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Originally Posted by Thin-Ice
To dye tights: make the coffee or tea very strong... about a quart's worth and put it in a glass container with enough room for your tights to also go inside the container. If you need the tights just slightly darker, soak them in clean water, then put them in the container. If you need them a LOT darker, just set them inside. About every 5-10 minutes, pull out the tights and let them dry. If that's the color you want, rinse them out until the dye/tea/coffee no longer runs out, then rinse them in warm water and a cup of salt (to hold the dye). If you want a darker color still, just repeat the process. I've dyed tights and leotards and skating skirts, but remember, nylon doesn't hold the dye... so check the fiber content of whatever you're dying.
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I add a few drops of blue food color or dye to the container as well. It seems to make the color less orange and more brown. I like the salt tip - I'll try that next time I change laces. (Never buy tan skates if you like cotton laces.) Just have to be careful with the lace tips - they come loose if they get wet.
09-29-2006, 07:45 AM
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