Paints and Dye To Use On Synthetic Fabrics

Working on polyester, acrylic, spandex, and other synthetic fabrics can be a little tricky if you aren't careful to use the right product. Most dyes that we carry will wash off, except Pigment Dye (stains almost anything) and iDye Poly or Industrial Poly on Polyester, and Jacquard Basic Dye on acrylic. Nylon is a synthetic fiber that was made to imitate protein, so Acid dyes work on it!

Our fabric paints that work on natural fibers also work on most synthetic fabrics so long as they haven't been treated with anything or have an oily finish which will keep the paint from adhering! Most paints are fixed with heat and you must make sure high temperatures will not melt your chosen fabric. TEST TEST TEST! Pigment "Dye" works well on most synthetics and is nice because it leaves no feel or "hand", but can only be painted or sprayed on. If you want to dye your polyester fabric all one uniform color, iDye would be what you use, in a bath according to instructions. Make sure you select the iDye Poly, not the regular iDye for Cottons and natural fibers!


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