How to Dye Your Sneakers: A Quick & Easy Guide 

Facts

It's almost perfect. The only things missing are suggestions about the dye and international measurement system

It’ll help it bond better I sssume??

@@mrrj44 exact same thing I was going to ask..

@@mrrj44 correct

how much?

it depends on the material you're dyeing... if you're dyeing wool sneakers like Allbirds you want to use an acid based dye and then either vinegar or citric acid as the mordant (fixative) ... Glauber salt can act as a leveling agent. if it's a plant based material you need a fiber reactive dye and an alkaline mordant. for polyester... you can use various brands of dye but they have to say for polyester and I don't recommend it because it's nasty AF. I dyed polyester one time and that was my last time lol. the fumes were terrible. it's basically plastic. lol.

^ this dude said "die".

Woofer Gram i don't think you understand the comment you just read

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I dont think it's a mixed drink bro

Yeah, I'm in Africa too 😔

@ambii’s playlist not my part 😔

Lol what

@@Bongarelli wr d u stay

@Miles Sujanto huh

THIS is what I came here for! Thanks so much!

wait what.. the Outsole?? or.. i hadn’t seen anyone use vaseline this is new to me

@@27bktd Yes, you can spread it along the rubber and the sole won´t get stained. Use a genearous quantity, and make sure it doesn´t get in contact with the parts of the shoe you want to dye. In my case I used tape to separate the sole from the fabric and removed it after applying the vaseline

You are a hero ily

But the tape won’t adhere to the sole if there’s Vaseline on there. How does that work?

Do you know how to make them darker? been wanting to dye some shoes forest green

@@TehChildish from what i’ve seen, leaving them in for a longer time will make the color longer. closer to a day than just an hr. but that’s for leather shoes

@@TehChildish more dye ........ erm

@@TehChildish add tea spoon of black

@@TehChildish try hair dye, or sharpies and spray with alcohol (if you don’t want streaks).

Hi Highsnobiety dev!

Dario Hassankhani what? I appreciate it. They cover so much but it's all in the same ball park. So it suits everything I like

N3bur _ what?

Dario Hassankhani those are your negative opinions, I didn't hear anything you liked. Which confuses me as to why you still watch the videos and scroll through comments if you hate it so much. But it suits me, because I don't usually take ideas or follow every move of hype. But every once in a while I like to tie my ideas with videos like this. They do a good job of promoting creatives which is why I stay here.

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big fact

Yeah but these don’t look like total ass

did hes kicks invent fabric dye? lmfaooo okay

These look like shit

it depends on how synthetic (fake) the material is. 100% cotton will accept a lot of dye. plastic will not.

Dude...I tried this method on my red flyknits...ugh. Don't waste your time. Guess I'll be spending more money on paint.

It just happened during the shoot, the dye bonded to the mid-sole!

Royal Tim it’s because it wasn’t white to begin with. You probably need to remove the already added dye

tape

will come off in hot water

@@shawtyshorts lol got em

masking glue. look it up. its like liquid masking tape in a paintable glue substance. would probably protect pretty well. and it peels off. might work....

Waterproof tape

Thank god I saw your comment lol, was about to do this to my white 550s, maybe not …

@@harryhelm9760 I've got a pair of New Balance sneakers that I'm selling for a great price! The soles are removable for wearing in the house.

Use masking tape to cover it

put some tape on

or rubber cement.

did it end up working?

@@Eramor my crap shoes aren't as crap as I thought! Ended up buying some cheap insoles since mine were wearing out. So still to be determined, sorry man lol

@@LemonyFresh2000 hey man at least you know the shoes you have right now are durable

I came here for this… someone above talked about applying Vaseline. Did you find any other methods?

But sometimes the dumbass dye is more expensive than the shoes

You have to bleach it first

I came across this video trying to find methods for dying the upper but with leaving the sole white. If you haven’t dyed already, someone suggested using Vaseline to block the dye. If you’ve already done it, I read on another website someone was able to use acetone, magic eraser pads, and dye remover. Rit has a dye remover (Walmart or craft stores have it with the Rit dye, fabric art section) and they made a thick paste with it to apply to the sole.

try to dye the whole thing then use acetone after

some guy u cant

Vaseline

use a lot of dye and leave them in for a day or 2

purple

Having them wet already helps with even absorption so the color is not splotchy.

did u ever find out?

They took away the thumbs down count on videos and now things like this happen. Flyknit threading could have a poly or waterproof coating (or random oil?). If you could find a way to submerge the upper in iso alcohol or something strong like everclear (it has no additives) and swish it around for 30 seconds to a minute, that should strip off any coating or anything. Then the dye will take better if that was the problem. Just be careful not to submerge any seams of the shoe that are held together with glue, as alcohol is a solvent. Alternatively you COULD soak a rag/sponge with alcohol and scrub the areas but unless you are incredibly thorough, that would probably be less effective. The toe you could probably get the inside AND the outside with the rag/sponge though.

probably not, but you can google it. acetone might work better with natural dye, not synthetic.

No. I did. Didn't work. I wonder if it's because all these videos are using brand new and ultra white sneakers

@@DanjerousCurvz11 nvm just seen this. if acetone didnt work iso wont either

are you familiar with the color wheel? google it

Katie Power no this is fabric dye

it will fade

Tape them I think

Vaseline parts you dont want to dye