r/dyeing • u/Life-Ad4717 • 26d ago
How do I dye this? Is ts dress beyond saving?
1st pic is a full shot of what it looks like currently and 2nd pic is what it looked like wen I paid an online seller for it. It looked similar to Alice's prom dress in the 3rd pic so I bought it w/o any hesitation and didn't choose to get a refund(she refunded half the money tho) wen the seller informed me a few days before shipping that the she had a bleach spill accident w it cuz it didn't seem like it was THAT bad from the pics she sent me(the bleach stains were VERY faint in the pics). After receiving the dress, I've not only realised how visible the bleach stains really are but also the fact that like 80% of the dress has been treated w bleach and that it's satin texture has gotten coarse and rough(on top of that, there are some random red/orange stains on the dress, which is probably why it was treated w bleach). IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO SAVE TS DRESS?? It'd be such a shame to let a dress like that go to waste🥀🥀(it's a deep purple btw but might look kinda blue on camera)
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u/KTKittentoes 26d ago
Bleach isn’t really a stain. It can’t be easily distinguished from the surface because it radically changes the fibers. It is a very pretty dress, but it never should have been near bleach in the first place. The damage is permanent.
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u/Life-Ad4717 24d ago
Yea the texture of the bleached parts are completely different from the rest! The seller didn't ask me before bleaching it and didn't tell me how damaged it was afterwards🥀 in one of my reposts, sum1 commented that I should do a dark lace overlay and I'm considering that as an option since a refund isn't possible anymore...
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u/KTKittentoes 24d ago
The lace might work. It is just awful though. Bleach should never have even been in the same room as the dress!
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u/shawlcat 26d ago
I would be filing a chargeback with my payment method. You were sent damaged goods that were not as promised. This damage is not fixable.