Any suggestions as to how to make up a really cheap and effective clothes dye from using stuff one has lying around the kitchen - as I wish to dye a 100% cotton beige jacket to say a deeper beige or brown?
2006-09-23 22:48:04 · 11 answers · asked by Rexion 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
"Rit" brand dyes are cheap and can be used right in the washing machine. Make sure you set the water temp on the hottest it will go- and adding a half a cup of salt to the water sometimes helps the fabric to take on the dye better.
2006-09-23 23:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Lirrain 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Boiled walnut husks...the skins, not the shells will give you a goldish brown color. Onion skins will do light yellow. RIT dye sucks, I wouldn't use it if it were free. Plus you have to use RIT in hot water which will shrink your jacket. However you can get Procion MX dye from Dick Blicks arts and crafts online for only a couple bucks. You'll need a small 1 1/2 oz. container of dye and get about 1/4 of soda ash or T.S.P. from home depot. Mix the TSP with warm water and soak the jacket for 20 minutes. Meanwhile take a large tub or your washing machine and fill it with cold water. Add the entire 1 1/2 oz. container of dye. Stir it up then place the jacket it in and agitate for about 20 minutes, run it through the rinse 3 times adding 1 cup of vinegar the first time, then run it through the wash with laundry soap. May as well tie-dye a few t-shirts with the jacket while your at it. It will rinse right out of the machine, but if you get it on your skin, you will wear it for a good two weeks. This is the commercial dye that almost all cotton fabric is dyed with and is very very permanent.
If you need cheap cheap cheap, the walnut skins would be my recommendation. Wash the jacket first to remove any fabric softeners or starches...they will inhibit the dying process. Boil the walnut skins then allow the solution to cool so your jacket doesn't shrink up on you. You'll need to stir the jacket around in the solution every 10 minutes or so to get an even color. This will stain your hands too, so wear dish gloves or two pairs of exam gloves and old clothes. Eye protection is advised.
2006-10-01 12:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by William E 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You'd be better of buying a Dylon dye and doing it in the washing machine. Run bleach through the machine after. If you use stuff from around the house you will just be playing guessing games as to what colour it'll come out and the colour probably wont fix into jacket. Dye is under £3 so it is cheap!
2006-09-24 06:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by mistickle17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure how you would get a dark color. Coffee might work. I have used tea as a dye and that works, but it is not that dark. I think you would need a large amount to get a dark color. I would think with the cost of coffee, and inexpensive store bought dye would be cheaper in the long run.
2006-09-27 20:08:54 · answer #4 · answered by maria t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd really be better to buy 1 of those little dylon dyes at least they work and u know what coloUr ur gettin
2006-09-24 06:06:56 · answer #5 · answered by fifi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you won't want anything that may wash off the jacket and onto something else.just buy rit dye it's very cheap anyway you just need a bucket of hot water
2006-09-30 23:24:34 · answer #6 · answered by Stryker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with the dylon dyes for your washing machine.easy to use and give good results
2006-09-29 00:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by cbrown47@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dylon dyes .. you can get them in most supermarkets and haberdashery shops all over i also think you can get them at debinham,s department stores they have great colours. you need loads of salt! for them to work
2006-09-24 07:14:35 · answer #8 · answered by paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tea bags
2006-09-24 14:35:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
stinging nettles make a nice green dye, i knows theres more from plants but being colour blind not much help sorry
2006-09-24 06:02:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋