So I feel a little silly asking you guys how to do laundry but here goes. I wore a pair of shorts that I like to work on a stave today and there are yellow stains all over them. Anyone know how to get them out? I tried resolve befor the first wash and it didnt help. Any secret osage stain remover?
I've ruined a handful of good T-shirts working on osage and never have found anything to take it out. Now I just make sure I'm wearing a color that it won't show up on, or one of my old shirts that I've already ruined with osage when I'm gonna be working with it.
I'm with SEMO. I've go a half dozen t-shirts that embarrass my wife because of the yellow stains that tend to be high on the ribs near the pit area. I wear overhauls most of the time when working on a bow. Haven't been able to get any of the stains out.
I have read where the fine saw dust of osage can be used to make a dye that is very durable.
Sorry I can't help.
Stan
Trout, ya sure them yellow stains are from Osage? :) LOL
olive drab cargo shorts, a dark t-shirt, a dew rag and sandals is my summertime bowyering uniform. But on the off times I have worked on osage in light clothes, it has eventually come out. Green osage is a different matter and those sap stains are pretty permanent.
Pretty sure that osage was used for yellow dye during WWII....
I steamed a bow this weekend and ruined two kitchen towels sealing off my pipe..............ooooopsy.
Yes you can make your own dye from boiling the shavings. I tried it with sawdust and it was too hard to strain out, but if you put the shavings from osage in some water and simmer it makes a fairly potent dye. I don't know what all it's good for, but if you like woodies and yellow arrow shafts it will stain a piece of cedar arrow shafting in no time flat!
Well looks like I will just have to explain to the wife why I need a new pair of shorts. I'm sure I can come up with a good way to blame my son!
Cut from tactile fiber arts
"Osage Orange was not used extensively as a dye until the beginning of the 20th century when the United States Forest Service investigated the use of the Osage Orange mill waste. It was primarily used to dye leather. During World War One Osage Orange regained popularity as a dye because supplies of synthetic dyes from Germany were cut off.
The wood, bark and roots can all be used to dye. The clearest yellow comes from the heartwood."
id turn them into rags for the shop:)