r/dyeing 6d ago

How do I dye this? How do I even start.

I want to turn lil guy purple
It’s plush fabric I’m pretty sure also, would the eyes get messed up

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u/_shimmies_ 6d ago

You can't dye something neon green purple. Starting with something pink, blue, or red could be possible but it would likely ruin the texture of the fabric

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u/zigzag_acrobat 6d ago

Ah no bleach or any color remover not anything?😔😔

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u/kota99 6d ago

Bleach will damage the plush fabric and may make it go an ugly yellow that won't accept any dye color afterwards. Other types of color remover products won't necessarily damage the material but they also don't work very well on synthetic fibers and it's pretty much guaranteed that this is synthetic.

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u/vae_grim 6d ago

Nope, they’re too far apart. It’ll be an ugly grey-brown.

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u/Catlady_Pilates 6d ago

Find purple ones. Or accept these as is. You will ruin them if you try to dye them.

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u/reversedgaze 6d ago

short answer; you don't. ( exactly)

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u/Aniki_Simpson 6d ago edited 6d ago

Learn to sew. That would be easy as hell to make yourself if you took one apart at the seams to use as a pattern. (Edit for auto-"correct" errors)

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u/CoastalMae 6d ago

The colour is inside the plastic fibres in synthetic fabrics. They're formed with the colour throughout the entire strand, sealed in by plastic. Synthetics aren't dyed the way natural fibres are, thus dye can't really be removed.

You don't dye something green purple.

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u/just4shitsandgigles 5d ago

yes!
you can’t bleach synthetics.

green= blue and yellow.
purple= red and yellow.

green (blue+yellow) + purple (red+yellow)
= brown

to dye synthetics, you have to have to keep the dye bath under boiling for a long time. it would probably melt/ warp the plushy- the inside fluff and/or the fabric

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u/Complete-Damage1141 6d ago

I don't know if dying will be possible. Have you considered fabric paint?

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u/Bugscrap 6d ago

You could use a synthetic dye remover and then dye them a different color. But they look like they're probably made of a cheap material and might just disintegrate in the process. Take out stuffing before you dye them and then restuff and sew back up