Jacquard iDye Fabric Dye 14 Grams-Black

This was my first experience dyeing anything. A friend who does lots of dyeing recommended Jacquard iDye. She buys it from a local yarn shop. The results were excellent. The color was a gorgeous shade of purple; much prettier than what I was dyeing. I had a favorite top that I'd gotten something on that had faded out the color in certain spots. That's all I had intended to dye. But I also dyed a pair of casual linen pants that were in a mauve color I hardly ever wear, so I decided to dye it too. Both items came out beautifully. The color was much nicer than the top and pants were before. As for the "stain" in the top (the bleached out splatters). Those were faded, but not entirely gone. We'll see when I wash the items if any of the dye washes out. But as for the initial results, the results were amazing. However, if I ever dye anything again, I wouldn't use the washing machine. I have a top-loading washer. Dye water got splattered all over the inside of the washing machine. It got into little crevasses that I didn't expect to have it go. Next time, I would use the "cauldron" method and dye it on top of the stove. But who knows. Perhaps that would be a mess, too. As it was, I had to use Dawn spray cleaner and carefully wipe down the underside of the lid, the lip around the tub of the washer, and the inside of the agitator. After wiping every place I could see, I ran the washer with nothing in it twice. Then I washed a load of black clothing.

Well, I can't fault this dye. I followed the instructions and restarted the washing machine after about 5 minutes. Then forgot to set the timer and it washed all the way through. This only gave the dye around a total of 15 minutes to agitate and soak. I used two packs for a 9'x12' painter drop cloth, the really heavy burlap type stuff. It was an of white color, almost cream, but I think it was the material's natural color. I washed the drop cloth first, then applied the dye. The cloth looks red too, a nice bright red. RIT DYE: You don't want to use it to dye natural fabrics, like cotton. Rit dye is a general purpose dye that doesn't do too well with cotton, and it will fade with washings or sunlight exposure. However, if you're dying something that doesn't see much light and gets infrequently washed, rit dye is "ok." Aside from being a general purpose dye and not made exclusively for natural fabrics, Rit dye's main deficiency is that it doesn't dye dark enough, unless you use about twice what is recommended. If you're dying cotton or other natural fabrics, Jacquard dye is what you want, and make sure it's for natural fabrics because they offer a "poly" type for synthetics. They also offer two other types of dyes, but they are much harder to apply. So if you want easy, use the "iDye" type. Fill your washer with hot water (as hot as your hot setting gets). I turned my cold inlet off to initially fill the washer. Drop the packs into the water. They dissolve. Mix it well. Add one cup of salt and mix. Add the fabric and let the washer agitate. The longer you let it agitate/soak, the darker the color. Shoot for around 30 minutes. If you don't want to screw up, like I did, leave the washing machine top open (can't do that with front loaders) so it stops before it goes any further than agitate. Reset and let it go again.

I recently bought a pair of pure white, full seat riding breeches on eBay that were badly misrepresented. The seat was ruined and they were not usable. I happened to have another pair of breeches that I didn't like but had a perfectly usable seat, so to try and save the eBay breeches from going in the trash, I decided I'd try and put a new seat on them and dye them a color to match the replacement seat. (Note: I dyed the breeches first and then replaced the seat material, so the seat material you see in the finished photo is not dyed with idye) This was my first attempt ever at dyeing anything but I figure the breeches were headed for the trash anyway, if I messed them up, there was no loss. The fabric content on the breeches (see photo of pre-dyed, white tag on the breeches) was a mix of cotton, poly and spandex so I bought matching idye color packets in idye for cotton and idye for poly fabrics, as well as a packet of idye color fixative and did the stove top method. The cooking color was very dark but they lightened up after rinsing and drying (which I was glad about). Also, because of the spandex content, I decided to keep the dye pot "almost boiling" but not bring it to a full boil like the instructions suggest. I cooked for about 1/2 hour (instructions recommend 1/2 to 1 hour). As you can see from the photos, the results were dramatic! I now have a perfectly beautiful pair of riding breeches and there is one less clothing item in a land fill! Yay! The idye packets also say it's safe for my septic system - another big plus. I can't speak for color fastness yet as I've only washed them twice since dyeing them but I do love the color I used (gunmetal, which has a blue base and turned out a deep navy for my difficult to dye fabric). In fact, I love the results so much, I definitely plan on using this method again for future breeches! So happy with idye and highly recommend it.

I've used this type of dye before (though the natural fiber version) and had great success using it in my washing machine, and hoped to have a similar experience with dying some polyester items. I had a bit of unanticipated user error and a lot of the dye had settled at the bottom of the pot I was using, and despite stirring regularly, the items I dyed have splotches and from uneven dye distribution, I'm guessing from what had settled to the bottom of the pan. I had a similar issue with the cotton version and realized for subsequent dye batches that I needed to thoroughly dissolve the dye packet in another container (I used a glass jar and shook the dye in a small amount of hot water until I couldn't see strands of undissolved plastic) and had better success. I didn't think to do that with this packet but I will in the future when I re-dye these sweaters to try to fix the splotches. Great color and very easy to use, just watch out that the dye is evenly dispersed/diluted before adding your items to it, since it's difficult to see what's going on until it's too late! Also I was pleasantly surprised that the grey buttons on my sweater collected dye as well and are now almost black - they look great but I hadn't anticipated that the color would change too.

if i could give this product 0 stars i would. this was not my first time using a dye like this, but it was my first time with this brand and i will never use it again. i followed the simple directions perfectly and my supposed to be pink fabric came out purple and very splotchy. my fabric was white to begin with and i only left it soaking for 45 minutes. that really isn’t my biggest concern though. the SMELL was absolutely the worst part. the other reviews on are are not exaggerating at all. i am usually not bad when it comes to strong odors, but i think i may have had an extreme sensitivity to this one. although i was in a well ventilated room with windows open and fans on, almost instantly after the steam started i got a terrible migraine and felt extremely light headed. i tried getting fresh air outside and drinking water and taking medicine to try and calm it down but it would not go away. i needed my boyfriend to finish the soaking process and clean up for me because i could not be in the room any longer. i’m not trying to sound dramatic but it really was horrible. i even ended up vomiting several time. it is about three hours later now and i am still feeling very dizzy and nauseous while writing this. i’m sure this isn’t common for most buyers because not a whole lot of reviews say it was this bad for them, but just be extra extra careful when using this product, and i defiantly would not purchase it if you have even the slightest sensitivity to this type of stuff. i will NOT be purchasing this again.

After reading other reviews and noticing that people had been receiving the Poly instead of the natural, I ordered 5 packets. This is probably one of the cheaper iDye Poly offerings. I was not disappointed when I received my order, it was indeed the Poly and I got to work on my third attempt in dying a large polyester jacket. The jacket started off as a cream color, I was going for black to cover some stains and yellowing. I bought a large pot and started filling it with water from a kettle, as well as keeping the heat up to get the dye to a rolling boil. Before this, I put in a couple of tablespoons of salt (read somewhere that it helps) and let the dye, color enhancer, and salt simmer for 30 minutes. This was with TWO packets, mind you. I let my garment sit for a couple of hours on heat. Unfortunately, the jacket is very big and doesn't float freely in the mixture. Most of the jacket became very dark, almost a dark blue, and some areas took the dye and became completely black. I let everything cool, took a look, and did it again, adding another packet to the two I already had. After repeating the process, the garment is still uneven. I suspect this is due to the pot being small, or not using enough dye, but I probably used 7 or 8 packets over my three attempts. I also tried to dye a couple of cycling garments black, those are almost always made with synthetic materials. Due to the sublimation dye process used on those garments, they simply got dark but I feel that some of the printed areas just refused to accept any more dye. Maybe I need more heat, but I'll try again another time. I've heard of success stories with more plain garments, and even putting large garments in a turkey fryer. This could work for you, and I may re-visit this later but otherwise I feel that due to the fact that I had not the most ideal equipment or very large garments, my attempts were largely unsuccessful. I've spent a lot of hours trying to get this stuff to work, but you need a lot more dye than you would think for the big stuff.

This is very good dye. It's easy to use and doesn't stain anything except what you're dying. Apparently doesn't bleed, either. Using this was a much more pleasant experience than my last attempt at dying something with RIT. That said, I was trying to dye some ugly light green cotton/poly curtains a darker, prettier shade, and while they look much better now, they didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted. But that was probably on me, not the dye. Because I didn't have a big enough pot for the stovetop method, I used a front-loading washer. It says on the Jacquard website that you can do this, but my experience is that it's not recommended, at least not with big items like curtains. Supposedly the amount of dye was appropriate for two 84" panels, but I don't think there was enough water in the washer. Also, it was impossible to keep the water as hot as it should be. I have my hot water heater turned up all the way and also threw at least 8 quarts of boiling water into the washer, but it needs to be that hot for at least 1/2 hour of agitation and I don't think it was. Perhaps if my item had been smaller so it moved more freely in the water, the temp wouldn't have mattered so much. But whatever, I think my curtains would have been darker if I'd had more water and/or hotter water. Darker is what I wanted. It also didn't smell nearly as bad as some reviewers indicated. There *is* an odor, and I think it gave me a mild episodic headache, but it's not anywhere near overwhelming as long as you have your windows open and a decent cross breeze. Perhaps the really negative reviews about the odor were from people who couldn't or didn't open their windows, or maybe who have severe chemical sensitivities. In the past the odor might have bothered me a lot, but since I've improved my health my sensitivity to odors has remarkably diminished. So I didn't find it troublesome. I was very happy to find that there was no green residue left in my washer. I washed some old green and blue things (stuff that no longer bleeds) right after I got done with the curtains, and also threw a snow-white rag in there to see if there was any staining or residual dye left in the machine. Not a bit. So I consider this product a win. What I'm going to do is get a bigger pot and two packets of dye and try again, stovetop, following the directions precisely, doing only one curtain panel at a time. I liked this product enough to try again. My main quibble doesn't have to do with the product itself but with the Amazon listing. In Amazon product description it says for "100% natural fabrics", but then the picture of the product is of iDye Poly, which is only for synthetic fabrics or blends. I asked the seller a question on Amazon, which went unanswered. Decided to buy anyway, and what I actually received was iDye Poly, which would not have worked if I'd had 100% natural fabric like cotton or silk. But for synthetic fabrics and blends, highly recommended!

I would and probably will by this dye again , although it is a little spendy.. I spilled red wine on one of my blouses that I just loved. Of course it was stained purple, so I dyed the blouse with this violet dye for cotton fabrics. Absolutely beautiful!!

Bons résultats

follow instructions and all will be perfect. done in a kitchen sink and (stainless steel) great results. impressed.

Funziona

Very easy to use, little mess and even coverage of dye on my fabric. Would definitely use again.

Arrived on time, and worked great. This dye is very green though and it wasn't a really flattering colour for a shirt. I had used two older white shirts of my husbands and used this to dye green for a wedding. I doubt he will wear the shirts again, but to no fault of the product. If you are dyeing clothes, just realize that this colour is verrrrrry green.