has anyone dyed and improved black cotton (worky) trousers

[TomatoSorbetWoman]

i have these and love - but arent as black as they were
should i dye them again?
www.gap.co.uk/browse/product.do?vid=1&pid=000772541001

I'm a Dylon evangelist.

I've done this before too - it was very satisfying.

Isn't it? Bet they use crap dyes to keep you shopping. Not me oh no uh huh

Marvellous. Live commentary from the utility room!!

It is great isn't it. Like new. V satisfying when it works.

Very

It says put some bleach through the machind after. Opinions?

Once you start you can't stop.great for things you love that are looking a bit shabby. Idyed a jean jacket once think that was my fave came out amazing

if you have plenty of dark stuff to wash, then I wouldn't worry, but otherwise its a good opportunity for a nice service wash

you need to do that or next load coud be speckly

Oh jeez def do the bleach thing. Heed my words.

I'm a heeding

I am now clutching my packet of Velvet Black. I wimped out of the washing machine version, as it's only one garment, and my washing machine is too busy doing its day job.

So I shall shortly don my rubber gloves and go and sit on the patio with a bucket and a stick and a glass of wine.

I agree, this could be the start of something....

Oh no. You need the machine one. S1 has now espied it. He's reckoning his skinnies will look good

Plus in laws. Wanting to do their jeans. It's a KRAZE

Operation Bucket Dye has commenced. It is looking reassuringly black in there. I have another 20 minutes of soaking and poking with a spoon.

I think my skinnies would look good too. I'm so going to buy some again.

Yay! Black harems with the white stripe down the side are now....black harems.

I must have rinsed them 20 times but there was still a bit of colour coming off them. I'm not completely convinced I won't end up with blue legs if I wear them on a hot day, but hey ho.

Interestingly the gap label and pink inne trim remain intact as they are polyester

Have you washed in the machine to set them?

Yeah, I have some white stitching, but it's inside so can't see it.

I've just remembered a really nice pair of teal jeans that fitted really well, but had a little bleach mark on the front. I think I threw them out. Rats. They would have been great dyed black.

We will all look like stage hands. Creeping around in black. This is like an ADDICTIONZ man.

My whole house will be like that Winmie the Witch book

Make sure you thoroughly clean your washing machine. I used the Dylon and did an empty wash afterwards. There was black bits everywhere, around the drum and inside the rubber sealy thing (not the correct name). It took ages before my machine was back to normal. I'd used the dye numerous times before without any problems so I don't know what went wrong.

I've just got a new washing machine so I'll never dye anything again.

I hope you don't have this problem.

Marcel Marceau

I've done bleachy wash. Then did ye olde towel as recommended.

Towel came out fine

I think I love this thread. I'm gonna marry it. And do sex