Dyeing Dying didnt work, help?

Hello everyone! Last weekend I tried to dye a doll (Guu Doll 68 cm body). It did not go well. He came out super blotchy and uneven. I don't know why. The same pot of dye turned my practice head (Doll Family Baan) a gorgeous shade, no blotching or marbling. I did post in the main dyeing thread, and got no answers so I'm hoping someone here can help. I'd like to try again this weekend if anyone has any ideas.

Here is the post I made there for more info. Sorry I am too lazy to re type it all.

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Alright guys I need some help...I tried to dye my doll this weekend and it was a disaster. Super marbled and the color wasn't right. The color was still an acceptable shade, but it wasn't quite as dark as I wanted it to be. It was perfect on my test doll, but then I went to dye my actual pieces and it was just off. The test head is normal skin and the actual doll is white, but I don't feel like that should make such a difference. The practice one is almost white already. To answer a few questions I know will pop up:

I washed the doll twice. All pieces, once with dish soap about a week and half before the dyeing then again right before I gave them a good rinsing.
I soaked the pieces for 4 minutes each. The color didn't seem to get any darker after about 2 and a half minutes.
I rinsed each piece as soon as they came out of the pot. Straight from the pot to the sink, less than ten seconds.
I used a fish net for the smaller pieces.
The rest of the pieces were strung on string, and i made to swish all of them around to make sure the dye was staying mixed.
Temp stayed right at 200 the whole time.
They never touched the sides or the bottom of the pot.

Here are some pics of the pieces I did before I realized it wasn't gonna work and gave up. There's a lot, so spoiler.

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Here is the worst one:

A before and after of the color. Some of the pieces weren't too bad but...none of them came out how they should.

And just some general pics of how awful they came out. Looking at them on my computer I can see they don't look bad, but they are very marbled I promise.:




The practice head itself, not the head cap, is the color it was supposed to be. And its not marbled. Its perfectly smooth and even color. Sorry I didn't grab any pics of them together. The actual doll pieces were quite a bit more yellow.

Ok that is all I got. In my frustration I wiped the pieces already, sorry. I can say acetone gets rid of dye really well though. Just swishing it around in a container for like 30 seconds works miracles. So that's good at least. Anyway. Anyone have any suggestions? Or know what I did wrong? Any help is much appreciated. I really want to get him dyed the right color. Please feel free to ask any questions.

Thank you so much for looking! Hopefully someone will be able to help so I can get my boy the right color.

 

So I should restring him and play with him a bit? Im ok with that. I do miss him lots. That could be it. I have had that body less than a month, whereas my practice head I've had for a few years now. And a lighter dye bath? So make a dye bath the right color then pour out half of it and fill it with more water? I can try that. Or I could just halve my measurements for the dyes I use. That would probably be easier lol. Will I need to keep him in longer if I do that? He didn't seem to get any darker when I kept him in longer. Thank you for the tips!

 

@AirimirOfGondor Ok cool. I think I will string him back together and play with him for a few weeks and then try again with a diluted dye bath. Hopefully that works. Any ideas what to do if that doesn't work? Thank you for the help!

@meanae I used Rit Dyemore Chocolate Brown and Daffodil Yellow. 171 ml of the yellow, 51 ml of the brown in 8 qts of water if I remember correctly. It was originally to yellow, so I added in more of the brown.

 

@Rosslyn Oh thank you! So...if I am reading that correctly if I get blotches I can just use a magic eraser to get rid of them and redye it without redoing the whole piece? Is that right?