Un-dye job
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mala_14I think I successfully colour-removed some fabric I bought. It's a cotton poplin that I want to use for my 1890s petticoat, which will hopefully also double as a petticoat for other eras, like over my eventually-to-be-made 1867 hoop. (It'll be too short in the back for over a hoop, but it won't really matter with another petticoat over it that is the right length.) I should have taken before and after pics, but didn't. It started out deep orange, like this, which is sort of OK for 1890s because they wore coloured petticoats then. But that wouldn't do if I ever decided to make something thin or light-coloured to wear over it or for it to be as multi-purpose as I want, so it needed to be lighter. It also wouldn't look very nice with my lavender corset. After some minutes in the steaming hot water and RIT color remover, it became a nice peach colour. It's in the washing machine right now, but I'm hoping that after drying it is a light peach.
I didn't use the stove-top because I didn't have a pot that I wanted to play with chemicals in. Instead I boiled up several pots of water and put them in my big dye bucket. It was all very steamy, which is what I wanted because heat seems to be a good thing with dyeing and such. What I didn't enjoy was the smell and steam, which I tried to avoid. The packaging recommended a well-ventilated area and not breathing in any of the powder. I had the exhaust fan on and the window open. I also used a paint stick to stir, but accidentally broke it when I was nearly done. :p I think I had the fabric in the water for about 10 min.
This was definitely a job I wanted to get done before moving. No way I could do this in my apartment kitchen. And I wouldn't want to do it in the apartment's laundry facilities.
I didn't use the stove-top because I didn't have a pot that I wanted to play with chemicals in. Instead I boiled up several pots of water and put them in my big dye bucket. It was all very steamy, which is what I wanted because heat seems to be a good thing with dyeing and such. What I didn't enjoy was the smell and steam, which I tried to avoid. The packaging recommended a well-ventilated area and not breathing in any of the powder. I had the exhaust fan on and the window open. I also used a paint stick to stir, but accidentally broke it when I was nearly done. :p I think I had the fabric in the water for about 10 min.
This was definitely a job I wanted to get done before moving. No way I could do this in my apartment kitchen. And I wouldn't want to do it in the apartment's laundry facilities.
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