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Dying and Coloring Clothes: Has anyone got it to work?

  • 29-08-2013 9:32pm
    #1
    mogrady14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭


    I have a light blue dress that is a perfect fit. I just dislike the color powder blue. I want to dye it royal blue or purple but I have never dyed any clothes before.
    The material is polyester. Has anyone dyed clothes successful?


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  • #2
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Polyester will not dye properly. I've dyed a bunch of stuff, and you need a high cotton count for the dyes to take well. You might get it marginally darker, but it probably wont be a uniform dying, and it could well end up looking streaky. I'd give it a miss tbh.


  • #3
    username123
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    You cant dye polyester. Only natural fibres. You will only wreck it.


  • #4
    Honey-ec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,844 ✭✭✭Honey-ec


    baby and crumble wrote: »
    Polyester will not dye properly. I've dyed a bunch of stuff, and you need a high cotton count for the dyes to take well. You might get it marginally darker, but it probably wont be a uniform dying, and it could well end up looking streaky. I'd give it a miss tbh.

    Have you had any success with denim? I have a pair of black skinnies that are starting to fade a bit on the seams and I've been thinking about re-dyeing them.


  • #5
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    username123 wrote: »
    You cant dye polyester. Only natural fibres. You will only wreck it.

    Not true, there's this stuff, OP:

    http://www.jacquardproducts.com/idye.html

    Prob won't have AS good of results as for natural fibres though.


  • #6
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    For best results dyeing anything, use machine dye. Unless you want to stand with a spoon stirring, and stirring, and stirring. The results with hand dyeing can be very uneven ;)


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  • #7
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Not true, there's this stuff, OP:

    http://www.jacquardproducts.com/idye.html

    Prob won't have AS good of results as for natural fibres though.

    I've never had a successful outcome personally unless I dyed natural fibres.


  • #8
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    username123 wrote: »
    I've never had a successful outcome personally unless I dyed natural fibres.

    What kind of dye did you use?


  • #9
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    April O Neill wrote: »
    What kind of dye did you use?

    All kinds. I used to dye my clothes a lot when I was younger to try and get more life out of them. Ive tried hand dyes, machine dyes, dyed natural fibers, non natural fibres, cold water dyes, different brands - Ive even tried dying clothes when in different countries!

    The most successful outcomes Ive had are always natural fibres + machine dye.


  • #10
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Honey-ec wrote: »
    Have you had any success with denim? I have a pair of black skinnies that are starting to fade a bit on the seams and I've been thinking about re-dyeing them.

    If you're dying them the same colour to refresh the colour it'll prob be ok. You need to look for the amount of elastine in the denim though. The more of that the less the dye will take. I did it with a few pairs and that was the main difference that had an impact on the success.


  • #11
    Honey-ec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,844 ✭✭✭Honey-ec


    They're 78% cotton, 21% polyester and 1% elastane. I'll give it a whirl. They'll be for the bin soon anyway because of the fading, so it's not the end of the world if it all goes horribly Pete Tong.


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  • #12
    Tope
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭Tope


    One thing to watch out for is that the stitching might be a synthetic thread even if the main garment is cotton. Once I dyed a white skirt green but the stitching was polyester (or possibly nylon?) and remained white. I kind of liked how it looked actually but you could be taken by surprise. Not sure if most labels list what material is used in the stitching.


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