Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye.
I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.”
Nope.
It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that.
That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol.
So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.
WELL THEN!
this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*
When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair. Potent stuff.
If you’re dying anything with kool-aid it’s best to use SUGAR-FREE ones otherwise the thing you’re dying might get all sticky
the flavor only packets where you are supposed add sugar are the best. they will dye any natural fiber: leather, wool, cotton, hair, flax, jute, silk and so forth. heat the dye water so it is more potent. let dry then rinse excess out in cold water. there’s a whole system to this.
Oh my god
This will prove very useful for any future cosplays I wanna do.
Patton (rolling by unsteadily on heelys): JESUS TAKE THE WHEELEY!!!!
Roman: …..Patton, NO!!!!
Logan: WHO GAVE HIM THOSE?!?!
Virgil (slowly rolling past on his own heelys): *casually flips Roman off with both hands*
Also Virgil: *subtley speeds up in case Patton falls*
Roman: *offended Princey noises*
Logan: *looks into camera like he’s on The Office*
WHY IS THIS, MY SHAMEFUL FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THIS FANDOM, BACK ON MY DASH AGAIN?!?!??
BECAUSE IT’S FUCKING GLORIOUS????
Let it die
Do not let it die this is art
Heck
Watch your profanity
“Jesus Take The Wheeley”
WHOMST BROUGHT THIS BACK?!?!?
… well if no one else is gonna do it-
I forgot that I promised to write this and never posted it.
Logan had been expecting a quiet, pleasant afternoon. Curled up on the couch with a cup of hot tea, book in hand, and relaxing for a few hours before helping Thomas write the script for his next video.
What he hadn’t been expecting was for Patton to come whirling down the hall like a hyper tornado, wheelies rolling much faster and much less steady than would be advisable, screaming, “JESUS TAKE THE WHEELIE!”
Roman, sitting across from Logan with his laptop open to YouTube, sent Logan a panic-stricken look. “…Patton, NO!”
Logan was so shocked he could only sit in complete and utter confusion, muttering softly under his breath, “Who on earth gave him those?”
The whispered question was answered as Virgil smoothly rolled past them. Pausing for only a second to flip off the prince with both hands, he sped up slightly after Patton, who was still yelling further down the hall.
As the prince sputtered in outrage, Logan let head fall back in weariness. Was it too much to ask for just one peaceful day?
This was a lovely addition to my shitpost, thank you for writing it @mel-is-a-melon ! That’s basically exactly how I pictured it in my head. 💜
I love the lowkey implication in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (especially in the Gene Wilder movie) that Willy Wonka was minding his own business one day and he just saw this skinny looking kid staring up at his factory, licking his lips, and he was just like, “Shit, that kid needs some chocolate, but he’s clearly too poor to afford any and there’s no way I can run outside right now and reveal my existence to the world, right? Damn. Okay. I can send an Oompa Loompa. No, that’ll scare the kid. What candy does he even like anyway? What if I give him the wrong one? All right, we need to get this kid into the factory so that he can pick his favorite treat. But what happens when he leaves? Shit, shit, shit, okay, we’ll just give him the factory. Give him the whole factory. That’s the only way. But how? Come on, Wonka, be inconspicuous here. I’ve got it. A nationwide contest inviting multiple kids into the factory where I’ll reveal that the winner gets the factory. Crap, no, then there will be four other kids in the factory. Okay, no problem, we’ll just kill them all until he’s the only one left. Yeeeah, that’s a good plan. Okay, everyone, places. We’ve got literally one shot at this.”
You don’t think Willy Wonka had connections with what seems to be the only candy store in the entire town?
And what, we’re supposed to believe that after years of starving with no money, all of a sudden, Charlie conveniently finds some money right in front of said candy store?
And remember, in the movie (which is honestly one of the few movie adaptations that’s better than the books), the worker picks the chocolate bars that he hands to Charlie.
Wonka and the workers knew exactly what they were doing.
Chaotic good at its best.
this was an interesting read and all but i just read the second last line as “wonka and the wonkers” and now i feel…… strange
well ya duh society shames speech patterns associated with young women
“Speech fillers” are just a human’s way of saying “wait a sec I’m thinking”. It means we think more before we speak, always trying to find the right way to say it. Every language has them. And people shouldn’t be annoyed by it, ever.
Fun fact: even Deaf people and ASL users have a “filler” and depends on the person. Sometimes it’s almost like a wave, other times it’s wiggling fingers.
Since there’s no links, here’s an article from USA Today with footage, and here’s a CNN follow-up from a day later stating that the officer retired before disciplinary action could be taken.
Anxiety-prone-human 