Message: What type of store would I look to purchase the procion MX dyes? You have an awesome web site here, extremely helpful!
Thanks,
John

Occasionally you can find a local crafts or fabrics store that carries Procion MX dye, but the jars are inevitably tiny, and the prices are very high as a result.

Crafts stores often carry Rainbow Rock tie-dye kits or Jacquard tie-dye kits, which are excellent, as they contain Procion MX type dyes. These kits are ideal for beginners, but contain only three colors, and the prices per ounce of dye are not nearly as good as the best mail-order suppliers.

Some crafts or fabrics stores carry Dylon Cold Water Dye, which is fiber reactive. (Dylon Multi Purpose dye is a hot water all-purpose dye, and therefore inferior.) Dylon Cold Water Dye is of good quality; it comes in tiny tins that will dye only a very small amount of fabric, however.

The best crafts or art supply stores also carry Jacquard Procion MX dye in little jars that hold one-third ounce each. These are great when you are starting out, but the prices are very high since the quantity per jar is so small.

Once you have decided that you really do like using this type of dye, you will certainly want to purchase your dye by mail-order. The prices are so much better, and the color selection is better, too, than any except the Jacquard displays.

The two dye sources I most strongly recommend in the US are PRO Chemical & Dye, which is noted for its excellent customer support, and Rupert Gibbon & Spider, which makes Jacquard dyes. See my Sources for Dyeing Supplies page, for contact information for these and other dye retailers around the world. You can mail-order dyes directly from them, or you can buy dyes from both of these companies via Fiber-arts.com (which will pay my site a small fee for products purchased via this link). PROchem also sells their dyes through other mail-order companies such as Scarlet Zebra.


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