Instead of buying new cushion covers, dare the dye! This inexpensive and simple to use alternative allows you to save money while redoing your decoration a little. Management of the process to dye and customize a cushion cover, step by step.
To recycle old cushion coversnothing could be simpler than daring to dye. Inexpensive and fast, the dye offers many possibilities of decorative makeover. This tip also has the advantage of working with almost all textiles.
The necessary equipment
- A tout-in-one textile dye box
- Special tissue cleansing
- A cushion cover to dye
- a basin
- A wooden spoon
- A pair of latex gloves
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Before starting to apply the dye on the textile, it is advisable to pass the Machine fabric with metering off. Once this first step is made, prepare the essential tools for dyeing. To dye the cushion cover, it is imperative Cover your hands with latex gloves.
Step 1: Dilute the textile dye
In a Bassine filled with hot watertransfer the contents of the sachet of the textile dye. This will dye the water in black. Then just take the wooden spoon and mix the two substances.
Step 3: Soak the fabric
Once the water and the dye are well mixed, it is time to move on to serious things. Take the already discolored fabric that you want to dye and the dip in the basin To avoid splashing. Do not hesitate to use the wooden spoon if the fabric exceeds water. This will have a homogeneous result on the entire surface of the cushion cover.
Step 4: Being patience
It’s necessary wait 30 minutes Before the dye was able to impregnate the fabric. Once the weather has passed, all you have to do is Take the fabric out of the mixture. Then wash the fabric with laundry, whether in the machine or in another basin with clean water. The last step is, in all Household linen To dry. Please note: you should not choose to expose it to the sun, at the risk of seeing it fired with a completely different color than that expected. There are several dye colors to obtain different results each time and reinvent almost endlessly its decorative textiles.
The result
