Ceramic is extremely porous, so it will absorb the dye almost as successfully as your dress does, and you will be very sad. Using warm, soapy water, give your dress a good suds to remove any stains or finishes on the garment.
Put on your rubber gloves and mix up your dye according to the instructions on the label, using the dry weight of the garment to determine proportions. For all-purpose dyes , Rit recommends one liquid bottle or two powder packages per two-ish pounds of fabric. For liquid dyes, shake well and add to your dye bath along with a teaspoon of soap.
If using a powder, dissolve in around two cups of very hot water and do the same. Add your wet garment to the dye bath and stir slowly and continuously for ten minutes to avoid splotching. The exact amount of time your dress should remain in the liquid beyond that point depends on the fabric, but an hour is just about the maximum. Once your dress hits the desired color, remove it from the bath and drain the container.
At this point, you have the option of using a fixative, which extends the life of the color and prevents bleeding. Refill your sink or bucket with hot water and add your fixative in the indicated ratios — Rit recommends four ounces of fixative and three gallons of water for every pound of fabric.
Again, stir slowly and continuously, this time for twenty minutes. Country or region: United States. Message: Hello, I am looking for some advice on dyeing a silk taffeta dress. When I have dyed things in the past, I have ended up with streaky or patchy color.
Using my washing machine has greatly improved this. Here are my questions:. Which dyes would you recommend? Are there other items I should buy that could help to even the dying? Since the dress is dry clean only, I am guessing washing machine dyeing isn't a good idea. Is there any way to dye silk taffeta? There must be, since it was dyed at some point What are the risks of washing silk taffeta?
Since this is a material that has a two tone color pink overall but it has flashes of gray from another light will it appear as a uniform color after dying? It was a very precise colour, and a LOT of fabric to dye at once. I kept trying to put it off, but when I looked out the window I noticed that our camellia bush had put out its first bloom of the year, and it was exactly the right shade of pink. Obviously a good omen.
Time to dye. To prepare the fabric, I prewashed it. This is a mistake. Do you know how much time it takes to iron 10 metres of silk taffeta that has been washed? Yeah, total stupid time waster. For my colour I used a packet of idye pink dye sidenote: why does idye come in 5 shades of yellow and 7 shades of blue, but only one shade of pink?
Since I wanted a slightly coral-y pink, I added a bit of yellow dye to my dyepot. Like any sensible dyer, I tried a small piece of my fabric first. It came out icky sicky cold blue-pink. Not a short process. Masses of fabric shoved in dye pot, frantic stirring and turning and trying to get huge swathes of steaming fabric out of boiling dye all at once got dye all over my kitchen.
But at least it was a gorgeous shade of ombre pink. Still very Emily, but with the icky bubble-gum shades taken out. The amount required will depend on how much fabric you are dyeing and the brand of dye. If you have trouble dissolving the dye well, add a small amount of urea. If you are using fibre-reactive dye, mix some noniodized salt in lukewarm water as well. Fill a washing machine with water. For acid dyes, this water must be very hot. You can add some boiling water to the tub to make the water even hotter.
Pour dye and saltwater into the washing machine, setting it to agitate until the dye is thoroughly mixed. Then add the moire taffeta, continuing to let the washing machine agitate. Wait a few minutes.
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