DYLON Hand Dye, Fabric Dye Sachet for Clothes, Soft Furnishings and Projects, 50 g - Intense Black

Only used once but worked perfectly

I got it to dye a while cotton sweathshirt. I loved the sweatshirt, but not the colour. The colour came a bit..uneven in places. A bit like tie-dye project but it looks good. It is quite easy instructions to follow and do it. This dye did not work on the embrodery but I would probably colour it again with a dye for synchetics later on. Unfortunately, the app does not allow me to attach photos.

When the summer arrived and my blue shorts came out of the draw it was obvious that they had become faded over time and needed replacing. There didn’t seem to be any similar quality alternatives available (on line at the time or so it seemed) so I thought that perhaps they could be dyed instead. The shorts themselves were cotton based with white and blue inside banding and white pockets within . I opted to dye them dark blue to restore them to the original colour. Since I was familiar with the name DYLON it was the obvious choice and for six quid , new shorts it was a no brainer. The instructions are on the packet but essentially and ideally what you need is a large plastic storage box type receptacle, although a washing up bowl or your kitchen sink will do, 250 grams of ordinary table/cooking salt , rubber gloves and possibly if you don’t wear specs some form of eye protection. On dyeing day I prepared the plastic box filled it with the prescribed amount of warm water and stirred in the salt and colour dye as per instructions using a plastic kitchen utensil ( the one you use for turning eggs over). You have to pre soak the garment in plain water prior to immersing it in the mixture . Once immersed it is important to regularly stir the pot to make sure that there are no are pockets in the material and that all material is submerged. I found that placing one of those plastic draining board grids on top of the clothing helped to keep it down. After following all this procedure I eventually lifted out the shorts , rinsed them as instructed and then hung them up to dry. I now have new shorts and the good news is that because it doesn’t dye synthetic material, the waste band and pockets remained white as before. I was then left with a storage box full of dark blue water and decided to chance dyeing a pair of similar style beige trousers and see what happened . This left over liquid managed to turn them into a reasonable mid blue colour although the beige buttons and nylon stitching are a bit of a giveaway. However they have now been given a perfect undercoat and would probably go all the way to dark blue next time with a fresh brew. Disposing of the left over liquid is down to your own conscience, but the good news is that the storage box and the egg slice were unscathed. In conclusion you cannot dye every material or expect dramatic colour change or end up with the colour you expect.

I expect this would be better for reviving faded colours over dying plain fabric from scratch. I made a skirt from an old cream bed cotton sheet. I selected the black dye. It was relatively easy to use, I’m clumsy so I always manage to make a mess no matter what I do, so I did mine in a kitchen bowl in the bath. I kept the fabric in the dye for 2 hours rather than the one hour stated in the instructions to get a darker result. Dying fabric from near white to black isn’t easy so I expected it to come out grey. I’ll buy again in the future to get it darker again. It’ll probably take 1-2 more dyes to get it fully black. I have a few patches on the fabric where it’s streaked a bit and some specks where I didn’t quite mix the dye as much as I should have. All in all it was ok, and good for the price. But it would definitely work better to make faded clothes and fabric more vivid. Photos of the colour I started with, it in the dye bath, and the final result compared to a black flannel.

Very effective, follow instructions to the letter.

very bad doesn't even dye the clothes I did everything as the instruction said and it came out the same color as before (I kept it even longer in the dye as I wasn't sure if my timing was wrong ) just save your money and buy a different dye if you want to change the color. my clothing wasn't even a hard color to change it to black as black is a strong color but still very disappointing.

So so perfect! I used two of these sachets to dye a pair of Zara jeans back to black as they'd started to fade. Followed the instructions and stirred them in the dye periodically for about an hour before rinsing them outside, letting them drip dry for a bit until I could put them on a rinse cycle in the washing machine then tumble dried and they've come out as good as when I first bought them, completely jet black! The dye didn't stain the bucket I used which is a win, however, the dye water got inside the glove I was wearing as I stirred it all and now my hand is black and no amount of scrubbing is helping - so from one sensitive skin girlie to any others, watch out for that! The black hasn't seemed to transfer onto anything else that was in the dryer nor the washing machine from the rinse cycle. Just hoping theyll stay black for another long while!

I wouldn't buy this again and wouldn't recommend it. I followed the instructions perfectly but the problems are (1) the colour isn't navy, it's a medium blue (and I had to dye it twice to even get it this dark because it was even lighter blue the first time, (2) you will have to handwash the item forever otherwise it will discolour anything else that you wash it with, and (3) if you use the washing machine method, it leaves dye in the machine.