DBest Dye for a Cotton nylon mix

[baggins]

Hi Folks,
just wondered what the best dye for a 58% cotton 42% nylon mix would be. Smock is a very light green at the mo and i'd just like to make it a much darker green .
Cheers
Baggins

 

[starsailor]

iDye Poly dye might do it - states it's for for cotton/polyester mixes as well as 100% synthetics.

Dylon Multi-purpose dye might do the job as well.

I've not used either of these myself on mixed fibres, but have used various Dylon dyes in the past with good results. HTH

 

[lou1661]

I dyed some poly cotton combat trousers with a mix of Idye and Idye poly, made a good job of it, all the thread, buttons and Velcro were done too.

 

[baggins]

Nice one folks, its what i'd found out on google, but trust the collective on here more.

 

[Macaroon]

This won't be what you want to hear, but you won't be able to dye Nylon with any available dye; the best you might achieve is a toning down of whatever it is you're dyeing but stitching etc. will not take the colour.

I've tried many times to dye Nylon and the various mixes it comes woven into, and believe me you can't do it; it needs high temps. and/or chemical dyes and by the time you get that far you've ruined the material and cost yourself a pile.............Sorry to be a nay-sayer, and I'd love it if you found a way and proved me wrong; let us know how you fare, eh?

 

[Nice65]

Ritdye? Seen it used on bags and stuff, seems to work.

https://www.ritdye.com/

 

[JamPan]

I've managed to either ruin or be disappointed by everything I've bought that I've tried to dye in the past. Even when they said they were 100% cotton, the thread wasn't, and even though the main bit dyed. The thread stayed it's original colour.