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Dyeing, not dying; I was wondering if the post was about beloved brands of riding tops that are going out of business.
Natural fibers like cotton, silk, and wool take dye well. So does rayon (a kind of synthetic made of natural fibers). Nylon, polyester, spandex and other synthetic fibers do not. If you have a natural fiber garment you want to change the color of, I recommend the website Dharma Trading, which sells all kinds of clothing dyes and has a good deal of useful information as well.
If you want to change the color of a synthetic fabric, well, you can’t.
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Check out @MsRidiculous’s blog: breedrideevent.com
I’m pretty sure she dyed some sunshirts and blogged about it…
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Yup - I did it a few years ago and am pretty sure I followed the breedrideevent blog “how-to”. You do need the synthetic material dye and I had to leave it in the pot for longer than the directions said to get the color to hold.
The color turned out great and was very colorfast. There was a noticeable odor that took several washings to totally go away.
I used iDye poly from here. Note that both the natural and poly are on the same page - you need poly for your sunshirts.
Rit has a synthetic dye product as well.
Have fun!
.I have never been super happy with anything I’ve dyed. The colors are not as vivid dark or even as I’ve wanted, even on cotton. Also cotton seems duller after being dyed. Now I haven’t tried for 40 years so maybe dyes are better now. Also a mixed poly cotton blend will dye unevenly on the different fibers for a heathered blotchy effect. I personally wouldn’t try on anything already nice and usable.
Thanks for the note–didn’t even notice the typo!
Thank you for all this info!!
Ooh I will take a look! Thank you!
