Acid Dye Pack, Custom Colors

FREE COLOR PACK WITH KIT PURCHASEAdd kit and the pigment or acid dye pack of your choice to your cart; discount automatically applied at checkout. Each dye pack contains the pre-measured dye for one boat. We recommend that people building large canoes or double kayaks purchase two dye packs. We use acid dyes and rare earth pigments to color our skin-on-frame boats. The advantage to acid dye is that it creates vibrant, saturated colors. The disadvantage is that it is not compatible with all cloths, and the colors will fade over time. Lighter colors are more colorfast and darker colors age more roughly. An alternate method of coloring is to use earth pigments directly in the polyurethane.  See our color video for a more detailed discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each system.The color chart shows the custom color mixes we have for sale. The left side is the initial color, and the right side shows the same color after approximately 1000 hours of summer sunlight exposure. To