Machine dye questions

JenL

A number of my white bed linens have become stained and the stains won't budge. I can't afford to replace them so I'm thinking of dying them instead. The dye I'm thinking of using is the Paradise Blue Dylon Machine Dye. I've never dyed anything before so was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions?

Firstly the blue is quite bright and I was wondering if I may need more than one pack to get the desired shade? Also will it wash out in subsequent washes? Finally do I need to do anythin to clean my washing machine afterwards? Only I'm worried that my next wash could become partly dyed as well.

I'd greatly appreciate any assistance.

ChasingButterflies

Hi,

Firstly you need to know the composition of the fabric you are trying to dye, then you need to weigh it dry to calculate how many pods you need.

https://www.dylon.co.uk/en/home/products/machine-dye/blue.html

Hopefully the link above works, basically for intense colour you need one pod per 600g, as per link doesn’t work on synthetic fabrics and won’t dye as dark on synthetic mix fabric.

I have used a black pod to “refresh” some items that had become dark grey. It did work really well, just following the instructions (also on the website above) basically you wash as per instructions and then run an empty cycle on your machine. My next load was unaffected however the upper portion of the door seal did retain some of the colour of the dye, looked a bit unsightly but I don’t regularly look at the top part of the seal!

Hope that was some help!

happydays89

I have used a green dye to colour towels,I used Dylon all in one dye.It has the dye and salt in a container ,you peel off the seal and then place the container in the washing machine.Dont overload the machine,when the wash was finished I emptied the machine and then did a hot wash so there was no dye left in the machine.

PollyWollyDoodle

As said above, the colour will vary depending on how much you are doing, and what fabric you are dying. I have used Dylon machine dyes quite a few times, and it’s a great way to update towels and bedding amongst other things. The colour won’t wash out, and if you follow the instructions it won’t affect your machine for future washes.

Siebrie

The instructions on the packet are for going from white to the desired colour. For sprucing up a colour you need less dye / can dye more fabric. I do wash the spruced up black clothes with other black or really dark clothes for the next few washes, just to be safe.

There has not been any dye left in the machine; it clears up really well. But again, just to be on the safe side, I washed a load of dark laundry first, after dyeing my greyed clothes black.

JenL

Thank you for your help. My bed linen is all either cotton or linen so that should be fine.

lonewaiter

Has something changed with Persil Non-bio Liquid?

Just washed a sheet and duvet cover which have been washed and dried together many times without any problems. But now the duvet cover has taken up a delicate shade of pink. (It was off-white first thing this morning.) So far as we are aware, nothing else has chnaged. Same machine, same water supply, same program.

pollyanna_26

I've been using the Dylon machine dyes for years to rescue Dark Indigo and Black jeans which have begun to fade. I've never managed to damage jeans unlike a couple of my daughters who buy overlong wesr them with stillettos and then flats fraying and wearing the bottoms.

If unsure rre colours I found Dylon very helpful when I wanted to change the colour of curtains. I don't know if they still do it but they advised me on the exact colour and amount of dye needed.

I've never had a problem with dye residue in the machine. It's a low cost very MSE way to give things a new lease of life.

Many of my jeans are years old and much better quality than many available now.

lonewalker I don't use Persil non bio so can't help sorry. Someone will probably be along who knows.

polly.

Potternerd

I have used the Dylan all in one a couple of times recently and it’s great. You run a wash after to seal the dye then another to clean the machine and it works really well on cotton and linen.