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I've got a sweater that I bought online, the site said it would be charcoal but it's pretty light grey and I don't like it - how hard is it to just dye it black or dark grey at home?
Would that ruin the sweater, I like the sweater I just don't like the color that much.
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Easy. Wait, it actually depends on the fabric, THAT YOU DIDN'T FUCKING POST.
If it's wool/polyester I have no idea. Cotton is easy.
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Any synthetic fabric is impossible to dye, they add dyes while making the plastics initially
As for wool, that is very difficult as well but doable with certain dyes (and often they don't hold the dye long)
Cotton is easy
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Is 80/20 Cotton/Polyestery dyeable? I've nver done anything like this before but I'm thinking about dying one of those flecktarn parkas black so it comes out like pic related. How does dyeing interact with a pattern already on the item? Does it recolor the pattern or just override it and make it the dye color? Sorry for the basic questions, I don't really have a clue at this point
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>Any synthetic fabric is impossible to dye, they add dyes while making the plastics initially
Not true. Nylon dyes very easily. Polyesters you need a dispersion dye and boiling-temp water.
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Google how to dye 80/20 cotton poly blend. You will be rewarded.
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