How to Fix My Dress?
By RedBurnet
@redurnet (1799)
United Kingdom
February 7, 2017 5:49am CST
I bought a dress last week at a second hand shop. It is a bright cerise colour with white polka dots and white stitching. When I've had a good look at it I see the pink dye has run into some of the dots. Is there any way to fix this or is it a lost cause? I was thinking about maybe putting a lighter pink dye over the whole thing and possibly disguising the dye run but I have no idea if this would even work. Does anyone on My Lot have any experience with this sort of thing? I should say I have already tried soaking the dress for half an hour and then washing in the machine and it is the same. Any help would be much appreciated.
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8 responses
@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
7 Feb 17
It's going to be easier for us to give you our ideas/opinions if we can see the dress.
I can't really visualise what it looks like..
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@redurnet (1799)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 17
@atoz1to10 That is an interesting idea, it would be fairly eye catching!
@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
7 Feb 17
@redurnet Thanks for putting up the picture of the dress. If I were you, I would buy the glitter glue and glue each white dot with glitter. (Glitter can be either white or pink).. I know it will take alot of your time but you will be the only one who has that dress... Hope my idea is a good one.. 
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Feb 17
I don't think there is much you can do unless you can find a color that you could dye the entire dress to cover the pink spots. But I don't think you can. Sorry!
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Feb 17
@redurnet .....Wish there were options.
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@Marilynda1225 (79742)
• United States
7 Feb 17
I'm of no help about solving your problem of the dye running into the dots. It's a pretty dress regardless
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
12 Feb 17
You could try washing it with a colour catcher. That might help.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
7 Feb 17
what kind of fabric is it?you might be able to do a dye over..
if it's cotton,you could try a color fast bleach and lessen it..
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