Can you dye dyneema

One of the local chandleries has a good quality 10mm spectra line that I can use for new spin braces, but the line is white. I already have too much white I just made a new gen halyard from this same stuff and would like the braces to be red or orange to make life easy on the scratch crew.

No chandlery in town has 10mm spectra in red or orange. So, I thought, why not buy the white and dye it? I've never tried this and a search here didn't bring anything up - so here's the question. Has anyone tried this? Did it work? Anyone know any reason NOT to try it dyneema dissolves in clothing dye? If spectra doesn't absorb water, how will it absorb dye?

I don't think it will work. I'd worry about it bleeding out in any case. Let us know if you try it. So maybe a lipid based dye? What is the waxy material that the halyards from APS come with on the shackle end? Seems that the spectra like material should be in a cover at the cleat anyway - I always use APS - creature of habit.

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Unfortunately, any fiber that is resistant to water is generally going to be impossible to dye. Cut resistance is unaffected by washing. It cannot be dyed with any dye that works on natural fibers. You can't dye polyester with all-purpose dyes such as Rit or Tintex, nor with acid dyes , direct dyes , or reactive dyes.