Craft Dyes from DYLON

A new product from DYLON designed to meet the needs of the Craft Community.  The Pure Colour range of concentrated dyes is designed to allow you to mix exactly the colour that you want for your latest craft project.

Dylon Pure Colour Craft Dye is a fantastic colourfast dye, which will produce vibrant colours on natural fibres such as cotton, viscose and linen.  Reduced shades will be obtained on polyester/cotton mixes, wool and silk.  Excellent results are achieved with cold water but using warm water will give even stronger results.

Pure Colour is the perfect dye for colour mixing; the colours are pure and concentrated, giving vibrant mixes rather than dull, dirty colours.  Refer to the section on colour mixing for guidance.

Pure Colour is an extremely versatile dye.  It can be used for a wide variety of dyeing methods including batik, tie-dye, plain dyeing and dip dyeing.  It can also be painted onto fabric when mixed with Dylon Pure Colour Thickener.  Excellent results are also achievable on wood.
A few ideas to be working with!

Colour Mixing

Project1 - Lime Green Batik Skirt

Project2 - Batik Cushion Covers

Project3 - Tablecloth and Napkins

Project4 - Dyed and Painted Wallhanging and Pillowcase

Project5 - Stencilled T-Shirt

Project6 - Tie-Dyed Sarong

Project7 - Dyed Wooden Chest of Drawers

Quantities of dye, fix and salt required per 250g fabric:
Colour Mixing Guide
SHADE DYE REQUIRED FIX REQUIRED SALT REQUIRED
Light 1 level small spoon (1.25g) 1 heaped small spoon (3.75g) 4 heaped tbsp (125g)
Medium 2 level small spoons (2.5g) 1 heaped big spoon (7.5g) 4 heaped tbsp (125g)
Strong 1 heaped big spoon (5g) 2 heaped big spoons (15g) 4 heaped tbsp (125g)
Strong Black only 2 heaped big spoons(10g) 4 heaped big spoons (30g) 8 heaped tbsp (250g)

Basic Dyeing Method

Wear rubber gloves
  1. Weigh dry fabric to determine how much dye, fix and salt you will need.  Round the fabric to the nearest 250g for easy calculation.
  2. Wash and rinse fabric thoroughly, even if new. Leave damp.
  3. Fill a flat bottomed bowl with enough cold water to cover the fabric (do not use a bath or sink unless stainless steel, as it may stain). If very strong colours are required use warm (40ºC) water instead of cold. 
  4. Dissolve required amount of dye in 500ml hot tap water.  Add to dye bowl and stir well.
  5. Dissolve required amounts of fix and salt in 500ml hot tap water. Add to dye bowl and stir well.
  6. Put in damp, unfolded fabric. Agitate continuously for 10 minutes, the occasionally for 50 minutes, keeping fabric submerged.
  7. Rinse in cold water until water becomes clear.  Wash in hot water with usual washing detergent.
  8. Dry away from direct heat and sunlight. Wash article separately for the first few washes to remove excess dye.

Dyeing Wool
As above but:

  1. Hottest tap water must be used instead of cold in the dye bowl.
  2. Use 375ml of vinegar in the dye bath instead of salt and fix.
  3. Use warm water to rinse and wash after dyeing.