Has anyone dyed patio chair cushions?

[calips]

This is my latest project idea. They are a blah putty color and get stained easily. They are nice cushions though. What to dye them a vibrant blue.

They are not removable however so is have to submerge the entire cushion.

I'm almost ready to toss them because of the way they look so willing to take a risk.


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[TBM]

Patio cushions usually have a coating on them and/or are made of fibers that will not dye easily.

[sierramist03]

I'd probably make a new cover for them but I can buy outdoor fabric at a local store for cheap

[littlemisssunshine]

Outdoor fabric is probably not dyable. Its mostly likely a synthetic fiber that has a special coating on it. I would just recover them. Look a the clearance section of fabric.com, they usually have some cheap options.

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Apr 16, 2014 17:33:30 GMT -5 TBM said:

Patio cushions usually have a coating on them and/or are made of fibers that will not dye easily.

This and even it worked I have a feeling the sun would fade them in about 3 seconds.

[eponee]

Do what YHL would do and spray paint them! J/K

[calips]

Boo


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[auntie]

Apr 16, 2014 17:46:06 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

I'd probably make a new cover for them but I can buy outdoor fabric at a local store for cheap

This is what I'd do. 

I swap out my mom's cushions most years. She has a set in MD that are all white, blue and yellow for her 3 season porch and a set that is more "tropical" on her lanai (what the locals call the 3 season porch in FL) in FL. I use Sunbrella fabrics which go on 1/2 price sale at Joann Fabric or I get them on 4th Street in Philly/.

I put zippers in them so they can be laundered- the MD set has piping as well. I used to plastic cording to combat mildew. My mother did a super easy cover in FL when she moved in. She didn't have a machine available, so she bought brightly colored fleece and cut it into pieces about 6" larger all around than each cushion- 2 per cushion. Then she gathered the corners into knots with hair ties. She used different colors together- they were adorable. And they were easy to take apart and launder.