Tie-dyeing clothes?

[NuclearFusi0n]

I want to tie-dye a shirt and a bandana I have, but i have *no* idea where to begin. Is it expensive, and does anybody here have a how-to?

No "goddamn hippie" replies please.




...OK, one or two can't hurt...

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

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[HappyPuppy]

Tie your shirt and bandana up in knots and throw them in the washing machine. When the washer has filled with water pour in a cup of liquid bleach. Let it finish the cycle. Run it through another cycle with clean water to finish washing out all the bleach. Untie shirt and bandana, throw them in the dryer and viola, you have tiedied clothing.

No, I never wore that crap. I think it looks stupid and pretentious. 😀

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I think it looks stupid and pretentious. 😀

Especially on old fscks like us!🙂

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I think it looks stupid and pretentious. 😀

Especially on old fscks like us!🙂

Levi's, T-shirts and tennies are my clothing of choice. Unfortunately my employer doesn't think such attire is appropriate in the corporate world. 😛

 

[Slacker]

It is not expensive, but the "do it yourself" stuff fades badly when you wash them🙁

I made a shirt once that came out looking like it had a thousand faces on it, every time you looked at it you would find another one 😀

Here is a link http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/tiedye/a/041601a.htm but you can get what you need at any craft store.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Google is your friend.

 

[glen]

Well, you want inexpensive all cotton t-shirts:
Lofteez in Froogle

And you want Procion dyes:
Procion in Froogle

Procion color pallet


RIT dyes are easy to find at your local supermarket, but they produce dull colors that fade quickly in the wash and in the sun(UV light)

In order to get dye to "stick" to cotton, it needs to form a covalent bond. This happens much much better at high pHs. Go to http://www.dharmatrading.com/tie-dye/ and read and purchase everythiung you need. Don't kill yourself trying to figure out how to make Rit dye look decent. I never could. But, years ago, before the internet, Rit was the only die I knew about, so I spend way too much time and energy trying to get it to work. It simply won't. Pay the money, and use fiber reactive dyes and you will not regret it.

 

[stev0]

hippie

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: stev0
hippie

whore

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

glen, thanks for the dye info. I'll be sure to avoid RIT stuff.

up for more info 🙂

 

[amcdonald]

At the very least, it will cost you your dignity.

 

[thomsbrain]

what a goddamn hippie. 😉

i can't remember what kind of die you use, but you put it in hot water, then tie your shirt up into random bunches with rubber bands. then you dip a bunch into the die and let it soak a long time. it's cool if you dip an entire bunch into a light die, then later dip part of the same bunch into a darker die. then you get circles of different colors. we made tie-die once in a high school chem class for a "fun" day. my shirt was the coolest, of course. 😉 i'd actually like to start wearing tie-die, but with super-tight shirts. the hippies walk around with these lame baggy clothes all the time, but i think it could be cool if it was skin-tight and combined with more punk-style clothes.

 

[mpitts]

If hippies can do it, it can't be expensive or difficult.