Dyeing a polyester/rayon mix

Partner (who knows about these things) used the word 'disastrous'.

o The colour will be very pale (e.g. pastel blue from a navy dye). o The rayon will probably absorb much more than the polyester. o The imperfect mix of polyester/rayon inherent in the fabric is likely to make the result patchy. o Even if it initially looks relatively OK (or at least acceptable), it will tend to wash out fairly quickly.

Partner would not attempt it - just a waste of money on the dye.

If you are nonetheless desperate to try, a dye from a specialist supplier (rather than the usual high street Dylon) might be a better choice.

E.g. (a good supplier but without knowing anything about the specific dyes listed on this page):

But let us know what results you achieve if you do go ahead.

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Rod
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I would like to dye some fabric - polyester 65%/rayon 35%.

I know that it's very hard to dye polyester, but what are the likely results of attempting to dye such a mix using home dyeing kits?

Thanks,

Daniele

Reply to
D.M. Procida

Have you changed your clock today? :-)

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Rod

about zero. You might look at vinyl dyes, those can dye plastics - how they perform on your plastics I dont know, just something to look into.

NT

Reply to
meow2222

That works.

The polyester-rayon issue is a bit irrelevant, because the granularity is very small.

I've dine a BIT of this with nylon and dylon years ago, and, provided you leave the fabric in there and keep stirring for a long time, results are not bad.

use a lot of dye and not too much water.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Thanks.

I wonder how well it will tie-dye, using home dyes. It doesn't need to look uniform. I could even take advantage of the different ways in which the materials take the dye, perhaps.

Daniele

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D.M. Procida

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