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Archive for February, 2012

Question by Rosey G: Chemists: What should I do?I washed a garment in shower cream and the dye started to come out a whole lot. ?
What should I do for a mordant effect. If I use salt do I have to boil the garment. Someone told me use vinegar. What is best and why please explain? I’m so afraid that all the color brightness will be ruined if more dye keeps coming out each time a I hand wash it.

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Answer by Paula B
Looks like you have a garment that was dyed with a bad dye. Do not try mordanting the dye with salt or vinegar. First, because neither salt nor vinegar works as a mordant, and second, because it’s way too late to use a mordant now anyway.

The shower gel most likely contained an ordinary detergent such as sodium lauryl sulfate, with mild acids similar to vinegar added to make it pH-neutral. If pH is involved in any way in your problems, than the answer is to increase the pH with washing soda, not decrease it with vinegar.

You can buy a commercial dye fixative which is at least a hundred times more effective than salt or vinegar. It’s called Retayne. Sometimes you can find it in a good quilting supply store or fabric store; if not, you will have to mail order it from any good dye supplier. Rit has recently introduced their own brand of this product, called Rit Dye Fixative; if you can find this product, use it.

If you can’t find Retayne, then what you’re going to have to do is wash the garment repeatedly, in the washing machine or by hand, with laundry detergent, in the hottest water the garment can stand, until all of the poorly attached dye is done coming out. This is a step that should have been performed by the manufacturer of the garment!

Then, if the brightness is gone, use a good dye to rejuvenate the color, unless it is made of undyeable synthetics. Your choice of dye depends completely on the fiber content of the garment. If it is cotton or rayon (viscose), use fiber reactive dye, such as Procion MX dye, Dylon Permanent Dye, or Dylon Machine Dye. Avoid all-purpose dyes such as Rit or Tintex unless you are dyeing a blend of cotton or rayon with nylon or wool.

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Question by : How do I remove a red dye transfer stain on a dry clean only garment?
73% Cotton, 24% Viscose (a polyester?), 3% Spandex. Lining of 95% Polyester and 5% Spandex. Have to do this at home. Please help!
wow. wrong again, but thanks for playing! turns out simple rubbing alcohol lifted the dye right out without discoloration or damage to the imported fabric! score!

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Answer by saaanen
You can’t. Some things are better left to pros.

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Question by Karoleeeena: TIE DYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
what do you add to it? I don’t have the instructions, its the small circular containers ( dylon)
9 pagoda red
34 olive green
33 kingfischer
what do i add to them

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Answer by W. W
You ad water based on how much color you want to be absorb. Less water means darker richer color. If I remember correctly, each little container makes about a gallon to get the intended color, but you can add less or more water based on what intensity you want.

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Question by KT: I’m trying to make tie dye shirts…How do I make homemade dye?
I heard there was a recipe using acrylic paints…I already own those, so if at all possible I want a recipe or dye guide on how to make dye using these paints. Thanks!
heard there was a recipe using ACRYLIC PAINTS…I already own those, so if at all possible I want a recipe or dye guide on how to make dye using these paints. Thanks!

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Answer by nekkidlarry
use fruit. blueberries,strawberries,

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Question by gdluver: Do you have any ideas on how to make cool tie dye shirts?
I tried making tied dyed shirts and i couldnt get a cool design. HOw can I get really cool ones???

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Answer by j3thr0s
Is it possible to have a shirt that is both tie-dye, and cool?. I would’ve thought that was impossible.

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Question by Rach: Any good tips for making homemade tie dye shirts?
me and my friends are getting a tie dye kit at Michael’s and i scared we are gonna mess it up? please help!

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Answer by strawberry
well just pick your favortie colors

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Question by jdslkjf;dsa: how do you tie dye shirts without he color bleeding?
like shirts that have white on them, how do you wash them so that the dye doesnt go into the white places ?

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Answer by aliceticity
Wash them in sodium carbonate before dyeing.
Then, let the dye set overnight on the shirt while the ties are still on.
After that, wash everything with a LOT of running water. It will seem like all the dye is running away, but enough of it will be chemically bound to the shirt so that it will stay the color you want it to be. The white spaces will stay white.

Edit: And don’t put too much dye on. Capillary action will make it “bleed” around. The first color to touch an area will also be the one that binds to it.

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Question by kctoots: How do you tie dye canvas shoes like converse?
i really want to tie dye some chucks and i dnt know how. if you have step by step instructions that would be great. links are ok and im looking mainly for people who have done it before. also, did it work, did it look good, and if you have a picture, i’d LOVE that
thnx

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Answer by Elizabeth
um idt that its possible and believe me ive tries before. instead try splatter painting them it comes out rlly cool!!

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Question by <3 the Thin White Duke: How do you make Tie-Dye Shirts? I need help!?
I was planning to make some home made tie dye shirts but Google has let me down and i am unable to find a reliable source. Some guides say to use soda ash, while others said to just use salt. Most sites i found only showed you how to make different designs instead of what you will really need. If anyone could help me out that would be great!

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Answer by Chenjin
www.cheaper-than.com
yes, but only because i shopped at their store before, so i knew my exact size and how it fit.

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Question by Krissy~Tina: How can you make homemade dye so you can Tie-dye shirts??
Me and my friend want to tie-dye a shirt but we don’t have any dye to tie-dye with. Can you help us?? How can we make dye so we can tie-dye??!! Please Help!!!
if you tell us to use like food coloring or anything else do we add water to it or just use the food coloring without water??

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Answer by Greg C
food coloring ,don’t know if it’ll hold up in the washing machine though. It may stain other clothes, but so does rit dye.

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