tie dying question (another :D)

i have things i want to tie dye but i keep hearing about ash and stuff


i got a bunch of boxes of rit dye (its in powder)



now what do i need to do to prep the clothes and make everything ready for dying?

 

You need to soak everything in soda ash or somesuch I think.

 

i want to tie-dye my unides

 

http://tie-dyed.net/store/catalog/Soda-Soak-Method-sp-6.html

here you will find what you are looking for I hope

 

um.. sorry, but could you tell me what does unides mean?

 

She ment undies (panties)

 

Thank You little faerie!

 

4. In a cup of tap water, mix 2 or more teaspoons of Procion® MX dye. Apply the dye to the fabric using a squeeze bottle, paint brush, or sponge. Apply as many colors as you like, but do not over-saturate the fabric with dye as this may result in your colors running/bleeding together.


i can use the powder dye i have right ?

 

i wanna dye my UNDER-ROOS too!

 

i just dyed three shirts. It was really easy i just wraped some rubber bands around the shirts and dipped different ends into different colors and took the bands of and hung them up to dry. They look so cool! I did'nt need any ash or anything. They seem ok, they did'nt fade.
Sometimes its cool if you twist the shirt and then put the rubber bands on. Good luck

 

Dear loveflower, use whatever you want but listen to experienced lady: Don't use pen ink!!!!!

 

Things not to use when tie dying... anything that is listed on the back of the detergent box (gets out......) Hows that for advice

 

haha good advice

 

The ash helps the color stick, i think, but you don't need it. I did a couple with just rit dye over the summer and they turned out great.

 

oook.. well i already got all the rit dye..

why shouldnt i use it?

 

The soda ash in hot hot hot water preps the cotton for dyeing. Rit sells their own soda ash solution. I've gone both ways (stop it, you dirty minded person) and the treated cotton lasts LOT longer. I think we sent the last of my own tye-dyed tanks (circa 1993) to the thrift shop last year and they looked brand new.

edit: the COLORS looked brand new...

Back then I outfitted both my kids for late spring/summer/early fall with dyed tshirts/shorts/converse-style sneakers/hats for less than $30.00. Then they grew up and stopped wearing dyed stuff

 

i just got the best imagery of someone getting beaten with a carrot...

I dont trust rit. Doesnt seem of great quality