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vickivictoria
07-12-2005, 11:00 PM
Oh dear. It's too dark to overdye. I tried LWI with dark purple and chartreuse and it turned out dark reddish with some army green=yuck. Would bleaching it take out enough color for me to try again?

thanks,
Vicki

Barb
07-12-2005, 11:05 PM
dharma makes a dye remover

http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/1535-AA.shtml

i've used it with success in the past.

hth

vickivictoria
07-13-2005, 03:04 PM
thanks!

-Vicki

Nutmeg
07-13-2005, 03:30 PM
I would try that, Carbona also makes a dye remover (it does bleach any print you have though) or just plain olde bleach soak.

vickivictoria
07-13-2005, 11:32 PM
oh, do you really think bleach would be ok? What dilution percentage (can't think of a better phrasing) should I use? I was gonna maybe go get the RIT dye remover b/c I found a dye website that said it's a good product but I actually have bleach in the house.... Oh, and it's just plain fabric, no print so no worries there.

-Vicki