Jacquard iDye Fabric Dye 14 Grams-Black

This was my first experience dyeing anything. A friend who does lots of dyeing recommended Jacquard iDye. She buys it from a local yarn shop. The results were excellent. The color was a gorgeous shade of purple; much prettier than what I was dyeing. I had a favorite top that I'd gotten something on that had faded out the color in certain spots. That's all I had intended to dye. But I also dyed a pair of casual linen pants that were in a mauve color I hardly ever wear, so I decided to dye it too. Both items came out beautifully. The color was much nicer than the top and pants were before. As for the "stain" in the top (the bleached out splatters). Those were faded, but not entirely gone. We'll see when I wash the items if any of the dye washes out. But as for the initial results, the results were amazing. However, if I ever dye anything again, I wouldn't use the washing machine. I have a top-loading washer. Dye water got splattered all over the inside of the washing machine. It got into little crevasses that I didn't expect to have it go. Next time, I would use the "cauldron" method and dye it on top of the stove. But who knows. Perhaps that would be a mess, too. As it was, I had to use Dawn spray cleaner and carefully wipe down the underside of the lid, the lip around the tub of the washer, and the inside of the agitator. After wiping every place I could see, I ran the washer with nothing in it twice. Then I washed a load of black clothing.

Well, I can't fault this dye. I followed the instructions and restarted the washing machine after about 5 minutes. Then forgot to set the timer and it washed all the way through. This only gave the dye around a total of 15 minutes to agitate and soak. I used two packs for a 9'x12' painter drop cloth, the really heavy burlap type stuff. It was an of white color, almost cream, but I think it was the material's natural color. I washed the drop cloth first, then applied the dye. The cloth looks red too, a nice bright red. RIT DYE: You don't want to use it to dye natural fabrics, like cotton. Rit dye is a general purpose dye that doesn't do too well with cotton, and it will fade with washings or sunlight exposure. However, if you're dying something that doesn't see much light and gets infrequently washed, rit dye is "ok." Aside from being a general purpose dye and not made exclusively for natural fabrics, Rit dye's main deficiency is that it doesn't dye dark enough, unless you use about twice what is recommended. If you're dying cotton or other natural fabrics, Jacquard dye is what you want, and make sure it's for natural fabrics because they offer a "poly" type for synthetics. They also offer two other types of dyes, but they are much harder to apply. So if you want easy, use the "iDye" type. Fill your washer with hot water (as hot as your hot setting gets). I turned my cold inlet off to initially fill the washer. Drop the packs into the water. They dissolve. Mix it well. Add one cup of salt and mix. Add the fabric and let the washer agitate. The longer you let it agitate/soak, the darker the color. Shoot for around 30 minutes. If you don't want to screw up, like I did, leave the washing machine top open (can't do that with front loaders) so it stops before it goes any further than agitate. Reset and let it go again.

I recently bought a pair of pure white, full seat riding breeches on eBay that were badly misrepresented. The seat was ruined and they were not usable. I happened to have another pair of breeches that I didn't like but had a perfectly usable seat, so to try and save the eBay breeches from going in the trash, I decided I'd try and put a new seat on them and dye them a color to match the replacement seat. (Note: I dyed the breeches first and then replaced the seat material, so the seat material you see in the finished photo is not dyed with idye) This was my first attempt ever at dyeing anything but I figure the breeches were headed for the trash anyway, if I messed them up, there was no loss. The fabric content on the breeches (see photo of pre-dyed, white tag on the breeches) was a mix of cotton, poly and spandex so I bought matching idye color packets in idye for cotton and idye for poly fabrics, as well as a packet of idye color fixative and did the stove top method. The cooking color was very dark but they lightened up after rinsing and drying (which I was glad about). Also, because of the spandex content, I decided to keep the dye pot "almost boiling" but not bring it to a full boil like the instructions suggest. I cooked for about 1/2 hour (instructions recommend 1/2 to 1 hour). As you can see from the photos, the results were dramatic! I now have a perfectly beautiful pair of riding breeches and there is one less clothing item in a land fill! Yay! The idye packets also say it's safe for my septic system - another big plus. I can't speak for color fastness yet as I've only washed them twice since dyeing them but I do love the color I used (gunmetal, which has a blue base and turned out a deep navy for my difficult to dye fabric). In fact, I love the results so much, I definitely plan on using this method again for future breeches! So happy with idye and highly recommend it.

Bons résultats

follow instructions and all will be perfect. done in a kitchen sink and (stainless steel) great results. impressed.

Funziona

Very easy to use, little mess and even coverage of dye on my fabric. Would definitely use again.

Arrived on time, and worked great. This dye is very green though and it wasn't a really flattering colour for a shirt. I had used two older white shirts of my husbands and used this to dye green for a wedding. I doubt he will wear the shirts again, but to no fault of the product. If you are dyeing clothes, just realize that this colour is verrrrrry green.