Quote Originally Posted by Estellios View Post
While this is the correct technical reason why we have to wait for 2.0 for this, I need to correct you in that you do not lose materia if you dye an undyed item. You do lose materia, if you upgrade a piece of gear to be more specialized (for example, making Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves into Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves of Slaying will clear all materia on it).
Oh.
I am deeply sorry for the goof-up, then! I have actually been holding back on tossing materia on my dyeables in order to not loose it, good to know!