I tried to find a dye for polyester and I am unable to....


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Where are you located? In the US, you can mail-order disperse dye in small or large quantities from PRO Chemical & Dye in Massachussetts or from Aljo Mfg. in New York, and in larger quantities from large textile supply companies such as Classic Dye or Standard Dyes. 

There are also good mail-order sources from which small-scale users can buy disperse dye in Australia and Europe; see my page of "Sources for Dyeing Supplies Around the World", and look for companies listed on that page with the word "disperse". On that page you can also find contact information for PRO Chemical & Dye, Aljo Mfg. Company, and Standard Dyes in the US.

Disperse dye can also be purchased from fabric stores in the form of fabric crayons, shown at left, which are to be used to make a design on paper, and then ironed on to polyester or other synthetic fiber fabric.

For more information on how to dye polyester, see "Dyeing Polyester with Disperse Dyes".

An excellent book that gives instructions for using disperse dyes for solid-color immerson dyeing and for disperse dye transfer printing, as well as instructions and examples for many other dyes and techniques, is Holly Brackmann's Surface Designer's Handbook, pictured at right. Kate Well's book Fabric Dyeing and Printing includes a page showing the use of disperse dyes for transfer printing on polyester, with helpful tips and some beautiful examples.

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Posted: Wednesday - February 13, 2008 at 10:24 AM          

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