They ended up like this
Needless to say that was the last time I wore them. I tried them on a few times but I just couldn't bring myself to wear them like that. I saw a lot of tutorials on Pinterest about RIT dye and canvas shoes. I read a lot of different ones and honestly none of them were done the same way but they were all similar. I bought some RIT dye thinking I would try dying my shoes so I could at least wear them. They were basically brand new shoes after all. The dye sat and sat on top of my microwave for probably 2 months. I always have good intentions but never actually do my projects.. I am working on it hence this post! I finally got tired of looking at the bottle and went ahead and dyed them!
I can now say I completed one project and they are wearable! (94382507 more to go) I picked Navy because of the navy stripe already on the shoe and I figured it would match most things.
I used:
1 bottle of RIT dye in Navy
1 cup of table salt (I have seen some tutorials with less I don't know the science behind it)
1 Tbsp of Laundry Detergent
1 bucket of steaming hot water
Vaseline
Rubbing Alcohol and Q-tips
I rubbed the soles with vaseline to prevent dye from getting on them. As you can see it didnt turn out perfect but I have been scrubbing them with rubbing alcohol and they look a lot better than what they looked like when I took them out of the water! (If anyone has any other tricks to get it out let me know)
So make sure you rub them down really good with the vaseline!
Then I added the salt and detergent and hot water to the bucket and stirred it together with a paint stick. Then added the whole bottle of dye and stirred again.
Next I carried the bucket out into the middle of my yard because well.. I am clumsy and knew I would end up getting dye everywhere. I was right I had one blue foot for a couple of days :). I wet the shoes entirely so that they wouldn't float in the water and would absorb the dye better then submerged them into the bucket.
I let them sit for about a half hour while I drove to the dollar store to pick up more salt since I used all I had so that dinner wouldn't be bland!
I took the shoes out and rinsed them with warm water until I saw no more dye and then with cold water to make sure it was all out. I let them sit for about 5 minutes and decided to put them back into the dye water to make sure they would be dark enough. In the tutorials I have looked at the dye lightens up a lot when they dry so I wanted to get a lot of dye in them so I didn't have faded denim colored shoes.
Needless to say that was the last time I wore them. I tried them on a few times but I just couldn't bring myself to wear them like that. I saw a lot of tutorials on Pinterest about RIT dye and canvas shoes. I read a lot of different ones and honestly none of them were done the same way but they were all similar. I bought some RIT dye thinking I would try dying my shoes so I could at least wear them. They were basically brand new shoes after all. The dye sat and sat on top of my microwave for probably 2 months. I always have good intentions but never actually do my projects.. I am working on it hence this post! I finally got tired of looking at the bottle and went ahead and dyed them!
I can now say I completed one project and they are wearable! (94382507 more to go) I picked Navy because of the navy stripe already on the shoe and I figured it would match most things.
I used:
1 bottle of RIT dye in Navy
1 cup of table salt (I have seen some tutorials with less I don't know the science behind it)
1 Tbsp of Laundry Detergent
1 bucket of steaming hot water
Vaseline
Rubbing Alcohol and Q-tips
I rubbed the soles with vaseline to prevent dye from getting on them. As you can see it didnt turn out perfect but I have been scrubbing them with rubbing alcohol and they look a lot better than what they looked like when I took them out of the water! (If anyone has any other tricks to get it out let me know)
So make sure you rub them down really good with the vaseline!
Then I added the salt and detergent and hot water to the bucket and stirred it together with a paint stick. Then added the whole bottle of dye and stirred again.
Next I carried the bucket out into the middle of my yard because well.. I am clumsy and knew I would end up getting dye everywhere. I was right I had one blue foot for a couple of days :). I wet the shoes entirely so that they wouldn't float in the water and would absorb the dye better then submerged them into the bucket.
I let them sit for about a half hour while I drove to the dollar store to pick up more salt since I used all I had so that dinner wouldn't be bland!
I took the shoes out and rinsed them with warm water until I saw no more dye and then with cold water to make sure it was all out. I let them sit for about 5 minutes and decided to put them back into the dye water to make sure they would be dark enough. In the tutorials I have looked at the dye lightens up a lot when they dry so I wanted to get a lot of dye in them so I didn't have faded denim colored shoes.
This is how dark they were wet. They definitely lightened up but they are still navy.
I just let them soak 10 to 15 more minutes and did the rinse again. I let them air dry overnight then threw them in the dryer for about 10 - 20 minutes the next morning. It was very easy and worth it. Who knows what I'll try to dye next!
