Dying a wool coat

[Veneficus]

Hi guys, I know there's costume threads already but I can't seem to get an answer in those and this is fairly urgent as I need to have this issue taken care of by this weekend.

I've come into possession of a brownish/beige wool overcoat that I would love to dye purple, but I'm terrified as I've never dyed a piece of clothing in my life.

I don't want to ruin the coat or have it fall apart on me or anything.

Any advice for a fellow clown would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

 

[Etienne]

From what I've heard you as in us "non-professionals" can not dye a wool coat without it shrinking or messing up in some way or another. I suggest you take it to someone who knows about dying clothes.

 

[Etienne]

Please let me know how it turns out.

 

[Veneficus]

I don't have time to find someone like that.

 

[OctaviusINC]

I died 2 wool coats. I ruined one, but I ended up liking it anyway. The other one's color barely changed, but other than that it was fine.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend it unless you don't care about the coat.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

You might try stripping the color out of the coat first, then use the purple/blue dye combo....
Rob

 

[agentzelda]

I have the perfect coat, right length, right amount of flare. The only problem is, it's black. It's a fairly heavy cotton velvet. I suspect if I dyed it purple it would a) ruin the washing machine in my apartment building, and b) not show up, but if I bleach it first, I might end up with some horrid tie-dye effect. And yet it really is the perfect coat. So: is there any method of colourstripping other than bleach? Or is there any sort of dye that might show up on black?

I do know from yarn that stuff like wool is easier to dye than vegetable-based fibres, not sure why.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Agent!!

 

[Caped Crusader]

I have a wool coat as well, perfect length. It's dark grey, soo it should be good

 

[agentzelda]

Vrich!!!!!!

Yes, I'm getting around a bit.

If I can't find some washable spray stuff to use on the coat, I might just wear it over a purple striped shirt I have with a sort of clashing 60s style striped tie and make the argument that its a variant outfit. (Goth Joker)

 

[Veneficus]

I got the coat dyed in time to chill with Adam West!

 

[agentzelda]

So what process did you end up using? The colour is great, and it does have that sort of grungey, broken-down-fabric look of the actual coat (which is not supposed to look brand new, it's supposed to look as if he sleeps in it).

 

[deathfromabove]

I got the coat dyed in time to chill with Adam West!

turned out great!

but more importantly you met adam west!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I got the coat dyed in time to chill with Adam West!

Holy Sex Maniac, Batman!t:
Rob