Violet Jacquard iDye Fabric Dye for Polyester Fabrics

Aidan: No complaints

Canada on Dec 02, 2023

Brenda H. Nelson: When I added the color intensifier packet, a horrible, strong chemical smell pervaded the whole house. I suffered with it for 30 minutes then stopped the process. Dumped it down the sink. Then I started rinsing the dyed garment. The color kept coming out for a long time--many, many rinses. And when done, it didn't look like the polyester in the garment (35%) had taken up any of the purple dye at all. I'll try dying the 65% cotton fibers with Rit All Purpose.

United States on Nov 28, 2023

lisa lclisa lc: The media could not be loaded.  It was perfect for what I wanted to do, I bought a cream colored kind fuzzy dress nylon material, I used one purple pkg and one black to make it a deep purple as it was coming out to light and I wanted it darker. I used warm water first then added the dye pkg and stirred it, I didn't boil it, I put it on simmer as I wasn't sure how the material would handle that. Did that for 30 minutes stirring and flipping the material with thongs. Carried the pot to the laundry room sink and hand rinsed it and squeezed out the water. I hung it on a clothes rack to dry mostly until it stops dripping, then put it in the dry on low for 5 minutes, again not knowing how the fabric will hold up in the dryer as it's fuzzy. I also did a older purple sweater in it after so not to waste the dye and it made it look like new again.
To clean the large pot I used dish soap and and SOS pad and scrubbed it and any dye on it came off. I wouldn't use it in the washing machine or any thing plastic or a white acrylic sink, or bath tub you will be sorry as it won't come out, just use a stainless steel pot or sink. Smell wasn't to bad, weird dye smell just use a kitchen vent...

Canada on Nov 22, 2023

MelissaMelissa: This stuff works amazing with vibrant colours that stick to %100 polyester. The above pictures show beige polyester pants I dyed for 30 minutes in near rolling boil water. I did two pair in a 16lt pot and it was a snug fit for freely moving but it worked well. I’m confident the solution could have handled 4 pair of these pants.
Worked way better and way more vibrant than Ritt dye did when I tried to dye a poly nighty red, and the red dye for synthetic fabric left it a purple-pink. I did end up liking the colour but it was not a great experience. It also took 90 minutes.
Pros:
Easy to use
Quick
Effective
Safe to dump for sewer or septic
Cons:
Strong odour (ventilated area recommended)
Some chemical compounds may irritate use gloves
Recommends not using dying pot/tongs/paddle for food use after.
10/10 will use iDye poly next time I need to dye synthetic fabric

Canada on Oct 27, 2023

Süße Powerbank, leider sehr schwer. Reicht für meine Zwecke aus.: Geruch hält sich in Grenzen, empfand ihn nicht als unangenehm.

Germany on Oct 14, 2023

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Italy on Apr 10, 2023

Karen R: This worked great. I will buy this brand again. I've only ever used Rit before but in the future I will use this. I made a huge pot of dye mix and boiled it on the stove. I put it aside because it was so much and only had to dye a dress, a bra and a purse. It felt wasteful dumping it out so about a week later I used it to dye 3 shirts for my daughter then since I still had it dyed some tea towels. I didn't intend on doing this but I kinda forgot about but the crazy thing is after sitting so long already mixed it still worked perfectly. Oh and I only used about half the packette.

United States on Sep 04, 2020

Amy: Technically, this should be a negative review. I purchased the violet and crimson packs, mixed them, and proceeded to attempt darkening a gorgeous dress that was ruby red. Dress was 100% polyester, but that was all the information I had. 3 hours and a huge mess later (rinsing took forever; dress was like a gown), the dress was exactly the same shade as when I started. At least I didn't mess the dress up. Not a hint of the dye stuck to the dress. It was incredible.

However, for fun, I threw in a peach bra that I never liked because, well, it was pastel peach. It came out, in 20 minutes, a beautiful purple. I love it. Threads didn't dye, but that's fine. Looks like something out of the Victoria's Secret Pink collection.

Prior to dyeing, I made sure to do a ton of research. Hours of reading websites and reviews. I washed the dress, kept it wet before dyeing, purchased a huge pot exclusively for dyeing, even purchased barbeque gloves. The people at Dharma Trading are awesome for answering questions about dyeing anything, and the BBQ gloves were recommended so I could really reach down to the bottom of the pot to move the dress, not just stir it. Apparently, the bottom of...

United States on Feb 07, 2019

apt. maven: It did the job and did it well--but had to dye the dress twice. Also, my dress was 50% natural fiber and 50% poly, so I used one packet of 'idye poly' and one packet of 'idye for natural fabrics' both in violet as per Jacquard's online instructions. So, in total, two dye jobs with 2 packets=4 packets of dye for one size large dress. An investment and much more dye than I thought I would need for a single dress, but worth it to get the color right. And I am very very happy with the final result.
I was not looking for a tie-dye look--I wanted a solid professional-looking color to transform my off-white semi-formal dress. This may be user error on my part--either I didn't leave it in long enough or else the dress was so heavy that it just needed more packages of dye to really saturate the fabric (the package does say for 2-3 lbs of fabric only). While my dress was definitely under that weight limit, it was long-sleeve and floor-length with a slip, so it was a rather large volume of fabric though not weighty, so you kind of have to take the weight limit as a guide, not an absolute. The first time I dyed the dress it came out very mottled and uneven--very tie-dyed look. The second...

United States on Feb 18, 2016

John DalyJohn Daly: I used this to dye a white 100% polyester suit for my son's joker costume. I was shocked by how well it worked. I used rit before trying this because I didn't realize it didn't work on polyester. The rit was so futile that I had low expectations. But this stuff was amazing and so, so easy. Just fill a pot with water, add the dye and turn up the heat. It came out looking exactly like the Joker's suit. I did every piece of the costume consecutively with a few different colors (crimson, violet and green) and all looked great. Doing them in a row like that though, did produce quite a chemically smell. It dissipated quickly but it does reek.

United States on May 29, 2015