Dyeing Muslin Backdrop

[myfotoguy]

I don't know if anything in this helps you or not:
Cheap DIY (Homemade) Muslin Photography Background | DIYPhotography.net

It doesn't cover solid black dying (skip the twine). But maybe something there is useful.

I used that article to make a blue and a brownish backdrop (used a big round tube) outside on the lawn.

 

[myfotoguy]

I forgot to say- I boiled a bunch of water but also mixed that with hot tap water.

I temporarily turned up my water heater as high as it would go (then waited a while so the water was heated as hot as possible for coming out of the tap). If you do that, don't foreget to turn it back down right away!

 

[supraman215]

Yeah, and make damned sure that salt is completely dissolved.

What brand of dye are you using?

Theres better stuff than Rit.

I am just using RIT that's all they had at Jo-Ann and everything i read online said RIT also. What do you receommend?

I think I'm gonna leave my water heaters alone.