I should realy get my old dpm jacket out of the loft, use to love that thing until the interweb was born and gained access to other stuff
Dyeing a DPM jacket
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Dyeing it is clearly difficult, why don't you try painting it? It would look very individual, and if you used bathroom paint it would be pretty waterproof too. A massive range of colours would be available....Win Win Win 
I'm not sure painting clothing with house paint really works...
Looking at this thread, I've come to the conclusion that trying to dye what are relatively cheap clothes really isn't worth the hassle. You've got to buy the dye, etc, and then go through all the work of dyeing the jacket, etc. If its camo, its right pain, and if its doesn't work, it just looks a bit strange. You can buy a surplus M65 type jacket (Austrian or Dutch) from £15 upwards - not camo, and no need to dye it.
Looking at this thread, I've come to the conclusion that trying to dye what are relatively cheap clothes really isn't worth the hassle. You've got to buy the dye, etc, and then go through all the work of dyeing the jacket, etc. If its camo, its right pain, and if its doesn't work, it just looks a bit strange. You can buy a surplus M65 type jacket (Austrian or Dutch) from £15 upwards - not camo, and no need to dye it.
Here's a good thing I learned, I use acrylic paint from a cheap art shop and mix 50/50 with fabric medium ( textile medium ) and it makes a screen printing paint for painting onto clothes.
Here is a desert Windproof smock I painted with titanium white acrylic mix with the textile medium glue. I just painted the dark patches lighter of the two colour camo pattern with a small artists paint brush. It takes a little time but is therapeutic too. 😊
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After painting run an iron protected my a handkerchief as you don't want to ruin the iron or heat set it with a hair dryer instead.
I will stain the white patches with a khaki colour afterwards to make the whole jacket khaki.
I hope this helps.
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Here is a desert Windproof smock I painted with titanium white acrylic mix with the textile medium glue. I just painted the dark patches lighter of the two colour camo pattern with a small artists paint brush. It takes a little time but is therapeutic too. 😊
[http://youtu.be/2TcGN5r9nPYIMG]//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160401/49b1164c0c5bf0ad6389a632798cff8c.jpg[/IMG]
After painting run an iron protected my a handkerchief as you don't want to ruin the iron or heat set it with a hair dryer instead.
I will stain the white patches with a khaki colour afterwards to make the whole jacket khaki.
I hope this helps.
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