Cotton Polyester Blend Fabric Dye

Polyester blend fabrics will be more difficult to dye and results may be more unpredictable than an all natural fiber but blends with at least 50 to 60 percent cotton can be dyed with some success.

Cotton polyester blend fabric dye.

Cotton linen wool and silk are all natural materials and should respond well to dye. Nylon tends to dye very quickly and much darker than other fibers so the actual time needed in the dye bath is less. Dyeing a cotton polyester blend fabric can take some trial and error as dyes adhere best to 100 per cent natural fibre fabrics. If you are hoping to alter man made fabrics beware that results may be less than ideal.

As long as the blend contains at least 50 per cent cotton however it will take the colour although the end result will most likely be much lighter than the colour shown on the box. If dyeing polyester or a polyester cotton blend keep the fabric in the dye bath for at least 30 minutes to ensure that the color takes fully. But thanks to special dyes and advanced printing technologies achieving high quality prints on polyester fabrics is no longer a worry. The dye will work well with polyester nylon poly cotton blends and will even dye some plastics.

Printed colors are vibrant and unlikely to fade with time. This synthetic fabric dye can be used with many different synthetic fibers. Some large or stationary items like carpets require a slightly different process and a specialized type of dye. The fabric dye is vibrant and will dissolve in water.

Color results may be somewhat lighter than with an all natural fiber and the best results require a white or light colored base fabric.