Washing Machine Fabric Dye Pod for Clothes & Soft Furnishings, 350g – Forest Green

BEWARE: CLEAN YOUR MACHINE THOROUGHLY AFTER USE!! The dye itself is very good and does EXACTLY what you think it will; however: you will have to clean your machine again and again and again before being able to do any more washing!! After I dyed my jeans, I wanted to dye another pair of jeans - a different colour, and a jacket (again another colour). I cleaned our machine using the suggestions on the pod, but I noticed that there was still a lot of blue residue left, so I then went on to clean the rubber seals with a cloth, and I washed the machine through on a 95 degree extended wash, with a rinse with a mix of bleach and baking soda (as advised by a friend). The machine looked spotless after that, so I then went on to dye the second pair of jeans. Once the second pair of jeans had been through the machine (this time using the smoke grey colour) I took them out only to discover that the new grey colour has little blue spots splattered all over! I have no idea where the blue spots came from as the machine was spotless!! I was really annoyed, but unfortunately there wasn't much I could do about it - the jeans had been ruined, so I needed to toss them away... I then had another jacket I wished to dye green, but being a little gun-shy I decided to wash the grey out of the machine thoroughly so there was no chance of cross contamination again. I cleaned the seals, and followed the pod instructions. I then ran it through with 2 bleach cycles at 95 degrees, and two detergent cycles at 95 degrees. Again, I checked the machine and it looked spotless. "There's no way that can still have dye in it," I thought. I then put the jacket in with the green dye and, once finished, I noted the newly dyed jack had the blue spots all over it just as the jeans had! I am now furious because I have ruined the jacket too! Essentially the machine has had SEVEN empty flush throughs since the blue dye was used and it's still putting blue spots on everything!! I am actually considering just buying a new machine... I've complained to Dylon, but I am not sure what good it will do! Neither the grey nor green appeared to have left any colour residue on the machine at all - but this blue seems to have really knackered the machine!! :(

We bought a DYLON Machine Dye Pod - Sandy Beige, 350g from Amazon. It was delivered today and we used it to change the colour of our IKEA chair covers from a creamy white to biege. The process completed this evening and the result is that our chair covers are now unusable. The beige colour is definitely there in the background but what is far more noticeable is a variety of other colours, including coloured streaks and dark blue spots all over the fabric. See the attached image. At first we thought that somehow something else had gotten into the washing machine to cause this, but I could find nothing within the fabric or washing machine that could possibly be the cause. The wash we did just before starting the dying process was a white sheet wash, where no coloureds where present. The next wash was the thorough washing of the three chair covers and they were perfectly clean and unblemished before we started dyeing. We went onto Amazon and found someone else who had a similar problem - blue spots all over their fabric, with other colour also present. It's as if the different components of the dye have not mixed together properly. Needless to say the three chair covers are ruined. We could try going to a dark shade of blue to cover over the blue spots, but this is not the colour we want and there is not guarantee something similar will not happen during this process.

So, I followed the instructions to the letter and dyed a pair of Diesel Jeans. So far, so good. Except, there was loads of dye residue left in the washing machine rubber seal which despite running a number of maximum termperature washes , maximum spins and hand cleaning in between each wash, could not be removed. I tried to do a number of dark washes after so that hopefully they would not be affected but after about 6 or 7 washes we put a mixed wash of coloured clothes in as our children's clothese needed washing. Unfortunately, most of them came out with dark blue dye residue on them and we have had to carefully hand rinse everything to get the dye out before it dries and ruins all the clothes. A white wah of bed linen also came out with dark blue dye residue and if it hadn't been for me meticulously picking each and every bit of residue they would have been ruined. We had to do this countless times and also continually clean the rubber seal before we eventually had a clear wash. The whole process of getting our washing machine back to the condition it was in before we used the Dylon wash has taken so many hours that it really has not been worth it. Yes, my jeans have turned out great. But given the hassle and time involved in cleaning the washing machine, and having to hand rinse I would have been better off just buying a new pair of jeans. So, I recommend you do not use Dylon if you ever want to use your wasshing machine to actually do some washing in again. Perhaps use it before you throw your old washing machine out. Better still: don't bother using Dylon - just go out and but a new item of clothing as no matter how much you might want to resurrect an item of clothing, believe me, after Dylon has ruined your washing machine and all your clothes, you'll never use it again.

I should’ve read the reviews. I also should’ve taken photographs. Bought to dye expensive, organic towels that had lost their colour. I’ve used Dylan more times than I can remember, but always black for jeans & tops, so I thought I could trust this to do a good job on 10 hand towels, worth £100. Following instructions to the letter, washed the towels, left them damp while I emptied the contents into the drum of my 9kg capacity washing machine. I used 5 pods to dye 2.85kg on a 40° cotton wash with extra water to ensure even distribution. What came out weren’t the delicate beige on the packaging. Instead they were coffee brown with darker bluish patches up to the size of a dinner plate! Washing again, even with colour run sheets did nothing to change the colour. Thankfully I’d also bought some plum red pods to do the bath towels so immediately put them in with this. They are now a lovely plum shade, evenly dyed, but it has cost me £50 in dye and 6x 3hr wash cycles. I’m fuming & want a full refund for all 8 (sending 3 of the eight bought back). I’d obviously like the money for the red dye, but won’t hold my breath.

As so many others have said (how I wish I’d read these reviews first!) this dye is hopeless. You can see the results I got on my 95% cotton jeans. I then bought pre-dye to try to remedy it (it didn’t work) and then bought black dye to save the trousers from the bin - not the fresh summery look I was going for. This happened two months ago - I lodged a complaint immediately and have jumped through all their hoops - resulting in an offer of a £11 refund from the trousers I bought from ebay but no offer of a refund for the dye which was the cause of the mess in the first place - Googling shows that a) this colour has a huge failure rate going back at least four years (yet the still sell it) and b) Dylon have a reputation for not taking any responsibility and doing the least possible they can get away with. I would love to discover another make of machine dye. I thought I could trust this brand and now I discover not only some of their products but also their customer care, are/ishopeless. My last email to them - sent 13th October and resent on the 22nd - remains unanswered. Don’t touch this stuff with a barge pole. 🤬🤬🤬

Omg it takes a days, multiple washes and rinses to get the dye out of the machine. The creases in the rubber and around the door keep producing new spots of dye. I even resorted to using cotton buds to clean it out. Will I ever dare to do a white wash again??? I tried dying two man made fabric pale cream evening dresses. Yes I now know that man made fibres don’t dye but I thought I knew Berger!!!! One rub of tulip red dye produced a patchy pale pink dress and the second attempt using two more tubs produced a deeper pink. Unfortunately, after cleaning the washer for the rest of the day, I then decided to use two tubs of black dye on the second cream dress thinking it would turn a nice pale grey... wrong...it is now a patchy beige! After spending all afternoon trying to get the washer clean, dare I attempt another dye or do I just abandon the idea??? Maybe I’ll have another go when I have a free weekend to clean the washer. I read everyone’s comments before dying but thought I knew best. So readers beware.... I guess cotton and jeans will dye but the washer will be in the same state as mine and it really isn’t worth the hassle. Dare not even begin to imagine how much water I wasted not to mention the electricity!!!

Smoke Grey: I dyed 700g of 100% cotton that I am recycling from a damaged bed sheet and old curtains to make cushion covers and gift bag linings. I followed the instructions and initially I was quite pleased.... well until the fabric dried anyway. As you can see from the photos I got multiple shades of grey, a mottled grey on most pieces and stripes of darker grey in creases where pieces weren’t ironed before dying (there was nothing in the instructions about doing so). I’ll salvage what I can and the rest will be dyed Dylon velvet black (bought at same time as grey, blue and red) so will review that soon. Updated 13.12.2020 - Tulip Red: I thought the Smoke Grey was inaccurate.... Tulip Red isn’t even red! I dyed 540g 100% cotton sheet and curtain lining (kept under the 600g as I wanted the red on the label) and got pink! Seriously fed up. This was for Christmas gift bags so pink doesn’t really work. Will be contacting for a refund as I’ve now got to buy either Red fabric or another brand of dye. I took a photo of the fabric under the colour bar in the pod wrapper to show just how bad it is. Reduced my rating from 3* to 1*.

Dylon please discontinue this particular product. I have used your products before with great satisfaction. This pod is a nightmare. People, do not buy! For a start, plastic pollution (I didn't realise when I bought it). But also - the dye in the interior of the pod has hardened to chips - these chips and smaller crumbs stay inside the machine and you have to carefully clear them out by hand - some crumbs of the dye stick to the rubber seal and you have to be sure to clean them out as well, also some fall on the floor and you risk smearing dye around your carpeting. My hands got stained just taking the covering off and more stained clearing out the machine. Doing yet another wash in the hope of fully clearing out any chips and crumbs that might be in the interior of the drum - very concerned about staining my next wash. T

Dyed 5 pairs of navy chinos as they were starting to fade, easy to do, no mess. Came out as good as new.

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it's a good dye for washing machine clothes dye but make sure the volume of items is low, max. 2-3 items in order to do a good job.

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I died two canvas Ikea chair covers purple with Ritt dye years ago. They had faded to an ugly grey purple. I wanted to re-dye them but dreaded the pot on stove, add salt, mess. Saw these pods online and wanted to try them. I used one pod per chair cover. I dyed each chair cover separately (in part bc I ordered one pod to try and only ordered another when it worked). I was afraid it wouldn't work because I have a front loader. But when you read the directions, these pods are from the UK and designed for front loaders. It was so easy. Just follow the directions and run an empty cycle after to make sure your washer is clean. Very happy with results.