Use a kitchen scale to weigh the item. One package of Rit DyeMore should color up to 2 pounds of dry cloth, so you will need to know how much the cloth weighs to determine how much dye you need. As a final prep step, find yourself some gloves and cover up everything around your stove with paper or plastic sheeting if you create any splattering as you work.
You will probably need the biggest metal pot you own since Rit recommends using three gallons of water for every pound of fabric. The good news about using Dylon, though, is that the process is much simpler! Acrylic paints work better than most fabric paints or oil-based paints on polyester.
If you plan to paint directly onto the polyester, you will probably need a fabric medium to thin the paint and prevent it from cracking as it dries.
You can also find acrylic paint markers, which work very much like fabric markers and allow you to create detailed work on the surface of the material. You can sort-of tint polyester temporarily with food coloring, but it will wash out at any hint of moisture. Some artists use a wash of water and vinegar to pre-treat natural materials that will hold food coloring designs.
This works especially well on wool and silk, which have proteins in their fibers that can hold onto these colors. However, the food coloring will not set in polyester. This is because water-soluble colorants cannot soak into polyester fibers, which are hydrophobic and essentially repel water.
Coffee can give a lovely natural cream, tan, or brown shade to many natural fabrics, but it does not successfully dye polyester. You can try boiling pure white polyester in a pot of extremely strong black coffee for an hour, and you may achieve a slight shading of brown. However, the color will likely come out in the wash. It makes sense when you realize that natural or plant-based colorants pair best with natural fabrics. All of the disperse dyes currently on the market require heat.
When coloring a polyblend, you probably want to use a dark shade since only the natural fibers in the weave will change colors. Because of this, if you color the cloth red, and only half of the fibers turn red, you will be left with a cloth that looks pink! Please also note that you will need to run your machine through a couple of wash cycles to clear away any lingering stain before you put a load of laundry in!
You can use disperse dyes to color polyester curtains, but you may need to take a couple of additional steps to ensure an even, thorough coloring. First, determine what kind of material the curtains are made of. Many polyester curtains are either sheer patterned panels or thick broadcloth drapes. Before you start, you should also make sure your kitchen can accommodate dyeing a large item like a curtain. Do you have a metal pot big enough to hold a curtain and the gallons of water necessary for disperse dyes?
On top of that, do you have a stovetop large enough to fit this enormous pot? This will remove any starch or chemical treatments on the surface of the fabric. After the special pre-wash, you can follow the steps laid out for dying polyester with Rit DyeMore earlier in this article. You might want to consider using fabric art to decorate your polyester curtains instead of completely coloring them. For example, you could stamp a fun design on white curtains using acrylic paint.
If your polyester fabrics are sheers, you may have difficulty achieving an even coloring job. This is especially true if the sheers are already patterned, as the pattern will show through the new color and may not look attractive. You may want custom-dyed curtains for your home. Heat the pot at a medium or medium-high setting, and bring the dye water to a simmer. Continue stirring the fabric to keep it moving in the simmering dye bath for at least 30 minutes.
Bright or dark colors may require 45 to 60 minutes. Remember that the color of wet fabric is more intense than when it is dry. Heat another large pot of clear water to degrees Fahrenheit, checking the temperature with a thermometer.
Lift the curtains from the dye bath carefully with sturdy wooden utensils and transfer them to the pot of clear water. Stir the curtains in the degrees Fahrenheit water to rinse them thoroughly, heating fresh water as necessary until the rinse water is clear and there is no odor.
Dispersion dyes must be rinsed in hot water to remove stray color particles. Incomplete rinsing or rinsing in water at a cooler temperature results in an unpleasant odor that can be impossible to remove from the fabric. Launder the dyed curtains after rinsing. Now to get the couches reupholstered! You can try using a polyester based dye instead of a cotton based dye see if that works better.
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