Apologies for the delay of this reply. My email has been down for
several days.
E House wrote:
I'd love to know what brand then, because I haven't found it sold by any
of my sources--most of which tell you straight out that their dye won't
work on silk. I've gotten some very lovely dark
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From: Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it is 100% silk, yes. *Very* dyeable ;~
Diana
Except for black. You can _paint_ silk black, but dyeing it black is a
nightmare.
-E House
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Not if you use washfast acid dyes. I dye silk black alot very
successfully.
Sylrog
On Jun 21, 2006, at 1:04 AM, E House wrote:
- Original Message - From: Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it is 100% silk, yes. *Very* dyeable ;~
Diana
Except for black. You can _paint_ silk black,
- Original Message -
From: Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it is 100% silk, yes. *Very* dyeable ;~
Diana
Except for black. You can _paint_ silk black, but dyeing it black is a
nightmare.
I've dyed silk black before with no trauma--I used one of the Jacquard
silk dyes from
In a message dated 6/21/2006 10:25:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It helps if you have access
to a dye vat, which I did. And steam setting afterwards can be important.
See...a pain! What if one just has a washing machine and a stove
I'd love to know what brand then, because I haven't found it sold by any of
my sources--most of which tell you straight out that their dye won't work on
silk. I've gotten some very lovely dark plums using black washfast acid dye
on silk.
(I don't mean to sound pugnacious; I really would LOVE
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It helps if you have access
to a dye vat, which I did. And steam setting afterwards can be
important.
See...a pain! What if one just has a washing machine and a stove top?
Yeah, that
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Question for the list
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It helps if you have access
to a dye vat, which I did. And steam setting afterwards can be
important.
See...a pain! What if one just has
Do you think it would be dye-able?
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Subject: [h-cost] Question for the list
Hello everyone,
I may have found
Do you think it would be dye-able?
If it is 100% silk, yes. *Very* dyeable ;~
Diana
www.RenaissanceFabrics.net
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