It is a wool karastan good quality and soft.
How to dye wool rugs.
Close the sprayer up shake it a bit and do a test on an area sure to be covered with furniture later.
Learn how to dye a rug below and see how easy it is to get a great new look for a rug that has seen better days.
Set up a large drop cloth outside or in a protected well ventilated area.
To keep rug taut secure in place with painter s tape.
How to overdye a rug.
We let the dye sit on the rug for an hour and then rinsed it off with the hose as well as we could.
I also work a lot with fiber reactive dyes and fibers for such.
Fill a large sink with hot water so that your area rug can float freely in the water with plenty of room to spare.
Spray the carpet until you have the preferred color.
Insert the funnel in the sprayer and carefully pour in the mixed dye.
Use a hose until the water that drains off the carpet is completely clear.
Some people let their wool soak overnight believing they ll get a richer deeper color.
The wool rug was so thick and densely woven that the dye wasn t soaking all the way through so eventually we started stomping the dye into it with our feet like we were doing grape stomping.
Make the dye according to the bottle and pour it into spray bottles.
Lay the rug flat on the cloth smoothing out any lines or wrinkles as best you can.
This takes time and quite a lot of dye.
Rather than throw it out you could breathe new life into a rug by dyeing it.
If you are using a powder dye predissolve the dye in 2 cups of boiling water.
I m not a rug hooker but love to dye i have wool yardage to play with but also felt spin and weave.
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.
Let the fabric simmer in the dye bath for 30 60 minutes.
I have a gram scale and so will weigh my wool in comparison to the 1 2 yard.
Our toenails are still blue.
The owner didn t want to get rid of the rug it was seriously soft and comfy in her home office so she used a diy dye process to mask the stain and return the rug to service.
Just prior to dyeing add several large potfuls of boiling water which will give your rug a much better color result.
It is a wool.
This is easier to do than you might think and it gives terrific results that will give you a spectacular new item to use in your home.
Anyway i love the concept of your dye method and plan to start making records of my wool dyework.
Slowly add the wool fabric to the dye pot.