Overdyed Rug Dye Problem
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Comments (8)What fiber is the rug made from? You must match the type of dye you use to the fiber content of the rug, or else the dye will just come right back out. You will have a horrible mess on your hands, with dye permanently staining the floor under the rug, if you use the wrong type of dye. If your rug is made from polypropylene, you won't be able to dye it. Polypropylene must be dyed while it is still liquid, before it is made into thread. The upside is that polypropylene is also very hard to get dirty. If your rug is made from cotton, you can dye it easily with fiber reactive dyes, such as the Procion dyes found in any good tie-dye kit or in the Tulip One Step Fashion dye in the local crafts store. These dyes can be used at room temperature, so there's no need to cook the rug, a major advantage if it's any size at all. If your rug is made from wool, silk, or nylon, you can dye it with acid dyes. A huge problem is the fact that acid dyes require heating in order to bond to the fiber. Do you have a cooking pot large enough to boil your rug in the dye? It's unlikely, and if you used it for dyeing, you'd never be able to cook with that pot again, because fabric dyes will contaminate food. Dyeing a large area rug with any sort of hot water dye is completely impractical unless you're a pro who can invest in the right equipment. If your rug is made of polyester, it requires still another type of dye. Polyester can be dyed only with a special polyester dye called disperse dye. It requires higher heat and more boiling than nylon does, so it's more of a problem to dye. Again you'd need a huge cooking pot, large enough to submerge the rug in the dye. You cannot dye polyester at any temperature below boiling; the dye will just rub off. With all kinds of dye, you must take the rug outside and rinse it out very thoroughly after you dye it, or else excess unattached dye will permanently stain the floor under the rug, as well as your shoes. As an alternative, you can use fabric paint to change the color of all natural and most synthetic fibers, instead of dye. (It won't stick to polypropylene.) However, fabric paint will not make a perfectly smooth solid color. In addition, fabric paint wears off quickly with heavy use, unlike dye. Source(s): Choosing the right dye for your fiber: http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/aboutdyes.s� Fabric Paints: a different way to color fibers: http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/fabricpaint�...See MoreDye leather?
Comments (4)Be cautious with analine dye. It makes leather..."not" look like leather. You will need to prepare the leather prior to dying. Also it can come out streaked rather than as original. Suggest finding a farm supply or someone who works on saddles. They know the right solutions to use. May be difficult depending upon where you live. Or purhaps a shoe repair, if any still exist. Last would be an upholsterer working with leather..home or auto. Link is a simple explanation. But I would still ask someone with ongoing experience. Your leather sounds worth saving. Here is a link that might be useful: Dying leather...See MoreHelp! Gimp braid color problem
Comments (17)Since you have some extra, try this... Brew a pot of very very strong coffee (try three stregnth) and let it cool. Carefully (with a tiny brush) paint some on your gimp extra and let it dry. A very thin layer (you don't want dripping). See how it "takes". If it rubs off with a cotton cloth, than paint it again and let it dry, then carefully paint with a low sheen finish shellac (very very very thin). It will fix the color if it's not holding. If it holds with the first try, and it's not dark enough, try another layer and another to see how it looks until you're at the "fix" you want. If it immediately beads up and won't take at all, try to thicken up the coffee somewhat and give that a shot. (Follow above directions again to see if it holds). Gimp can be all kinds of materials, but are often polyester based. Some take this treatment well, some don't. (Cotton will take a dye very well). I've done this more times than you can imagine (I make crazy quilts and often don't want a gimp that's too "new" looking) and they hold quite well if you follow the above instructions. The shellac fix if done very thin works just fine. Put some painters tape on both sides of the surface you're working on when you do the actual piece, and try to work with it on it's side as much as possible, but not on the long end (they're not typcially structurally sound enough for that). Experiment on those scraps first!!! And good luck :)...See MoreMomeni Gramercy Overstock order problem
Comments (6)I don 't have an answer for you but I can say inconsistency in dyed textiles is always something to consider. Reading comments from customers on any given site, it is apparent there are differences in products or vastly different expectations from people ordering on line. It is always a risk to order from a picture. Even if you ordered the larger rug from the same place you found the smaller, I would say different dye lots might not be perfect matches. I ordered a large area rug with much trepidation from Overstock. Comments were very mixed. I like you, could not resist the price and the free shipping. I could not be happier with my rug....See Morelascatx
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