choice at the worst).
I rinsed mine in the tub, it didn’t stain the tub. Our tub is fiberglass, honestly my girlfriends hair dye stains the tub worse than the RIT would have.
I keep forgetting to take pics outside in natural light, the fluorescent lighting in the bedroom really throws off the color. I’ll take some pics tomorrow outside for all to see 
Alright!!! 
Ha, then I guess the thing that’ll cause the most trouble is the carpet in my hallway between the bathroom and washer (my apartment was built with a couple structural … oddities, like carpet in front of the washing machine area, or air conditioning vents over the kitchen counters)
Just leave it in the bucket when transporting it, dump the bucket slowly into the tub to avoid splashing all over the tub…
Here’s a pic of the suit as you can see Grey with a hint of Blue… excuse the cheesy smile and flip flops.
