Name: patty
Message: paula help !! my husband bought me this very expenisive jogging outfit from von mour well apprntly i sat in a booth at a resturant that had some type of cleaning solutuion that discolored the fabric i have tried everything but this fabric will not dye its 65% polyester and 35% cotton i even used the take color out before u dye didn't touch it . right now i'm trying stove method with ritz black dye so far no luck , the suit is purple . can u help ???

Your problem is the same as that addressed on the page in my website's FAQ section on "Help! I ruined clothing by spattering bleach. How can I fix it?". It's worse, though, in that polyester can be badly damaged, not just in color, by bleach.

It's unfortunate that your outfit is made of polyester, because polyester dyeing is not a job for amateurs. See "Disperse Dye for Polyester". It is also highly unlikely that you would want to pay a professional to dye your outfit, because the only company I've found that will dye polyester garments is located in Alaska. They do accept jobs from far away, but the service may be expensive. The 35% cotton portion of your outfit should be dyeable unless it has been treated with a stain preventative. The fact that you've had so little success suggests that it probably has been. What a pity it did not prevent the bleaching!

Rit dye is a brand of all-purpose dye. All-purpose dye works poorly on cotton, but, like most dyes, it does not work at all on polyester. I recommend against its use. Another type of dye, fiber reactive dye (e.g., Procion MX type dye) works much better on cotton. You can mail-order it from any of the dye suppliers on my page of Source for Dyeing Supplies.

The best solution to your problem is likely to be either a fabric marker or a permanent marking pen, as recommended on the bleach spatter page. This might not work, though. Bleach is very hard on polyester.