Wigs How to dye silk wigs?

If it really is silk fiber from a silk worm rather than plastic, man -made fiber, silk can be dyed using acid dyes.

Dharma's has some that can be used on nylon fiber as well.

Dharma Acid Dyes

 

Yes, you will just need to let it sit for a day, or maybe even two. If the dye you pick still has to be mixed, mix the crystals with boiling water to fully dissolve them in a small bowl. Let this cool some, till you feel it is safe to pour on what you want dyed, then add cool water so the fiber part you want colored is covered by water plus dye mix, then let sit for two days.

 

Also could try this method, less control of how the color lands perhaps, but very easy method, and awesome:

 

Silk itself should be reasonably heat resistant--it's a protein fiber and can be heat set like regular hair, albeit at a lower temperature since it is very fine.

I'd really recommend taking a strand of fiber from the wig and doing a burn test on it first--if it melts and blobs up, it's a synthetic fiber and acid dyes will not work on it. Burning silk gets kind of powdery and smells a lot like, well, burning hair.