Dyeing clothes

Unfortunately, even the most modern washing machines are not able to extend the life of our beloved things, but on the contrary - over time, they become dimmer after repeated washing. The sun's rays also adversely affect the color of clothes, as they reduce the level of paint resistance. Most often, things made from cotton fabrics suffer more. Paints fade, fade and become pale. Dyeing clothes - the perfect option, how to return things to their original shade and refresh them. This can be done both in dry cleaning and at home. This procedure allows not only to save wardrobe items, but also to save, because we do not always go to buy a new thing because we want this. More often spontaneous purchases are due to the fact that old clothes have lost their color and become unusable. Next, we will consider where and how you can paint your things, and how to do it better.

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What dyes are used to dye fabrics?

At home, you can dye your clothes using special dyes, which are natural and aniline. Let's look at each option separately.

Natural

Natural dyes must be crushed before use, then it is necessary to boil them in water and simmer over low heat to get the desired shade. The finished mass is filtered and ready for use.

Important! Such dyes get no problem, for example:

• If you need cream or beige color, you can use tea or coffee. To paint a thing, you need to put it in the finished dye and hold until it acquires the desired color.
• Green dye can be obtained from elderberry leaves, juniper berries and swamp horsetail.
• Yellow hues are extracted from barberry bark and birch leaves, as well as turmeric.

In this case, you can experiment as much as you want.

Aniline

Aniline dyes should be used carefully, and before that you need to carefully study the instructions. From it you will learn what kind of tissue is and what means is better to use in each case.

Important! It is by such means that the things are dry-cleaned.

At home, you also will not have any problems with these paints, the main thing is to correctly determine the right amount of dye. This is easy to do - just weigh the clothes.

Important! If you need to paint several items, it is recommended to work with each of them separately. Before the procedure, all things are erased and all decor elements are removed from them.

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The nuances of painting things at home - how does this happen and what is needed for this?

To get started, go to the store and buy all the necessary equipment, namely:

• natural or industrial dyes;
• Libra;
• clothes tongs;
• ammonia;
• salt;
• vinegar;
• a large bowl for painting;
• thick fabric for sufficient spin.

Training:

1. We carefully examine the product and examine, if available, a tag where it is indicated whether it can be washed in a machine or only manually, at what temperature it is better to do it.
2. The choice of paint. The fact is that not all materials can be freely updated in this way.By the way, you should not buy paints in dubious places, because here you will not be given a guarantee for their quality. It is better to contact a specialized store where sales consultants can help you.
3. We determine the weight of the clothes. Each dye is designed for a specific material weight. Basically - this is one package per four hundred grams of the subject of the wardrobe.

Important! If you want to enhance the effect of painting, then you can increase the amount of consumable.

4. Wash clothes and make sure that even minor spots are removed, otherwise - the painting of things will be uneven.

Important! Soaking clothes occurs through warm water. In the case of thin tissue, it must be rinsed in a solution of ammonia, and then again in clean water.

Staining:

1. We dissolve the dye in a special container, following the instructions, and then lower the clothes there and bring to a boil over low heat. All this time things need to be stirred and boiled for at least twenty minutes.
2. We prepare a solution for fixing the color. Fifty grams of salt must be diluted in two liters of water. We take the product out of boiling water with tongs and pour the fixative there, lower it back and boil for another fifteen minutes.
3. We remove the container from the fire - let the clothes lie in hot water until it cools completely. You can flip it several times.
4. We take it out and let the dye drain. We rinse things in warm water until it becomes transparent.
5. We put clothes between two pieces of dense fabric and roll it all into a tight roll. We squeeze it well.
6. It is recommended to dry the item at room temperature so that the sun does not fall on clothes.

What materials should not be painted?

It’s easy to dye your clothes at home, but it’s important to understand before that whether the fabric from which it is made can be dyed, otherwise you’ll just waste your time and ruin your favorite thing.

Fabrics with a high percentage of synthetics are not recommended for dyeing at home. Initially, they can change the shade, but everything will be washed off after the first wash.

Important! Only specialists in dry cleaning are able to cope with such work, because in such cases it is necessary to use special technologies and special paints.

At home, you can safely take up only the dyeing of woolen and cotton fabrics.

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Features of staining fabrics with stains

To get, for example, light stripes on a dark background:

1. You need to twist the thing with a tourniquet, just as you do after normal washing.
2. Then the tourniquet is pulled together with rubber rings, lowered into the paint, and is there until the desired shade is obtained.

Important! The harder the harness is tightened, the more stripes and color spots you get in the end.

If you mix two colors, then as a result we get one more, for example, by mixing blue and red, we get purple.

Important! Remember that freshly painted items molt a lot, so the first few times wash them only by hand, so as not to spoil other clothes.

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Why is it better to dry-clean things?

Dry cleaning masters have sufficient experience in carrying out procedures of this kind, are well acquainted with the characteristics of industrial dyes and clearly know how to cope with the tasks. Therefore, customers receive after processing clothes of the right color, which is guaranteed to last a long time.

The advantages of dyeing things in dry cleaning:

• Color is updated with high quality.
• The former shade is restored exactly in the right places, that is, locally.
• You can radically change the color of clothes.
• You can paint things in any color, blue, black, brown, red, yellow, it all depends on what color the product originally had.

What is most often handed over to dry cleaning for painting?

Professional dyeing of clothes in dry cleaning allows you to refresh and return to its former color things dear to the heart.Many products are almost new in appearance, but their faded or faded shade upsets. It is a pity to part with exclusive and very expensive things that have become pale and unattractive.

The most common services provided by modern dry cleaners include:

• Dry jeans coloring. Today it is the most demanded service in this industry. The fact is that trousers and jeans by themselves are stored quite well, but their color very quickly fades in the sun. After professional processing, they look like new. By the way, in the future during washing they no longer fade, so you can not worry about spoiling other things.
• Coloring jackets. When it comes to fading or burnout of jackets, many give up and believe that in such a situation there is no other way out than to acquire a new thing. In fact, all this is fixable, just rehabilitation is carried out by dyeing textiles and leather separately.
• Professional painting of dresses. Today, in order to surround yourself with really beautiful things with rich shades, to follow fashion trends, it is not necessary to spend huge sums of money on the purchase of branded products, it is enough just to paint the dress in a different color in dry cleaning.

Dry cleaning of any complexity

Modern dry cleaners are equipped with special equipment and have all the necessary means to dye any products made from one hundred percent cotton and not only. Specialists probably know how to dye the clothes that they are handed over for processing.

When taking orders, employees, as a rule, stipulate possible risks with clients during this procedure, especially when it comes to problematic fabrics and materials prone to shrinkage. In dry cleaning, they provide services not only for dyeing clothes in any color, but also for resuming the original shade. Products are accepted for work only after the coordination of all the nuances with the technologist, which is important in such cases.

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Now you know how the clothes are dyed in dry cleaning and whether you can do it yourself at home. We hope that no matter what method you prefer, you get a good result - a refreshed and bright thing that will emphasize your individual style for a long time.