How to dye clothing & hats #explained

This is how you dye a piece of clothing, or a cotton hat in this case.

1st) wash your garment. Then get some gloves on and we’ll get to work!

2nd) 3 gallons of hot hot water (140 degrees F is what we’re aiming for) and add your dye. Rit recommends using the ‘paper towel test’ to ensure that the color is what you were aiming for. To do this dip a piece of paper towel into your dyed water and check the color.

3rd) add 1 tsp of dish soap, NOT LAUNDRY DETERGENT, and 1 cup of salt. Both of these will help ensure the dye provides a move uniform coating. Mix thoroughly and now its time to DYE!!!

Throw in your garment and make sure they are mixed often. AFter about an hour you should be complete.

4th) Rinse until the water runs clear, I recommend washing after, otherwise that dye will be loose which can be a problem.

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[elisalou]

it is important to wet the piece before dying it, especially if the piece is big, use just water. Since it is already soaked, the dye will enter more easily and evenly :) enjoy

[ajhoward]

I dye almost everything. I'm a bigger guy who likes wearing items that are fitted so finding things that fit both my body and my unique sense of style are fairly rare. With the dye, I can focus on finding items that fit and have good structure and usually patina dye them into matching my style. There are also a lot of color mixing apps out there now (including one on the RIT Dye website) that let you find the mix of dyes needed to reach any given color you're shooting for.

My veteran dying tip would always be to use the stovetop method unless you're dealing with stuff like wool and other fabrics that can't take the heat. For those, you can substitute time for heat. I usually use a propane gas hot plate with a huge stainless steel pot, an infrared thermometer to check the temps and a large pair of barbecue tongs and vinyl gloves to stay clean.

[DEATHWISHVQ]

PRO TIP!! After you remove your black dyed piece… rinse it with cold water… put it immediately into a another bucket of hot water with RIT COLOR STAY!!!! COLOR STAY will further enhance the richness of the color as it suggests it makes the color stay and attach, let it sit for a minute or so, keep an eye on it, and swap back and forth with the dye color and color stay. I’ve done this on white air forces 1s, as soon as I would remove the shoes from the dye, the color would look good, but after rinsing it the color would fade off, but when using the color stay it would make the color darker.

[TheLololourdes]

Nice, I have a faded navy-blue cap and have actually been thinking about doing this! Thank you!

[kikiqutii]

How do you dye a hat but not the embroidery on it? Say it has something embroidered that has multiple colors or it’s white, would you paint it on with a brush or is there a technique to do??

[Mykidsareswimming]

Rit sells a dye stabilizer I believe it is… color fast or something. That stuff works amazing and after I dyed my thing and used that the color didn’t bleed onto anything I washed with it.

[ayokay]

This is helpful. Kinda can't believe I haven't seen one of these videos yet. Thanks!!

[Crowski]

I wear all black just so I can redye my clothes.
I just do it in my washing machine.
Hot water. Salt. Dish soap. Soak setting.
Wait for them to be done.
Then rinse and dry.
They look brand new.
Saves me $100’s

[alynapuhskinti]

Is there a way to cover up certain accents you don’t want dyed? Like in this example if I don’t want to dye the Nike logo how can I do that?

[byronrichards]

Thank you for this upload. Your knowledge and experience is very much appreciated. Keep informing the people...

[fluorescentFrequencies]

I am a visual learner so thank you sharing and yes it definitely helped🌞

[bluepawwarriors]

I had to dye a jacket for my Halloween costume
My mom did it to be nice. It wasn't coated evenly. It was close to the correct color, but some places looked like it was partially bleached
Everyone thought it was intentional
It is one of my favorite jackets to date
Definitely want to dye something else in the future, so this should help

[billieo]

I improve my black /navy clothes periodically by pouring a jar of this bottled dye mixed with a bit of hot water and the salt directly into my washing machine drum. Fill washer with hot water, add clothes needing a revamp and run on the longest wash with cold rinses...select extra rinse if available, otherwise when the cycle is done do a Rinse only cycle. Then dry in dryer.

[somn]

Don’t forget the setter. It helped me out with the bleed out and color fading fast afterwards

[fabiennemitchell]

Weight is also important to establish whether the item has enough dye, or if additional small items can be dyed at one operation.

[AlkalineGamingHD]

The detergents in kitchen detergents are so wildly cool. In school we were infecting e coil with genetic material to produce a custom protein we synthesized. To infect the bacteria we needed a detergent to break up their cell walls to get our genetic carrier inside. Lo and behold we just used a super duper teeny tiny amount of Dawn!

[aisle_of_view]

You absolutely must wash the item beforehand, otherwise the dye won't evenly distribute over the clothing article. Even if the item is brand new, wash it first. Dying clothing is an art, the tough part is eliminating the potential for dark and light spots. Use very hot water, wear rubber gloves, and keep moving the item for half an hour. It's boring, and you'll want to stop after ten minutes. Don't.

[GODi]

Question?

-Will a printed shirt be affected if i re-dye it the way you do it, like will the printed logo on it slide off cuz of the hot water or will the print be the same color as the dye if i do it your way¿🤔? Im just concerned about the print logo or picture on it like what will happen?

[snakes_shadow]

The down side is with enough sun, that hat is going to fade to brown. Because the base for black these days IS brown dye. It didn't use to be this way- I had a pair of old black gloves that ran PINK when washed (fancy gloves are washed by wearing them and washing your hands, so the color of the water is much easier to see).

So, yeah.... I wanna know how long it would take to turn something black with a color other than brown- or blue, that used to be a standard base for black, too.

[Kaetoh]

Interesting. Im tryna dye new white t shirts so im hoping it will look better.
In this case specifically i definitely think the hat shoulda been scrubbed w some sort of cleaning mixture and a brush first for better results