yeah , DO it , Noe !
… and you know WHO would be a willing recipient of any leftover [ fin panel-sized ] pieces… and WHY ?!
By the way … that darker brown linen that you so kindly sent [ with the greeny/ blue streaks through it ] ? It looks UNREAL in the two fin panels I laid up with it , mate … thanks soooo much for it , and the others !!
have you used it on [m]any of your boards , so far ??
cheers !
ben
p.s.-
… isn’t that actually " batik " , [a differently done material effect ] , in the opening photo in this thread ?
I ask , my brother has some of THAT spare , from his many Indo trips over the years …
TIE dying , on the other hand , is something I remember doing in the 1970s , as a teenager … with white cotton tee shirts , cans of ‘Dylon’ fabric dye , string , and various sized rubber bands …
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hmmmm
? maybe the terminology / effect has changed ? or , become more ‘generic’ , over the years , as THIS is what a ‘google image search’ turned up for me ?
compared with …
The ’ Batik ’ technique…
indonesian batik …
and , for the ‘D.I.Y’ brigade …
http://www.expat.or.id/info/batiksteps.html
Wow, Mr Fin. Those are amazing.
If I’m not mistaken, batik is done as a ‘wax resist’ type of dye process. A pattern is applied with wax, then the fabric dyed.
I would be leery of using a fabric that has been waxed. I’ve seen an entire deck delaminate that was inlaid with plain unwaxed cotton fabric and it was a well known brand name surfboard.
For a batik pattern I’d be inclined to use the digital printing process.
That was my thought too John - Batik = wax = no-no!
Google “Ice Dyeing” it’s even radder than tie-dye!
JD
Yeah Ice Dying is the one Josh! looks like fun, now just gotta find the right material to use if anyone has any tips… huie?
I have used some wax coated “african” fabric for inlays, just got to wash it first on a warm wash and it works fine…
I think the ice comes out funkier and less “hippy” maybe more " hipster" 
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that is UNREAL, Josh , thanks for that .
I think I may have to do that with cotton inlays for fin panels …
I wonder if even sprinkling dylon powders onto the resin in a fin panel would work too …
you have done a dangerous thing now , Josh ! [you got me thinking …uh oh !] 
cheers
ben
We got some tie dye done. We ended up using Dylon type dye in three colors my friend picked. He chose vibrant purple, ocean blue, and tropical blue. We bought 4 yards of Muslin fabric at 36" wide. Bleached white and not pre shrunk, cost about 8$. Next we blended up a good amount of ice and poured the powered dye over it. When the snow/ice melts it leaves behind deluted, full strength, and different shades of one color. Heres a test sample we have made up
Good test Hippo!
Something like this would be cool, can anyone confirm that Nylon would be ok to use?
