Weird Dpm Shirt?

desert dpm someone's dyed green

seen a vest done somewhat similar, field expedient and suppose you could argue doesn't look that bad.

 
Given that the label looks to have green tinges I would go with dyed.

 
Definitely dyed, I did something similar to some German desert kit, came out almost identical.

 
Yep my now blue tiger top came out like that. You also find desert DPM dyed Lighter green. I read some where dyed for training exercises to differentiate between factions.

 
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I've got a set of mtp thats been dyed green, actually now works in woods !

 
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This was done right at the beginning of the Afghan experience.  Lads in Helmand were issued standard Desert DPM only to find that they stuck out like a sore thumb in the green zones that make up the central valleys in Helmand, so they dyed their Desert DPM green.  It was the reasoning behind the procurement of MTP.

 
EvilMonkee said:
This was done right at the beginning of the Afghan experience.  Lads in Helmand were issued standard Desert DPM only to find that they stuck out like a sore thumb in the green zones that make up the central valleys in Helmand, so they dyed their Desert DPM green.  It was the reasoning behind the procurement of MTP.
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This lot, 2 Rifles covered by Michael Yon






 
Adolf Hamster said:
it does look odd that the stitching and button loops look relatively uncoloured, but i'm guessing they just didn't take the dye.
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Its because the thread is 100% synthetic so won’t take up the dye , it’s manufactured from polymers in the colours needed  .?

 
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Druid799 said:
Its because the thread is 100% synthetic so won’t take up the dye , it’s manufactured from polymers in the colours needed  .?
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Sounds about right.

Tbh the complexities of how dyes in clothing work are a mystery to me, for example how they do repeatable camo patterns in the first place.

One of these days i must look it up i'm sure the process is interesting.

 
Mtp does work in tall dry grass.   For UK woodlands not so much.  Digi flora or tiger is way better.

Not as bad as ucp though. Saw a dude running that and he may as well have been glowing 

 
Adolf Hamster said:
Sounds about right.

Tbh the complexities of how dyes in clothing work are a mystery to me, for example how they do repeatable camo patterns in the first place.

One of these days i must look it up i'm sure the process is interesting.
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Its called screen printing if you want to look it up.

 
Adolf Hamster said:
Sounds about right.

Tbh the complexities of how dyes in clothing work are a mystery to me, for example how they do repeatable camo patterns in the first place.

One of these days i must look it up i'm sure the process is interesting.
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They make the fabric in the base colour then print each individual colour on to the roll of fabric one at a time .

 
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