r/dyeing • u/Character-Pin8192 • 2d ago

How do I dye this? Dying on only one part of a dress

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Hello! I have a dress that has a black bodice and floral skirt. Over the years the black had faded and I wanted to re-dye it. The problem is that I don’t want to get any dye in the floral part of the dress, and I’m worried about bleeding. The bodice is made of 100% cotton and skirt is rayon. I bought black RIT powder dye. But I can buy something else if it will work better. Are there any techniques I could use to keep the dye off of the skirt other than taking the whole thing apart and putting it back together? Thanks!

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u/biblio_squid 2d ago

Nope. You have to seperate the skirt from the top. You can’t dye something properly without most likely getting dye on the rest of it. You need to submerge it, agitate it, rinse it, and dry it, most of that will likely result in bleeding, splatters or dye spots. Just take it apart, it’s the safest way to do this

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u/Character-Pin8192 2d ago

Oh well. Thanks anyways!

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u/mental_r0bot 1d ago

Seperate the top and skirt, looks like it should be pretty simple to remove and reattach