Rit DyeMore Liquid Dye, Tropical Teal

I ordered the Tropical Teal dye for synthetics to dye some fabric shower curtains for my new classroom. I got the dye today and the outside of the bottle was the perfect shade! Unfortunately, when I dyed my shower curtains (all 6 of them), they came out electric blue! I am so disappointed because I thought I found the perfect color. I’m not sure if the dye I received was mislabeled or if “Tropical Teal” is actually just supposed to be electric blue.

Had to buy a steel pot to cook this in, and it wasnt easy to use. Color didnt come out well; had streaks throughout the garment.

The bottle came open and the color is looks different

Great for simple tie dye projects and the color looks same as the bottle

I did not like having to stand over a boiling pot for 30 minutes stirring. I stirred it every few minutes and I guess it was enough because the synthetic cushion covers for my patio frniture turned out perfect!

I used it to dye two phone cases. both of them were crystal clear flexible cases (TPU material). I used 4 teaspoons of Tropical Teal color plus one cup of hot water from a tea kettle in a pyrex dish. I didnt choose stovetop, I was worried it would warp the case. the water cooled as I used it, but it turned out fine. edit: several months later, these cases still look wonderful. the dye never wore off. UPDATE: Ive used the graphite color of this dye for several other projects. success varies depending on what material you use. the items that had a lot of nylon content worked really well, and so did one sweater that was 75% rayon. some socks that were 97% polyester did not take the dye at all. also, the projects where I was refreshing the color worked best -- for example: faded black clothes looked brand new after I refreshed them with graphite dye, but the white clothes I dyed turned out dark grey and slightly uneven. Im not surprised, but figured Id pass that on. basically, the more subtle of a change youre going for, the better. also, consider the fact that mixed materials are going to give you mixed results. for example, thread might not take the dye as much as the rest of the garment.

Easy to use

I have 3 expensive equestrian undergarments for sports that only come in rather ugly or very faded colors. So far I have dyed two of them, one navy blue and the other teal. They took the dye so well! If I could do it over, I wouldnt have dyed them so dark. Lighter of both would have been even better, but past experience with dyes has always been not enough that remained. I used salt and vinegar with both, dont know if thats why it dyed so well. Now I can wear like-colored pickleball tops and not have to worry about straps showing, YAY! Cant wait to dye the last one pink.

Dye worked super well for getting the color I wanted on my horses shoes. It took a while longer than the purple to get a good concentration of color in the plastic, but it came out EXACTLY the color I was hoping for. Threw some socks in afterward too and they turned out great as well. Best part, I can probably do 3 or 4 batches with just theb1 bottle!

We dyed multiple items! All the items came out super teal and beautiful!!