Can instant coffee be used in dyeing cotton
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 959
I've never used coffee but I have used tea bags. Being careful not to break the bags because its hard to get all the little leaves washed out. I'm not sure that it is colorfast. I always heard it would eventually wash out. I've done this for pillow covers that I have painted, not a qulit that gets washed a lot.
#4
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
try it and see...it seems like it would work even better than brewed coffee you can really make a 'strong' mixture to soak the fabric in and it is still coffee. although...instant tea did not work so well compared to tea bags, but i wonder where instant tea comes from? ;)it is certainly not tea leaves....hmmmmmmmmmm
#9
Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North East Lower peninsula of Michigan
Posts: 6,230
Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
It just makes it a wee bit darker...and it does not last very long!
#10
Power Poster
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW Iowa
Posts: 32,855
Originally Posted by Up North
Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
It just makes it a wee bit darker...and it does not last very long!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post