Country: Australia

Message: Is Blick disperse iDye sold in Australia?

iDye Poly is a line of eight disperse dyes that are manufactured by Jacquard Products, in the US. Blick is one of their US retailers. Blick does sell by international mail-order, but you can also buy disperse dye locally in Australia.

Watch out that you don't inadvertently buy plain iDye, which is not iDye Poly; iDye is a direct dye which works only on natural fibers, including cotton and viscose rayon. iDye Poly contains disperse dye, which is used to dye most synthetic fibers, including polyester, acetate, nylon, and acrylic (but not viscose rayon). iDye and iDye Poly can be mixed together for dyeing poly/cotton blends.

The Thread Studio, in Perth, sells Jacquard iDye Poly by mail order. They also sell Transprint liquid disperse dyes, packaged for use in transfer printing onto polyester and other synthetic fibers, as well as Crayola Fabric Crayons and Sulky Transfer Pens, which are other forms of disperse dye for iron-on transfer onto polyester.

Batik Oetoro, in Gateshead, NSW, sells Polysol disperse dye by mail-order. Their range of disperse dyes contains more different colors that the Jacquard iDye Poly line, which includes only eight. Here's a link to their instructions.

Kraftkolour, in Whittlesea, Victoria, sells fifteen different colors of disperse dye powder concentrates by mail-order which can be used for immersion dyeing or transfer printing, along with a polyester dye carrier, Polydyol, which is used in immersion dyeing for more intense colors. The bulk packaging gives you more versatility than the instant-dissolving packets of iDye Poly.

Contact information for each of these dye sellers is listed, arranged by continent, on my page, "Sources for Dyeing Supplies Around the World".

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