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Fear Factory - 1998 - Smasher/Devourer AU tour

nexus6Sat, 27/07/2013 - 16:53

TShirt or Longsleeve

Not for sale or trade

Year: 1998

Original TShirt Fabric Color:

Black

Size:

Not yet set / Ask

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Fear Factory

nexus6 on Tue, 03/09/2013 - 09:24

added some new photos of this shirt after i restored the black using a handy little product called Dylon. ive done this on a few of my faded shirts will add photos to the shirts that have been restored. if anyone's interested or has questions about it, feel free to ask, cheers!

pigwalk42

on Sat, 09/07/2016 - 12:33

Hi there, cool result how many shirts do you put in for the Dylon 400g ? did you have to buy the salt aswell ?
could you kindly explain how you operate?

cheers

nexus6 on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 02:37

Hey mate, so I generally would recommend for better result the less t-shrits you put in the better. I would usually do 2-3 shirts at the most myself. Yes, salt was purchased separately, can just be regular table salt from a supermarket, you need a fair bit of it so i recommend buying a bulk pack of at least 1kg as you use about 500grams of it per 1 pack of Dylon.

nexus6 on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 02:37

You might find this link useful too: http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/dylon_machine_dye_instructions.shtml
Instructions

The shade you achieve will depend on 3 things:

1. FABRIC TYPE
• Cotton, linen & viscose will dye to full shade
• Polyester/cotton & polyester/viscose mixes will dye to lighter shade
• Wool, silk, polyester, acrylic, nylon & fabric with special finishes e.g. ‘dry clean only’, cannot be dyed

2. FABRIC AMOUNT
• One pack will dye up to 600g of fabric (e.g. jeans, bath towel, double sheet) to the full shade & up to 1.2kg of fabric (e.g. double duvet) to lighter shade
• Multiple packs will dye larger amounts to full shade, e.g. 2 packs for 1200g (e.g. double duvet) or 4 packs for 2kg (e.g. curtains)

3. ORIGINAL FABRIC COLOUR
• You can change one strong colour to another (or dye it to a lighter shade) by using DYLON PRE-DYE which lightens before you dye, ready for colour change.
• Otherwise colour mixing rules apply, e.g. blue dye on red fabric gives purple
• Patterned fabric will often still show through

DIRECTIONS

• Weigh dry fabric to ensure you have sufficient dye
• Wash thoroughly, even if new, to remove stains or any dressings that can not be seen
• Wearing rubber gloves, empty full contents of pack(s) into drum (not the soap dispenser)
• Add 500g salt, covering dye powder (only 500g is required for any amount of dye)
• Put in damp unfolded fabric
• Run 40°C cotton cycle (do not use pre-wash, economy or half load cycles)
• When complete, add detergent & run 40°C cotton cycle again
• Remove fabric from machine, add detergent & run empty 40°C cycle to clean machine
• Dry fabric away from direct heat & sunlight

Our promise: This dye won’t damage your machine or affect subsequent washes

HELPFUL HINTS

• Use in front loading automatic washing machines. Do not use in launderette machines.
• Don’t dye more than half machine’s maximum load to avoid crowding which will give patchy results
• Don’t use more than five packs of dye at once
• Dyeing may not cover stains, faded areas or bleach marks
• Should any dye be left in machine after dyeing, add cup of bleach to drum, add detergent as usual & run machine empty on 40°C cycle
• After dyeing, wash separately or with similar colours for first two washes to remove any excess dye
• Polyester stitching will not dye

pigwalk42

on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 13:41

thx a lot mate will try this today ! most difficult is to pick up the 2-3 shirts out of about 20-30 !
anyway great Fear factory collection by the way !

pigwalk42

on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 16:07

Hey me again, back from the launderette, I know they say i shouldn't but no way doing it at home =)
Still not impressed despite all the advice... 3 shirts + salt into the tumbler ...
can i ask you these questions...

I have the feeling that amongst the 3 washes during the program only first is actually dyeing, the 2 others are only removing & washing away the dye ... is that an impression ? maybe i should add the dyer at 2nd or last wash into the program? How to ensure best result

cheers

nexus6 on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 16:39

Hey, yes thats correct the first cycle is where the dying actually occurs. The rest art just to remove excess from the garment and the machine itself.

I personally dont use a dryer, after the 2nd cycle I would let the tshirt hang dry. Im not sure if that would make any difference.

Depending on how faded the shirts are, it may need more runs with dye to get back to a really serious black.

Hope that helps

pigwalk42

on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 22:43

thanks again for your help i don't use dyer neither
Even after 2 dying on some same shirt result is still poor, it's far from the result of your fear factory shirt above.
i sense the launderette 2nd & third washings are too intense as it removes most of the dye.
I think next time i will add the dye at 2nd or 3rd washing and add one of laundry ball or washing ball into the tumbler (so it slowly releasing powder) so that dye is not washed out. What would you think of that ?

cheers

pigwalk42

on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 22:44

read i don't use dryer (1st sentence)

pigwalk42

on Sun, 24/07/2016 - 20:38

Hey how are you, seems i nailed it this time.
Dyed by washing by hand and let the shirts damping during an hour in hot water + salt
then rinsed the shirts - it's defintely better than through the launderette!
but still to get to the orginal Pitch black I'd need to not rinse at all...
but i guess this would come off for first wash afterwards...

cheers