DYLON 87000-12 Permanent Fabric Dye, 1.75 oz, Velvet Black

I am not a DIY-er. Growing up my mom was a costumer/seamstress and I watched her make hella messes everywhere dying fabric and clothing for the stage, and mom always came out with odd colored hands. I swore I'd never do it, the results might have looked great on stage, but the effort hardly seemed worth it for every day life (which, by the way, did not stop my mom from dying anything she could get her hand on if the mood struck her..!). Because I could never stand the mess it made, I never became a DIY-er - I'm a DIY idiot. Recently I bought a pair of pants that were so nicely cut, I really wished I had a pair in black. I decided to go for it - times have changed, and I'm not running a theater costume shop, there's no need for stress or mess. And I was right. I followed the directions explicitly. Pants were 100% cotton, brand new, so I washed them, but did not dry them. The directions say there's enough dye/dye-power to effectively dye about 1/2 pound of fabric, roughly equivalent to a large shirt or pair of pants. Perfect. I decided I'd push it a little and drop in a light henley that was also 100% cotton and would likely take very well. The pants were olive kaki, and the shirt a kind of muted pewter blue, both dark enough to provide a nice undertone to the velvet black Dylon color. I dyed both items together in a bucket, and was fairly lazy about stirring, but I was sure to saturate both items of clothing. I let them sit in the dye with a couple of extra stirs for an extra half hour, not that I think that did anything, but whatevs, couldn't hurt. Rinsed in cold water, as per instructions, then washed in the washing machine to get the excess dye out. I didn't use detergent, and will wash these clothes with other black clothing, as I'm sure there's plenty of excess dye in them. But the results are fantastic! The pants look incredible, you'd never know I didn't buy them off the shelf in the color they came out. A tip for those who want to do a top notch job - thread, nylon or metal zippers, buttons and decals, none of these things will take dye, which worked out well in my case. The shirt didn't come out black for some reason, but a rich navy blue. I don't think that had anything to do with the dye (for instance, if I used too much fabric for the amount of dye the pants wouldn't have come out as beautifully dark as they did), I think the shirt must have some part polyester or something. In both cases, I won - the shirt looks fantastic, better than when I bought it three years ago and the pants are incredible! I don't want to make a regular habit dying clothes, but I won't be reluctant either. This was a great, no muss no fuss experience with a top-notch result - my clothes don't look home-dyed at all, they look store crisp! One thing I'll suggest to the dying novice: spend an extra couple of $ to get long rubber gloves for the dying/stirring process. I used cheap little ones that went up to my wrists, and while I managed to keep my forearms dye-free, the right hand glove had a tiny puncture and I ended up with an entirely black middle finger on my right hand...ha! Thankfully the dye does wear off skin pretty quickly, so it only lasted a few days..! Whew!

Love it! I purchased 10 of these dyes to restore my black clothing. I tried a two-pack with a pair of originally black and now faded whitish-gray jeans, and the color is fantastic. Yes, the dye gets on everything, it's a bit of a pain in the butt but you just have to be careful not to get it all over yourself, the floor, or the bathroom. My container was too small, so I didn't stir the mixture (plus jeans) too much. I did make sure to turn it over every 15 minutes or so, and I left it overnight. Afterwards, I washed it with other black clothes and hang it out to dry. I was worried that the dye might bleed onto my skin, but it was alright. I didn't end up with black-blue legs. I am planning on buying other colors to restore other clothing, and for this I will buy a bigger container so I can't ensure color consistency throughout.

This is by far the worst dye I’ve ever used. Velvet Black but it turns out a crappy, uneven brown. Terrible product. DO NOT USE! Pictured are cotton shorts now ruined by the dye and a cotton towel I used as an experiment which also came out poo brown.

The cost seemed a little high for material dye, but I was willing to try it on my casual pants that I accidentally splattered bleach on them. It is a black cotton blend jogging wear that I often use around the house during the winter months. There is a YouTube example on how to remove bleach spots using this product. Not wanting to toss the pants or cut them up for grease rags since I only wore it a couple times before the accident. Originally I tried Rit black dye and followed the instruction, but it didn't removed the bleach spots off the front. After reading about this particular dye through YouTube I decided to give it try. The instruction is to add 1 Tsp of the dye and 1 Tsp of salt in a bowl. Mix them up and add warm/hot water to dissolve the two ingredients. Apply the solution on the bleach spot and afterward rinse the clothing. As of today I have tried three attempts using the same instruction. Each time I've seen little bits of improvements. Be careful when using this dye, it is messy and tiny specks seem to fall everywhere which eventually turns a blue color. You can easily wipe it off but it does get on everything. Black magic markers do not work very well. Don't expect a complete transformation on the first attempt when removing bleach spots.

I used this dark green dye on a grease-stained, pale yellow-green, 100 percent cotton dress. I sprayed the dress with water to dampen it, then followed the package instructions for the dye. I let the dress sit in the dye for a few hours (longer than recommended on the package). The dye worked very well. As expected, it did not dye the stitching (probably because the thread contains synthetic fiber) or the printed white plastic design on the dress. The resulting color is slightly more of an olive shade than I expected, but that's probably because the dye color was combined with the original yellow-green color of the dress. A few small bleached areas of the dress were successfully dyed, and in strong light, those areas appear slightly more blue than the surrounding fabric, perhaps because the fabric was nearly white in those areas. I was disappointed that the grease stains were still visible, but laundering the dress a few extra times eliminated the stains completely. The dye also seemed to add some substance to the fabric, making it feel thicker. The dress now receives compliments.

This product did work, but it did not work as well as I expected it to. The jeans blue color came out a lot lighter than I would have liked. It helped a lot, but definitely did not make them dark like new jeans. I tried dieing my jeans in the washing machine, but it decided to drain itself out sooner than I wanted it to. It is possible that the jeans didn't die as well because of this, but it seamed like it wouldn't have made enough of a difference if it had. I would be willing to experiment with this product again, but I wouldn't recommend or discourage trying it out at this point.

This dye is great, it dyed a pair of grey jeans easily and from what I can tell, evenly. I also dyed a linen shirt, it has taken the color well. Previously to using this brand I used Rit and this is a huge improvement!

I got this dye for two pairs of polyester/rayon blend pants. I love the pants, but the color had faded, so I thought I had to retire them. I heard about using dye to restore the color, but I was worried that it wouldn't work because that pants were 50% polyester. I got this Dylon dye because you can use warm water instead of boiling hot water. Hot water would not be good for the pants, which are cold water wash only. I figured I had nothing to lose by trying the Dylon dye, so I did it in my stainless steel laundry sink. I lined the edges of the sink with some towels to catch any splashes and used two packs of dye for my two pairs of pants. I am happy to report that it worked perfectly and I was able to save the pants. I have worn and washed them a few times since the initial dye job, and they are still looking good and dark black. It was a small investment of time and money, and I have been able to keep some pants that I can't replace. So I am very happy with purchase and the results.

If you follow the introductions you will get the result intended. It has a solid color over the whole shirt, the original shirt has some kind of bleach/weathering affect from the manufacturer and just so you know, ANY brand of dye will not completely cover bleach marks and in this cash I don't care as it looks more weathered like I want, not a fault of the dye, the dye did its job!

Do not advice to buy as it’s hand wash .. ORDERED BY MISTAKE hand wash .. purchase only washing machine fabric dye .. this one is not good as it colour with spots , uneven color.

Ist ein tolles olivgrün für Handfärbung. Habe dennoch in der Waschmaschine mit 500gr. Salz nachgefärbt. Eine lange und kurze Hose wurden super aufgefrischt. Bin sehr zufrieden.....

Bonito color

Très bon produit