Maybe keep the huge dye bench (model) to craft dyes (and to dye full set of armour in same time).
And add small barrel size low level “washbasin” to use dyes (loot bottles) to dye single armour piece.
Maybe even add more dyes to loot which can be washed away into “factory settings” in this new “washbasin”.
This might give dye some value and doesn’t clutter your base if you don’t want to craft dye but just use looted or traded ones?