Dying fabric from ivory to white

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I have a tweed fabric bag which is an ivory colour but I'd like to dye it white. Does anyone know if this is possible? I won't be able to put it in the washing machine as it has hardware attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙏

Well if the ivory is darker than the white you want, you can't dye it lighter.

It would need to be bleached I imagine, although I have no idea how you could do that to a tweed bag

As the pp said you can't dye something lighter. I don't think what you want to do is possible.

If you’re willing to possibly ruin the bag you could try Dylon Lingerie Whitener. I’ve used it on lots of things it’s not meant for, but it’s always a gamble.
I’ve also bleached fabrics back to white using Vanish Gold Oxy Action, soaking them for several days sometimes.
Never tried it with tweed though.

Thanks for your replies 🙂 I suppose I could do a test patch on the inside with the Dylon.. fingers 🤞

You have to soak it, so I’m not sure a patch test would work, unless there’s an inside pocket or something you could sacrifice by cutting out and soaking.

I can’t think of any options that don’t need soaking, so it’s going to be a gamble.

I think ‘dying ’ may be an accurate prediction rather than a typo ( the bag, of course, not OP)

Don’t bleach wool. Bleach destroys the structure of the fibres. It literally melts.

When you dye something the pigment coats the fibre strands. It won't make something lighter because the original pigment is darker than the dye. Remember as a child if you use a light felt tip on a darker colour it doesn't work (unless sludge was the proposed result).

Bleaching strips the pigment from within the fibre. To do this you need to breakdown the surface of the fibre to allow the bleach to work. (This is why bleached hair needs careful management). wool wont take bleach. it will break up.

Thanks for the advice. I'll keep it ivory I think as it was quite expensive 😅