hedgewitch
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Dying towels and tea towelsIf I use a Dylon machine dye, will it be colour fast enough for this kind of thing that gets wet a lot? I fancy a brighter kitchen and everything is white at the moment. But... I don't want shocking pink or bright red blotches on my pots and pans... 
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sally_in_wales
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should be fine, I use these dyes quite a lot and they are pretty reliable
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hedgewitch
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Excellent! Thanks Sally  I shall begin to experiment with colour  
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Cathryn
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Mine used to be white now they a blotched with daughter's hair dye. I have used dylon on towels before now (in my ideal world everything is white but I have children...) it works very well and you only have dog pawprints to disguise.
They sell dylon in that shop we are using for our fibre bulk buy...
Just cannot decide what colours I want.
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marigold
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Bear in mind that the items you dye might not be colourfast for quite a few washes after you dye them. Says marigold who washed a cream-coloured duvet cover with a towel that was Dylon machine-dyed navy ages ago and ended up with a muddy-coloured duvet cover  . Might have been too hot a wash though - I tend to do bedding at 60deg to kill dust-mites (and because it's usually covered in cat fur and paw-prints as well as my grime... )
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hedgewitch
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| Cathryn wrote: | Mine used to be white now they a blotched with daughter's hair dye. I have used dylon on towels before now (in my ideal world everything is white but I have children...) it works very well and you only have dog pawprints to disguise.
They sell dylon in that shop we are using for our fibre bulk buy...
Just cannot decide what colours I want. |
Everything here was white for a while... but... well, 2 large hounds and 1 rapidly growing hound pup just seem to make everything so grubby so quickly. And I have been inspired by a new cookbook full or bright Chinese and Japanese-style kitchen stuff...
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hedgewitch
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| marigold wrote: | | Bear in mind that the items you dye might not be colourfast for quite a few washes after you dye them. Says marigold who washed a cream-coloured duvet cover with a towel that was Dylon machine-dyed navy ages ago and ended up with a muddy-coloured duvet cover . Might have been too hot a wash though - I tend to do bedding at 60deg to kill dust-mites (and because it's usually covered in cat fur and paw-prints as well as my grime... ) |
Thanks! I will remember that - might be worth dying enough in one colour for a wash load...
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