The muddy, brownish gray, dead grass shown in this Tolga Erbora photo is one of the most common scenic features of what we do. Unfortunately, there is no commercially available product to represent it. The image above illustrates perfectly the brownish/gray tone I’ve been trying to replicate with my do-it-yourself static grass dying project. Finally,…

Because powdered dyes are so powerful, you are often working with minute quantities. It became apparent that measuring spoons in very small sizes would be a real help. I found the spoons above on Amazon which come in 1/16 and 1/32 sizes. Click HERE for the page.

“Edison’s Lab” ! It takes a lot of trial and error experimentation to dial in a color with powdered dyes. The sheet of paper on the right is where I mix the dyes with a knife blade. There has been a lot of interest in my earth tone static grass experimentation. At this point I…