I was dying some fine plate armor today and upon the combine of the Jar of Acid, Jar of Lacquer, Black Dye and Fine Plate Greaves; the greaves were not returned. On a failed dye attempt the armor should be returned undyed, only the lacquer, acid and dye should be consumed.
I will link the old thread of explaining the history of dyes along with the EQTraders page documenting this.
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ht=dying+armor
https://web.archive.org/web/20010413...cipes_dyes.htm