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Dyeing a shirt
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I've seen a really nice shirt online that is white, when I wanted it in black - I'm considering dyeing it black, but have never dyed anything before - are the dyes you put in the washing machine good? The shirt is 100% cotton and quite lacey - would it take a dye easily?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Please don't waste your time and money. You'd have to dye the shirt a dark colour (or black) and then dye it black. To go for a single hit wouldn't work and you'd end up with it being patchy and fading very quickly - which may well happen anyway.
Also unless the stitching is 100% cotton you might find the stitching doesn't take the dye so well.
Also unless the stitching is 100% cotton you might find the stitching doesn't take the dye so well.
If you've nothing to loose by dying the shirt then go for it, I'm always dying odds and sods, especially white t shirts and the like when the start going grey. You can buy puches of dylon in the more popuar colours with the salt already mixed in so all you have to do is chuck it all in the machine, I'd go for a lovely vibrant colour. You've given me the bug again, I'll be hunting through my wardrobe now.
I usedto dye stuff all the time but for some reason the results are not as good now... I think they have changed the stuff that fixes the dye... I would be concerned though as even 100 % cotton fabrics are sewn with polyesterthreads and these don't dye so you may end up with a charcoal grey shiirt wih white stitching