Name: mike
Message: Do you know anything about dyeing fabric shoes? I've tried to dye crepe shoes and I got ring marks from the dye, someone suggested that I wet the shoe with benzene prior to dyeing, and while wet dye the shoe. Can you help?

What kind of fabric? I know about dyeing cotton canvas shoes with fiber reactive dye, but I don't know what fiber your crepe is made of. Crepe is a weave that can be made from any fiber, and it is also a word describing a certain sort of rubber. In dyeing, the most important thing to start out with is the identity of the material you are dyeing. The kind of dye and the process vary dramatically according to your fiber.

Benzene is extremely dangerous. Breathing benzene fumes can cause leukemia and other diseases such as aplastic anemia. Carefully follow all precautions found on the MSDS. Benzene will not help with any dye process that I have ever used, but that does not mean it will not help you with some other dye.

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