Enough dye will remain, well and truly bonded. All the dye you so lovingly applied will never bond with the fabric. The water might turn black! Fear not, this is normal. Take the shirt out of the bag! You can either take the bands off first, unwrap and start running the shirt under a cold water tap, or just run under the tap for a while and then take the bands off! BEWARE, if you have never tie dyed before you will be astonished at the amount of dye that pours out as you are rinsing. It's time to unwrap and discover your beautiful (we hope) creation for all to see. I love this part! This is the moment you have been waiting for. Once you "lose" or cover it up by mistake - it is changed to something else (either orange or green) and you can't get it back. Hint: Always put yellow - (or other light coloured dyes) on first. Do not leave any white spaces showing - the "white" is hiding within the folds! If you overlap the colours at the edges of each section you will get the other rainbow colours, i.e.
Do not wave the bottle around as you will make a mess! Dye the second third of the shirt fuchsia red and the final third turquoise.
To make the rainbow swirl shirt, imagine that your "pie" is an actual pie chart! Working from the centre of the shirt and holding the bottle low over the shirt, dye one third of the shirt lemon yellow. With these three colours you can make any colour you like. Just a note: When I tie dye I usually only use three colours, Fuchsia red, turquoise and lemon yellow. It's less messy, and easy to flip the whole thing over when dying the other side. Place your shirt "pie" on a couple of thicknesses of paper towels on top of a paper plate on your plastic protected working surface.
Jiffy shirts tie dye skin#
Hint: there is a product called Reduran, which can be purchased online from Dharma, which removes dye from the skin instantly, so you don't have to suffer "rainbow hand" syndrome! I have also purloined some of my husband and son's old white socks and cut them down to fit over the bottles, which helps stem accidental leaks! When I mix the dyes I make sure that the caps are on tight and I also wipe the screw top and bottle neck to avoid "capillary action". Also be ready with the rags to mop up spills. The dyes are harmless to your skin, but if you don't wear rubber gloves you will achieve red, yellow or blue dyed hands, which won't wash off (wears off in a couple of days - but can be a amazingly embarrassing!). So if you are not working outside please be careful. The dyes will stain your clothes, the floor, the walls, the ceiling, etc. You also need to wear old clothes, old shoes, etc. Something like a plastic table cloth will work fine. When doing the actually dying bit, you will need to cover your working surface with plastic. This "sizing" will prevent dye from bonding properly, and you may get a streaky effect.) (Note- if you use a brand new shirt, wash it first to remove the newness, which I think they call "size". The more liquid that you can squeeze out, the more dye will be able to get in! I usually spin my shirts on the spin cycle of the washing machine. The temperature of the water should be about about the same as a baby's bath! As the soda ash is slightly caustic you may want to wear rubber gloves at this point, especially if you have a cut on your finger - it will sting! After soaking, wring the shirt out thoroughly.
Do not use water that is too hot or too cold - and add a couple of tablespoons of common salt to the mix too!! Make sure the mixture is thoroughly dissolved before adding the shirt.
Follow the instructions given with the soda ash so that you have the right mix. To set the dye permanently, machine wash the shirt by itself on a delicate cycle without detergent.To enable the Procion dyes to bond with the shirt, you need to soak it in a solution of WARM water and soda ash for about 10 minutes. Then, take the shirt out of the bag and rinse it under cold water to remove the excess dye. Once the entire shirt is soaked in dye, place it in a sealable plastic bag and close the top. Add specific colors to different sections, or pour the dye randomly depending on how you want your shirt to look. Squirt the dyes onto different sections of the shirt and let it soak into the fabric. Next, place the bundled-up shirt in a large bowl. Put on some rubber gloves, and fill the bottles with different colors of clothing dye. The number of rubber bands you use will determine how many white streaks are in your design. First, bundle up the white t-shirt into a ball and wrap multiple rubber bands around it to secure it. To tie dye a shirt, you'll need a white t-shirt, 3 to 4 clothing dyes, 3 to 4 bottles with a drip nozzle, a plastic bag, and some rubber bands.
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