I have a denim jacket 76% cotton and 23% lyocell blend. I checked and supposedly Rit all purpose is fine with lyocell since it's plant based but...well.

I have dyed it using the bucket method(I'm not buying a new pot, no charity shops have one big enough) , ombre black/fuchsia. I have done this with two other jackets with the same dye, the same method (with different % cotton TBF) and both are fine.

This is not taking. When it's dry, it looks the way I want. But when I so much as rinse it, I can see the dye coming out.

I followed the instructions to use soap and salt, as hot water as I can manage so what have I done wrong?

Do I NEED the fixative? Did I maybe just not leave it long enough? Or hot enough? Should I have also used vinegar? Can I use fixative now, at this point, or should I try to strip the dye and start again? Why is this one jacket bullying me 😂

Hey everyone,
I dyed a white cotton jumper using Dylon machine dye in the “Coffee” shade following the instructions. The overall colour came out okay (a soft brown), but there are weird purple/lilac lines and blotches all over it – some look like streaks, others more like irregular marks.
I’ve attached photos so you can see what I mean.
Has anyone else had this happen with Dylon coffee (or any of their machine dyes)? What causes these purple marks, and is there a way to remove or tone them down without ruining the rest of the colour?
Any tips would be really appreciated!

I attempted to dye a dress of mine a chartreuse color and it unfortunately turned out very lime green (Bottom fabric in case it wasn’t obvious). Any advice on how I could get the dress closer to the top fabric color?

Dress is 100% cotton.

I also dyed it at a high temp in a pot on the stove for about 30 mins

I have used Rit All-Purpose dye to good effect on denim jackets (specifically the X-Ray Indigo Denim Jacket, which is 2 percent Spandex). Because I use blue jackets that are already colored, I get a nice gradient out of it (currently a green one using green dye and a purple one using wine-colored dye).

However, looking to get into fiber reactive dye since it's supposed to be better and more permanent. Considering trying to use Turquoise Dye (maybe from Dharma?) on an X-Ray Indigo Denim Jacket.

But any advice for this sort of thing? Down the road, I could see myself trying to manage some of the cool tiedye designs folks have, except on a denim jacket. Ice dyeing looks intriguing.

Advice on blogs or YouTube channels that focus on dyeing denim would also be great. Thank you!

At work I got a bunch of tiny all-purpose dye droplets on the hand cuff of my cotton sweater. The dye/water was cold and I washed the spot in the sink with soap immediately after. Do I have any chance of not resorting to color remover? Do you think it will come out in the wash? I don't want to lock the dye in on accident. The spots aren't super noticeable, but it bothers me that they're there haha. Thank you!

I knit 100% cotton scarf, and think it would look better if it was light yellow or green. I wanted to dye it with turmeric, but worry about it turning my clothes yellow if i get rained on while wearing it. What dyes or techniques do yall suggest? I am open to using synthetic dyes, just prefer natural because i think the chemistry of it is neat.

fabric is 100% cotton denim. I'm looking to make it as black as possible. no fancy washed look or the dye or anything. just all black. i'd assume I could just add black dye to it and be fine but I'm not completely sure. I also have the rit color remover but I've heard mixed things about what that does to indigo dyed fabrics.

I plan to dye it in the washing machine so it can be dyed at a high temperature for a long time. the stove isn't an option this time because it's 3 whole yards of fabric

Hey y'all, I'm dying two, light grey cotton king flat sheets dark grey before treating them with bleach splatter. I am using Rit because it is what I have and it only needs to be used for one night (a backdrop). I have 3 charcoal grey and 1 indigo liquid bottles. I was told to follow the 3:1 ratio for grey:indigo. Anyone have experience with this formula?

It's for an album recording and will only be used once. Anyone have advice for achieving that dark grey via Rit dye (which I know isn't great quality but we are on a DIY budget, yall)

Swatch of the color I'm hoping to achieve in first pic, color of sheets in second pic

Hi im try to dye this a burgundy but ive gone through like a bottle of redish-purple and 2 bottles of red synthetic RIT dye im hitting a wall and would love some help i belive this dress is a polyester satin (i thrifted the dress and I cant find it anywhere online so this is mostly an assumtion)

the last image is what I want to get the color closer to

I need some help because I'm very confused. I bought this cap (70% cotton, 30% polyester) to turn into a cap for my Luigi cosplay. As you might know his hat is very green and after searching the internet I came across the perfect color dye, which is Truly Green from Rit dye.

I've never dyed before, so this was an experiment in the first place. I didn't expect for it to be perfect first try anyway. I searched dozens of tutorials, because I wanted to do it right. I didn’t have a non-food-safe pot I could use, so I used a bucket and kept adding boiling water to it.

Then the fabric turned turquoise (as you can see on picture 1 and 2). The wooden spoon I used to stir looks green on camera, but irl its more turquoise/blue. After 15 minutes I started to not trust the process and took it out. After rinsing it the color hadn’t stuck (picture 5), but the hat has a blue/lightly turquoise hue to it. My guess is that the cap is actually 100% polyester, that's why the color didn't stuck and I don’t care.

But the thing I'm confused about is why it was this color. I've checked every example of the green color this dye could turn out to be and none were turquoise. Maybe I'm just uneducated and/or stupid. Could somebody enlighten me?

I wore this dress as a bridesmaid and would love to be able to wear it to more weddings, but it feels like it’s too “white”. Should I try to dye it to get the base color more dusty pink? Any tips? It’s a chiffon shell with a lining. Both are 100% polyester.

I’m currently trying to figure out how to do a Friend Inside Me cosplay for an upcoming Undertale/Deltarune orchestral concert, and I want to know if there’s any kind of way to desaturate a Woody costume (or just any kind of outfit) so that the colors fade to grey. I don’t know if real life works that way, but I figured it’s worth asking. The fabric is polyester in this case, but I don’t know if this is even the exact one I’d use.

i’m trying to dye this a magenta and i thrifted this and didn’t realize dying what feels like polyester (it’s handmade so no fabric identified but feels very plastic) would be a nightmare. would love any tips. would even be down to fabric paint it. please help me 😭💕

my biggest problem is i don’t think i’ll have a pot big enough for it 🙂‍↕️

Hi all,

Made my first batik dye piece! Only did two baths, one unwanted and the other with the wax in the fabric. Fabric came out pretty well, but when I boiled the wax out, it appears the wax captured or was stained by some of the dye. Is this somerhing to be concerned about for reusing it? Picture isnt the best, but originally wax (paraffin/beeswax 3:1) was a slightly yellow ​cream, and its now a slightly mint blue color (which is similar to a dye used.)​

My boyfriend asked me to dye this black. The tag says that it is 100% nylon, but there are buckles and other plastic components that I'm not sure we can remove without ruining the vest.

Research so far tells me to use Rit Synthetic dye and I'd need a large stainless steel pot and continuous heat. Does anyone have tips or advice for how to prep, how long to steep, and how much dye/water I'd need? I've only ever dyed cotton.

I'm also up for any advice if you think I should use a different dye and/or method.

Thank you!

Hi friends! I have an egg shell white, antique 1930’s liquid silk slip dress that I would love to dye this exact icy blue color. I’ve looked around, and I can’t say that I’ve found one color that matches this hue. I’m wondering if anyone knows if I can mix two blues that I-dye makes for fabrics to achieve this - and if I can - which I-dyes should I purchase? Thank you so much for any help anyone may provide!

Hey everyone!!

I have a few black hoodies that have faded over the years so I’m wanting to dye them black again or just see if that’s something i can do. It’s a 50/50 blend of cotton and polyester!

I’ve attached a photo of one, my only issue is the logo. Im not sure what type of thread was used and i don’t really want to dye the logo black either. I know there probably isn’t many ways around it but does anyone know what i can do??

Thank you!!!