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Making Fabric Less Shiny?

Making Fabric Less Shiny - shiny silver fabricI bought fabric to make a skirt and it's too shiny. It's for a play and the lights will make it even worse. How do I make the fabric less shiny? Please help.

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April 9, 20170 found this helpful

What does the back or wrong side of the fabric look like? Any chance that would work? Or put some netting or organza over the front.

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April 9, 20170 found this helpful

You can't change the shine factor of the fabric.

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Do you know what it's made of?

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April 10, 20170 found this helpful

Could you flip the fabric and use the other side?

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Hi Fred,
Here is a remedy from http://vintages 33-pt/pt-01.html
"Removing Shine.- Sometimes, in the construction of woolen garments, certain parts, especially seams and overlapping edges, become shiny or glossy from improper pressing. Also, as is well known, a woolen material that consists of hard or firmly twisted threads is likely to become glossy from hard wear. To remove the shine, first place over it a press cloth that is slightly damper than one needed for ordinary pressing. Then hold a hot iron very close to the press cloth, but not on it, keeping the iron in one position long enough to allow the steam an opportunity to penetrate the fabric. Then lift the press cloth and brush the fabric briskly to roughen its surface a trifle in order to take away the shine.
Repeat this process until every trace of the shine is removed. Then, dry the steamed material thoroughly, holding the iron close enough to the press cloth so that the fabric will appear to have been carefully pressed, although the iron has not touched it."

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The hydrogen peroxide may also work but I'd try this first. The peroxide might bleach the fabric. A press cloth is a clean cotton cloth that has been slightly dampened. When you use a press cloth, the wool or suit fabric never comes directly in contact with the iron.
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I am not sure if it works because I have never tried but if you try it , you can try on a small section of the fabric?

Good luck!

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April 10, 20170 found this helpful

If it is polyester it may be impossible as Polyester is probably the most unpredictable "fabric" available.
Here is something that you might try - fabric softener. This is something that was done with a synthetic wig:

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