Kodak_TBT
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I want to dye my pale blue sheepskin half pad Purple. Would it work?
Can you dye Sheepskin?
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suestowford
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It depends what sort of dye you use. Wool doesn't take dyes the same as cloth does. If you want a good strong colour then I would suggest you get an acid dye. However, you might find that with the amount of dye you'd need, it might be cheaper just to buy a purple one!
I have tried many different dyes on wool - hairdye did stain the wool but I'm not sure how colourfast it would be. That might be a cheaper option.
I have tried many different dyes on wool - hairdye did stain the wool but I'm not sure how colourfast it would be. That might be a cheaper option.
Cortez
Tough but Fair
It's possible yes, but use hairdye not leather dye.
sbloom
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The problem is not getting the dyes, it's that most of them need boiling water. I'm not sure about hair dye, it requires opening the shaft of the hair, which means using an alkaline developer (ie hydrogen peroxide) and almost all hair dyes do fade. Temporary dyes, like Crazy Color, I'd have thought would fade even worse, but wouldn't damage the sheepskin like permanent might.
Whatever you do will fade, and it will be very hard to get a consistent finish. And if your sheepskin pad has cotton quilt on it then that too will take the dye differently. Buy a new pad.
Whatever you do will fade, and it will be very hard to get a consistent finish. And if your sheepskin pad has cotton quilt on it then that too will take the dye differently. Buy a new pad.
Kodak_TBT
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Not everyone has the money to through away on a new one that’s why I want to dye it.
sbloom
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I completely understand, that goes without saying. I should have put "live with the blue or buy a new one".
Kodak_TBT
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I’m tempted to get a shires superfleece one and see if I can dye it. The purple Rhinegold one looks cheap and nasty and thin ?
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
Wool does not take kindly to dye and the amount of heat needed is likely to felt it, I would also be wary of it damaging the "skin" bit.
Kodak_TBT
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The shires supafleece ones aren’t wool I don’t think. I have a black one and a brown one already that I really like so hopefully it will work
Cortez
Tough but Fair
You won’t be able to dye synthetic fabrics with the dye you can buy in shops. Dyes like Dylon only work on natural fabrics (cotton, wool, linen, silk).
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Would a permanent purple hair dye work?
scruffyponies
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It must be possible, because my daughter has a green one as a little hearth rug in her caravan. Think it was factory-done though.
sbloom
Well-Known Member
Rit dye for wool and synthetics, but it fades. Factory dyed is entirely different.
Like I said above permanent hair dye uses strong alkaline developer, I'd not want to try it, and most bright colour hair dyes are semi permanent.
Like I said above permanent hair dye uses strong alkaline developer, I'd not want to try it, and most bright colour hair dyes are semi permanent.