is it would be possible to dye this dress a different colour? someone with experience in dying fabric?

geek sweet

Hi,
I LOVE this dress:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=362846730
But the colour wouldn't suit me at all. I was wondering if anyone out there had experience with dying fabric and could answer these questions:
- would the fabric hold up to being dyed? would it retain the dye? or would it damage the fabric?
- what colours would work to dye over the existing colour?
- what colours wouldn't?
- could i bleach it first and then dye it?
- where can i get fabric dye from?
- how do i dye it? (eg. bathtub?!?!!)

Thank you! Any help would be much appreciated!! :D
xo

Answer
Not a good project for dyeing. There are a number of different fabrics in it, probably including such things as fusible interfacing and rayon lining that will not be happy getting wet. There's a fair chance it'd be ruined if you try to dye it.

And there's no home process for removing dye from polyester.

If you really, truly want to, then you'll have to choose a color that is darker and has gold in it... orange, green, brown. Be prepared for clashing colors from the different dye lots. The only dye available for polyester at home is iDyePoly, which comes in only 8 colors:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/5590684-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html

can you dye a dress a different color?

Niicolee45

i have a black little cocktail dress with pink poka dots and i was wondering if you can dye it jus one color and the color will be all black

Answer
I don't think that you can do that, I'd recommend just buying a new dress.

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