ever dye a piece of clothing you ruined?

so I ruined my favorite cream sweater dress

the stain wont come out

I was thinking of buying a new one and dying the old one black

this was a very expensive fits perfect dress....I love it

ever do this? advice? tips?

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i have no advice or tips but thats a great idea!

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Sounds like a good idea to keep a nice piece of clothing in closet circulation....one question....do you think the dye would come off on your skin, or where it rubs on your pants? I always remember dyable shoes leave dye on my feet

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I googled it

it seems pretty easy

I will test it and take pics

it says white is the best color to do this with- so that's a plus

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Never, but that's a great idea! Good luck!

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you have to let us know how this comes out! i am soooo curious! great idea beth!

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I'm just curious what the stain is, I'd be afraid it would show through the dye as an oil spot or something.

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I have. Had a lacey short sleeve sweater in cream and meeded it in dark brown so my mom dyed it. Im sure michaels has dye. My mom did it in the washing machine. You just wash it several times doesnt run at all

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You can use Rit dye...they have it at Kmart, Walmart, Michaels, AC Moore, even Stop and Shop. I haven't dyed anything that was knit, but I've done tons of woven fabrics.

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I have never done it but thought about it- but my mom once advised against using black because it's hard to get a really saturated shade. Though that was a long time ago and I am sure dyes are better now. But I'd still read reviews before you choose a dye- it would be a shame to put in the effort and have a bad result.

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I bought RIT a while ago to do this to a white hat I stained, but never got around to it

Now I have to do it!

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I have. it's difficult to get a dark shade, so you may have to leave it for a while. or do it multiple times. And, rinse rinse rinse the garment when you are finished. Until the water comes clear. You will have to rinse a lot. then wash it. then done.

You can find pretty simple directions online. It's not difficult...just a PITA.

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i think you need that dye called RIT. its made in all sorts of colors.

i remember when wedding planning girls were using it to dye their crinolines. Is it a super sensitive material..like cashmere? there should be instrux on the box regarding materials, but it sounds like a good plan

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Rit dye

You can dye the dress in a pot on the stove or in the washing machine.

If you do it on the stove, after you dye it for the specified time, rinse it and then wash it (I *think* that's the process). That way, you shouldn't have any excess dye come off on your skin or other clothing when wearing the dress.

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I dyed all sorts of things when I was in college, did lots of tye dying, etc. What is the dress made of? I tried several tricks to get the clothing not to run in the wash. My favorites were to iron the item with a very hot iron to seal in the dye, then wash it by itself the first few times and after you dye something you might even want to run the washing machine with nothing in it just to get the dye out of the machine before you put any of your other clothing in.

I have a portable washing machine from my old apartment and my DH wants to set it up for me to tie dye things again. The main reason that I stopped doing it is that I found that the dye from the first washing stays in the machine and can ruin later loads. Luckily, I did a lot of this at my parents' house and my dad is color blind so he did not know that his T-shirts ended up matching mine.

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Before you start dying have you tried this stuff?



It is amazing!!! I saved a dress after spilling red wine all over it. I would definitely give it a try.

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I bought it at Bed Bath & Beyond but I've seen it at AC Moore's too.