How to tie-dye a t-shirt

･ 1 Wash and dry your white t-shirt and lay it flat on your work surface. ･ 2 Prepare your dye according to the package instructions. ･ 3 CIRCLES To create tie dye circles, lay your t-shirt flat and pinch the cloth where you would like a……

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･ Find a place in your yard to tie-dye where nothing of importance could get stained. ･ Fill buckets with the designated amount of water. (The fiber reactive dye will instruct you on the correct… ･ Add the fiber reactive dye to your bucke…

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You do not need a kit. Hippies started this trend when the only kit known to man was a first aid kit. You will need a large bucket, rubber gloves, rubber bands, dye and a shirt. Review these instructions and then go to Walmart and buy the d…

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How do I get black streaks when making a tie-dye t-shirt without the colors running together?

Q: I want to make a rainbow colored tie-dye shirt with black streaks. I’m not sure how to get all the colors and the black on there without them all running together.

A: This may help:http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/tiedye/a/041601a_4.htmhttp://www.wildflowerdyes.com/howtotiedye.html

Could i use tape to keep a word white on a tie dye t shirt?

Q: I want to write “King” on a shirt im going to tie dye. Could i just tape it out and then dye it? or would the moisture just cause it to fall off? If it will, whats another way i could do this.. Thanks

A: No. Tape won’t do it. The dye will soak in to the fabric around the tape.Use melted wax. It’s how you do patterns when doing batik.After you’ve finished dyeing the fabric, take the wax out by hot ironing through paper towels (paper towel above and below) until all the wax is removed.

What’s going to happen to my tie-dye t-shirt when I wash it?

Q: I used RIT dye at a friend’s house when tie-dying a t-shirt, and I’m pretty sure that we did it totally wrong. We put the dye in boiling water and then dipped the shirt directly in there after tying it up with rubber bands. After dipping it into a few colors, we hung the shirts up to air dry. What’s going to happen to my shirt when I wash it, and how should I wash it?

A: Rit dye is not very good for tie-dyeing, unfortunately. You will need to wash your shirt only in cold water, by hand, separately from other garments, and yet you can still expect it to fade rapidly and bleed every time it gets wet.Boiling the dye in the water and dipping the shirts in it is the best method, if you hold the shirts in the boiling dye for half an hour or longer. You can hold the shirts in the boiling dye for as little as four minutes, if all you want is a pale pastel color, but bright colors take more time. Dipping for a few seconds is not very good. It takes extended heat to get Rit dye to attach to the fiber as well as possible.After you rinse your shirts in cold water, you can help to prevent further fading by applying a commercial dye fixative, such as Retayne or the new Rit Dye Fixative. There is no home remedy that can substitute for these dye fixatives. Neither vinegar nor salt will help to make the Rit dye in your shirts permanent. You can buy Retayne by mail-order from any good dye supplier.Next time you tie-dye, please do not use Rit dye! You cannot get excellent results with this inferior dye. Instead, next time, use a good fiber reactive dye, such as the Procion MX dyes that are used in all good tie-dye kits. You can’t buy good dye in the grocery store, but you can find it in most crafts stores and some fabric stores. Look for a tie-dye kit made by Jacquard, Dylon, Rainbow Rock, or Tulip. All of these brands of tie-dye kits contain excellent cool-water dyes that can be applied at room temperature, no boiling needed, and which will last for years without fading. All you have to do is use 100% natural fibers and closely follow the easy instructions included in the kit. Don’t buy the Rit tie-dye kit, because it contains low-quality dye that does not work well for tie-dyeing.