Any way to salvage a very discolored Maya wrap?

[MamaHippo]

My Maya wrap started out a lovely sage green color. After DS decided he was too big for it, it was laid in a spot where i forgot about it for a good while :, and unfortunately it got quite a bit of sun exposure. The color is now a pea-soup shade with yucky yellowish splotches. It really looks quite gross. Now we have a new baby coming and I LOVED my Maya, so I want to use it again. Is there a good way to dye the woven fabric? I was thinking I could overdye it with a darker green and make it a hunter or emerald shade. Will the open weave of the fabric be an issue with dye? I have tie-dyed baby clothes before, but only with a very basic kit.

Help!

[MidgeMommy]

I'm all for RIT dyeing it and just remembering to wash it by hand. Open weave shouldn't be a problem....

[pbjmama]

I'm not sure about dyeing but I wanted to make sure you know about a possible mayawrap recall
http://www.mayawrap.com/ring.php

hopefully your wrap isn't at risk and you dye it and it comes out beautifully!

[MamaHippo]

Yes, I've checked it and its not part of the suspect type.
Can I remove all of the color with the RIT color remover and redye it in another color, say, purple?

[ma2maya]

You can use the RIT color remover to lighten a bit but it will not take out all the color.

You could then overdye it but not with RIT dye. The stuff is pretty worthless and a huge hassle/headache down the road.
Use the fiber reactive dye like you did with the tie-dye kit. Most better art supply stores(aka not joans or michaels) carry a small selection of the Jacquard brand MX dye. Or you could purchase some from Dharma trading Co. or Prochemical and Dye.

B/C you will not get all the base color of green out it will affect the final result of the purple which may have a slight brown result. Though maybe not too bad depending on how light the base shade is. Blue over the green could give you a pretty sea green maybe a bit more to the blue spectrum.

I suggest using the Low-water immersion method.

Kathy

[MamaHippo]

thanks for the great advice! Do I need to take the metal sling rings off before working with it, ie will the dye react with the metal to cause staining or such?
I've got such a lust for a light lavender sling, but just can't afford to buy onenew.. was hoping to be able to redye this one, but I'm thinking now that i will try to do the color remover and then overdye with blue, to make the sea-green.

[ma2maya]

The rings won't react so no worries there.

Kathy