Dylon 87035 Permanent Fabric Dye, Terracotta, 1.75-Ounce

I was very happy to find a dye that doesn't require very hot water and machine washing since I didn't want to shrink my new white 100% cotton gauze shirt in the dying process. I was a little worried when the dye initially looked an orange/red color after adding water, but continued on hoping for the best. It turned out a perfect sunflower yellow just like shown on the package! (See picture). Very easy process if you take the time to read and carefully follow the directions. I even rewrote them and looked up how to convert all measurements to US cups and had everything ready before I started. After rinsing until I could no longer see dye in the rinse water, I put the dyed shirt in the washer on the spin/rinse cycle and then hung to dry. It went so well I'm going to order another color for another shirt! :)

I've been dyeing fabric, mostly shirts and pants, for years, but I'd never used Dylon before, only Rit, with mixed results.At the risk of stating the obvious, since it seems like people are complaining about the color, I'm just going to go through the whole process of how I do this. Hope it helps, and I apologize if it sounds a little too Captain Obvious.First of all, each packet of dye is meant to only dye about 1/2 a pound of fabric--a large t-shirt, something like that. The more items you try to dye with one packet, the weaker the color is going to be. I usually dye two adult small or medium shirts with one packet. I could probably do more, but I rarely need to, so why mess around with it?Second, I try to use the bare minimum amount of water I can get away with. The more water you use to mix the dye, the weaker the color. When I mix the dye, here's what I do: I use a large crock pot/slow cooker and fill it about halfway with water. Turn it to high. When it heats up, I add the dye, and stir it until it's totally dissolved. Then I add the salt, let that dissolve, and finally then add the clothes. Once the clothes are in, if the water isn't mostly or totally covering them when they're soaked, I add an extra cup or three until I'm happy with the coverage. I turn the crock pot to low, and leave the clothes in there for about an hour.Every couple of minutes, I use a pair of tongs to shift the fabric around. This last bit is really important and something that a lot of people don't do--if you don't agitate the stuff, there's a good chance you'll end up with spots that don't get dyed, and the color won't be even. The tongs part is important because this stuff will stain EVERYTHING, especially you. You do not want to get this on your hands, haha. It comes off of other surfaces alright, it didn't stain the slow cooker, the bathtub, or even the floor (...I'm a little accident-prone, okay?!) but the bit of it I managed to get on my skin is definitely not going anywhere for a while.After enough time has passed and I like the color, I use the tongs to take the clothes out, put 'em in the bathtub, and run cold water over them until it runs clear. Then I put them through the washing machine once or twice, and you're good to go.Third, I try to stick with fabrics that I know will take the dye well. Plain white cotton shirts are the best, but lighter colors and natural fibers in general are a better choice. I mean, if you try to dye a black polyester jacket or something, it's just not going to absorb. And even on otherwise forgiving fabric, there can still be spots--a lot of shirts, the stitching on the collar and sleeves will still stay the original color. So you have to have reasonable expectations for any kind of fabric dyeing project.Okay, with all that said, I really love this dye and definitely plan to use it more. This time around, I tried the turquoise/Bahama blue, and it's gorgeous--absolutely the color I wanted. Two adult medium t-shirts in one packet of this dye and it's exactly the color on the package.

bought the flamingo pink to dye some 100% cotton twill tape to use as a tuxedo style striping on a cropped sweatshirt I made.I followed directions to a T, including the fabric type used (I'm 90% sure those who had trouble with the color coming out wrong were dying a fabric that was less then 80% cotton, and even at 80% cotton 20% polyester the color will come out muted in tone from my understanding and the research I've done) this Dye will not work on polyester and possibly not acrylic, it should technically work on rayon, viscose, bamboo, as dyes that work on cotton tend to work on those too. (I haven't tried it though, but I'm going to soon, using my other packet to dye a 50% cotton 50% modal t-shirt in a black and pink/fuchsia tie dye style I'll post picks when done)When I dyed the cotton twill tape I added a slight amount of blue (true blue color and a different brand) to give it a more fuchsia color look. (I honestly don't know if I added enough to make a difference though so the color in my photos is similar to the color of the flamingo pink.I would definitely buy this brand again.Added some photos so you can see the original color of the cotton twill tape (an off white slightly yellow tinted color) next to the flamingo pink dyed twill tape. (it's a tad more purplish in real life as cameras don't pick up the color purple very well, but the color in the photo is a very good representation of the actual color overall.My advice make sure what you dye is at least 90% cotton (or something that can be dyed like cotton, (easy to look up) and honestly if it doesn't dye properly and the tag says it's cotton the company who made the article being dyed probably lied about the fabric content. (you can always tell something is actually polyester because it will make you sweat more then usual and keep you hot as it has no breathability (polyester needs to be dyed with hot hot heat, usually needs a stove top method and it's hard to get them to turn out vibrant unless you have professional dying equipment) if it says it's microfiber that is usually always polyester.

I love this dye so much I'm coming back for more colours. I have used it for ice dying like 10 times so far and love the results. Worked well on bamboo bed sheets, cotton tees, I tried on a bathing suit but it didn't work cuz it was synthetic.Bought Bahama blue, denim blue and china blue. I was trying to recreate a indigo dyeing without having to deal with indigo dye so I combined a little bit of Bahama blue with the denim to emulate the difference shades that indigo dyeing will have. I let the colours soak in for about 24 hours considering I was dyeing cold and not with hot water.I prefer it to rit dye but that might be because I prefer working with the powdered dye.TIPsCheck TikTok/ Insta/Pinterest for what the colour should look like.You can mix colors together just like paint.NOT for synthetics so double check the material you want to dye.

Didn’t work. A complete waste of money!!! Better to buy dye at the dollar store!

Used this product as it said on rhe instructions . To hide a bleach stain . It did absolutely nothing

Good produce. As advertised.

This is an easy and effective product to fix stain caused by bleach flashes. Saved me from getting rid of a new t-shirt because of slight bleach stain

Brilliant dye, deep colour. Easy to use.