Can You Dye Bathroom Rugs

Take the rug out when it has reached the desired color.

Can you dye bathroom rugs.

I don t want to paint it and loose the pattern. You must wash repeatedly after dyeing. Make sure they are cotton not synthetic. Paint the dye onto the rug fibers with clean rag.

Rub the dye into the fibers to penetrate as closely to the rubber backing as possible. I love the rug but it is the wrong shade of blue for my furniture. In response to our recent post about alexandra wentworth s dyed rug profiled in elle decor the mother of an apartment therapy reader was kind enough to send in her own step by step diy version for us my daughter forwarded this post referring to the alexandra wentworth rug to me because this spring i had dyed a small rug to cover some stains. I hate my boring beige rug but cant afford to replace it can it be dyed.

As long as you wash with like colors you just get fading and probably no dye transfer to other dark clothes. But bath rugs dampish from standing and dripping can permanently stain tile grout and vinyl floors. As you can see the furniture is more of a blue grey while the rug is kind of a blue green. Dying rugs can make them bleed forever.

Advertisement the rug pictured here was stained and no amount of professional cleaning could save it. Leave the rug in the dye bath for up to 30 minutes stirring the water constantly. Fading in the washer isn t such a big problem. Synthetic doesn t dye well and will bleed.

Yes synthetics will bleed. If your rubber backed rug is made of cotton you can safely dye it with a cool water fiber reactive dye such as procion mx dye instead of all purpose dye. With a simple and cheap dye job you can give it a new lease on life. Is it possible to dye it.

I just purchased an indoor outdoor 8 x 10 rug for my gazebo. Lurker here but i agree rit dye is not color fast. Thoroughly soak the rug with the dye solution. I have looked everywhere.

I want it to be blue and lavendar could use some grey too. This is a fantastic way of turning a tired old rug into something fresher and far more exciting. I m looking for a bathroom rug. If it isn t dark enough make another dye bath with one and a half times the dye you used in this bath and soak for up to another 30 minutes until your color is achieved.