Possible to dye cycling clothes?
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Long story short, I need to get rid of some team affiliation on my cycling kits, and would rather just dye them if at all possible since I have a lot of them (almost all my cycling clothes). Buying 7 new kits would be a bit $$$ so dying would be perfect. Anyone know if this can be done?
i looked into how to do it once, didn't in the end as it wasn't clear if it was going to work, and the simplest option i found used very hot water which would probably mess up the clothes:
dylon "multi-purpose" is claimed to do lycra, you can get it in small quantities but this link is to the big can, the instructions involve simmering for 20 minutes!
http://www.dylon.co.uk/product.php?alia ... nstruction
the instructions also say it's not colourfast, so it may not be dense enough to mask the previous colours
i think there are industrial dyes that work at lower temperatures, maybe around hand-hot which should be ok, but from memory some were toxic, and again it was unclear how successful they'd be
dylon "multi-purpose" is claimed to do lycra, you can get it in small quantities but this link is to the big can, the instructions involve simmering for 20 minutes!
http://www.dylon.co.uk/product.php?alia ... nstruction
the instructions also say it's not colourfast, so it may not be dense enough to mask the previous colours
i think there are industrial dyes that work at lower temperatures, maybe around hand-hot which should be ok, but from memory some were toxic, and again it was unclear how successful they'd be
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I guess I may have to just slowly get some new kits.
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Just cross it out with a permanent marker
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BobSantini wrote:Just cross it out with a permanent marker
I had actually considered that!
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polyester needs to be ink dyed to be colorfast (if I recall correctly)... and that's not a diy process. There's not a whole lot you can do in this instance without it looking hokey... but then again, I'm all for experimentation so have a go and see what you get.
good luck!
good luck!
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