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Question by Say something sweet.: Is there a way to tie-dye t-shirts without using boiling water?
My mom won’t let me tie-dye because she thinks it’s dangerous, because of the boiling pot of water required to dye the shirts. Is there a different way to approach tie-dying shirts without using boiling water? Can you show me a website or step by step instructions on how to do this?

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Answer by Justin
there should be kits at your local hobbies and craft store that doesn’t require boiling water.

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Question by Dior: if I dye a garment using Rit dye or something similar, will the dye bleed onto my other clothes?
How do I know if it will bleed or not? Do I need a comercial colour fixiative like Retayne?

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Answer by shutuppauface
Yep on all counts.

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Question by Som-el: How do I dye a garment using tea bags?
A friend suggested this for a ‘manilla’ off-white color with no expensive dyes or unnatural ingredients. She said to leave it in the water for a few days, but I can’t remember if I need to add anything else (vinegar maybe to set the color?) to the solution.

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Answer by (:♥TayLee♥:)
Hands on – Tea dye
Use this dye to colour fabrics, or to dye white lace dark ivory to give it an antique look. Great for costumes!
What you’ll need
10 tea bags
2 pints water
Large stainless steel (not aluminium) saucepan
Wooden spoon or plastic stirring utensil
Sieve
Container to collect dye ..

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Question by califronia: how do you avoid colors blending together when washing tie dyed shirts using RIT dye?
when tie dying, i used RIT dye, but not the powder. we rinsed the shirts on cold in the washing machine shortly after dying them, which the directions on the bottle said was fine. the colors all melded together and made one big purple mess. how can we avoid the colors melting together on the shirts?

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Answer by gingergray78
There are 2 ways in my opinion.
One way is to get a large bottle of vinegar, the type you use to make pickles. Put it in a bucket, or put a stopper in your kitchen sink and put it in there. Then just drop a shirt in, squeeze and ring out, then rinse it out. It helps keep the color in. Then you can wash it.

Also, you can put a stopper in your sink, fill it half way up with cold water, and add ice cubes. Then take your shirts “rinse” them out. Move them around, squeeze, etc etc. Then ring them out, and you can wash them. It does pretty much the same thing as the vinegar, but not as strong. It is up to you

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