I’ve got a blue pair of coveralls an want them closer to H1. What color dye should I use? Never used dye before. I saw people use bleach but wonder what will happen if I bleach my blue coveralls
Funny I got a brand new pair of Big Mac coveralls still folded crispy new with vintage store shelf paper wrap on them yesterday from ebay. They’re spruce green/ dark green but I find theyre not dark enough or “olive” green enough. Was checking out clothing dyes too. Never heard of it but I quickly read about using a pot of coffee to darken clothes?
Depends if they are synthetic fibers or not. If they are you need synth dye.
The best I’ve found is RIT “Dye More” in the Graphite color. It looks incredible in person.
Especially if you dye over coveralls that are already blue or spruce.
Cool, are there steps for doing coveralls?? Mine are navy blue. Don’t wanna get a purple color.
I had best results following the directions on the bottle closely.
I’d definitely start there. If you run into a snag, let me know!
In my experience, dyeing is a bit of an art form that requires some trial and error. I’ve never dyed coveralls, but have dyed lots of material.
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Pre wash to get any chemicals off of the surface that might inhibit dyeing.
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Check what it’s made of. Natural fibers take RIT dye quite well. Synthetics don’t dye well at all, but you can use RIT Dye More. Adding salt with natural fibers or white vinegar to silk, wool or synthetic baths can help.
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Test it first. If possible, cut a small piece from an inner seam or hem line and try that first. Also start with a short bath and dye multiple times to increase levels. It always looks darker at first than then final dried result.
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I might suggest a short bath in a medium to dark green just to shade the blue into a subtle green hue.
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This is what I got my reeds to look like with a couple times in a bleach bath, once diluted once straight bleach for over an hour. Then a whole bottle of rit black then a whole bottle rit grey for an hour or more. Then rinsed under water till dye stopped coming out then washed in washer. Then I took black spray paint and sprayed till desired effect. I guess Im happy with them. Ill probably just save myself all the trouble and just get the charcoal ones someday lol I just like the charcoal look anyway. Here is a pic after I was done with the spruce green reeds:
I remember them being pretty green at first so I guess whatever I did helped a bit lol
Those look good. I’m nervous about bleaching navy blue, I’ve read that it could make it , pink, purplish or whitish. Would rather keep em blue than totally ruin em
I just took my pair of spruce/olive green Big Macs and lightly mist sprayed them all over in the garage with a left over can of black spray paint. Seems to work well and gives a bit of a weathered “greasy” look from the mechanics garage.
To get more of the “olive wood” color, I did a few dye baths, using combinations of rit 3 bottles dark green, 2 bottles dark brown, 1 bottle of black. All this on top of navy looks freaking acurate to what we see on screen, plus in different lighting they look blue, sometimes charcoal, different shades of green, etc, it’s freaking crazy how they came out. Best of luck!!
So just regular rit dye? An you dyed it 6 different washes or combine all colors
Just reread where you said you did a few baths. This will probably take a week to do it
1st bath was 2 green, 1 brown and 1/2 black. Couple days later after they dried, I did 1 more green, another brown and rest of the black. So yeah I guess it was 2 times, over a three day period I think.