I bought a red wool cape on eBay and it just came today. I like the cape itself a lot, however, the shade of red is different from what I expected. Computer monitors can be very deceptive. I thought it would be a true red color, however, it turned out to be a bright orangey-red shade which is very unflattering on me.

Is there a way that I can dye over the orange undertone and turn it to a more wine red, blueish pinkish color? I just want the orangeness/yellowness to be neutralized. I am not overly concerned about shrinkage because the cape is quite voluminous and oversized, almost too big for me to begin with. It's 70% wool, 30% polyester

Hi guys, I bought this jacket (97% cotton, 3% polyurethane) that was shown as navy (right) but the washing made it look really brown (left). I was looking at purple blue on the rit mixing guide (1 denim blue bottle + 1/4 navy blue) but I'm worried it'll just turn out blue and not that darkish navy 🫠 Wondering if anyone would know which rit dye combination would help to achieve the right side image? Thank you

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I bought expensive thick plaid cotton red and white flannel sheets for the winter.

After I washed them for the first time the red bled through making them red and pink plaid sheets.

Everytime my husband and I sleep in them we wake up with our skin stained blotchy tomato red. Is there anyway I can fix our sheets?

Because they cost us a premium.

I’m new to dyeing, but I’ve had this idea to dye this stained carhartt jacket to black then bleaching a design onto the jacket after the dye has finished curating.

The dye I want to use is rits dye but there’s no information saying that this dye will bleach.

If this dye doesn’t bleach can any of yall give me any dye recommendations?

I'm trying to dye white polyester sherpa to a baby pink/bubblegum color. To try to put a hex color to it, something like #FF82BE, or maybe slightly lighter. I bought a bottle of DyeMore Synthetic Super Pink and tried last night, using the bottle's instructions and doing the stovetop method with the full bottle for 30 minutes. The color came out more like #c9638b, which is to say a dull mauve.

I have more white fabric, so I want to try again, but I'm unsure how to proceed. My first thought was to get another bottle of Super Pink and try only 15 minutes, but I'm worried it would still turn out more berry/purple-toned. Looking at their website, I see their formula for Petal Pink (fairly close to what I'm looking for) is 1 Tablespoon Super pink and 1/2 teaspoon Racing Red, which is WAY less than the bottle recommended using. Did I just use way too much dye? Would that be enough to dye a synthetic fabric? Does anyone have any advice on how to get the color I'm after?

Hi All!

I recently picked up a white fur coat at the thrift. Its is in great shape but clearly old, probably from the 60s. I had the intrusive though to dye the fur a light pink color but i am afraid of ruining it. I came across a separate reddit post about someone wanting to dye a mink and they mentioned that mink had a special oily coating the fur naturally has to protect it from moisture. Not sure if fox is the same is anyone has any experience please share!

I have a 100% rayon floral printed sundress that I expected to have a sort of pale yellow color, but the dress in person has more of a dark yellow color on the flower print with higher contrast. I was thinking about ways to fade the dress without damaging the fabric to achieve that pale, more muted color throughout.

1. Is bleaching a good idea? Will it damage the fabric? I have never used bleach before so suggestions on what procedure to follow would be really helpful for me!

2. Could sun exposure work? Has anyone had success with it? I also have a UV lamp I could try in my room since I don’t have a space to leave the dress out for very long.

3. How do I wash the dress after a process such as bleaching to make sure it doesn’t shrink or the fabric get ruined? It’s a nice crepe material and while I’m sure it will be a bit damaged, I’m hoping not too much.

The tag says to cold handwash separately, no bleach, no dry cleaning, no tumble dry, and to dry flat in shade, but obviously I am trying to fade the color. I will take any suggestions to maximize chances of success without ruining the dress. I’ve attached photos here: https://imgur.com/a/3gFL1Cn (1 is the color I want to achieve, 2 is the current color, 3 has the tag).

Thank you so much!

I have some rit powder yellow dye and wanted to dye some shoelaces with them (they’re doll’s shoelaces but still) should I go about it the same way I’d dye fabric? Or is there a special process for shoelaces spefi

Does anyone know if there exists a website or anything online that shows how all the Rit dyes look on actual dyed clothing items? I know that the color will come out differently with different fabrics so I am hoping to find examples on basic cotton white fabric.

I’m so ignorant, please be nice to me

Hello everyone,

I have a rather complex topic and I fear there might not be a satisfying solution, but I figured I’d ask the experts in here about it.

I got a plushie, hence synthetic fabric, that imo was totally fine. It has a rather complex color pattern which also is perfectly fine, the base color is a light blue. However, the original owner thought it would be a good idea to tie-dye it. They used rit dye for polyester synthetics to dye parts of the plushie in a different color. Due to the fact that they obviously didn’t have any idea how to dye properly and also as they said didn’t follow the instructions, they didn’t add any additives, didn’t heat the water for the dyeing process, they did not even unstuff the plushie before the dyeing process, which is giving me hope the plushie might be able to being saved. Regardless, parts of the poor plushie are now dyed in a slight different color, which looks awful and patchy.

Again I fear there probably won’t be a good solution, but would anyone here have any idea what I could try to remove that dye, without removing the original color of the fabric? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance!