can i dye my black shoes white to match my wedding dress?


Name: april
Message: i bought a pair of black satin shoes for my wedding and decided to go with a white wedding dress my question is .. can i dye them white and if so what kind of dye would i use

You must either buy another pair of shoes, or wear black shoes to your wedding. There is no way for anyone to turn your black shoes white.

Dye is a transparent, colored substance that can only make things darker in color, never lighter. You cannot dye black shoes in order to make them white.

Dye that has been applied to natural fibers, such as cotton and linen, can sometimes be decolorized or removed by the use of discharge agents such as chlorine bleach or sodium hydrosulfite (Rit Color Remover). Some black-dyed materials will lose their color; others will lighten only to brown or orange, or lose no color at all.

However, your satin shoes are almost certainly made of polyester. There is no way to remove color from black polyester at home, and there is no commercial service that will do this for you.

Posted: Tuesday - May 03, 2005 at 08:57 PM          

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