Dawn, I would contact Dharmatrading company. They are very helpful. http://www.dharmatrading.com/<http://www.dharmatrading.com/> They can recommend the best color remover for linen and they probably sell it too!
Sg ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Historical Costume<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:55 PM Subject: [h-cost] questions about linen and dyes I've got a very dark blue linen that I'd like to make a 16th century dress out of. However, it's very very dark, nearly black, and I'd like to lighten it a bit. Fade it, even. I washed a test piece and some color came out in the water, but did not noticeably lighten the fabric. I think this was excess dye. I soaked a test piece in a very weak bleach solution and the fabric turned a chocolate brown color. Nice, but not what I wanted. And even then, it has dark blue dye spots all over it. I suspect that dye remover will get me the same result. Does anyone know of another method I could use for getting a more faded blue out of this? Dawn _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com<mailto:h-costume@mail.indra.com> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
