how to dye furniture upholstery?
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Upholstered furniture can be dyed best if you remove the upholstery from the furniture. To do so (and if the upholstery does not shrink when you wash it) use high quality fiber reactive dyes such as Procion MX or Cibacron F, or use lower quality all-purpose dyes. Excess dye must be removed afterwards by rinsing. It is impossible to rinse fabric while it is on the furniture, complete with underlying padding material. Unrinsed dye is apt to ruin clothing or even carpeting at some later date, whether by rubbing off or when exposed to moisture - a perspiring guest, a drooling baby, or a spilled glass of water.
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I haven't tried it , but I just today saw a decorating program where the designer bought a faded upholstered sofa and painted it with fabric paint , and it looked pretty good.It could be a fun experiment.
I haven't tried it , but I just today saw a decorating program where the designer bought a faded upholstered sofa and painted it with fabric paint , and it looked pretty good.It could be a fun experiment.