Does the white shirt need to be wet just before applying the dye?
1245017
Hi Jo, The kit comes with a packet of soda ash that you will mix with hot water and soak your shirt in for 20 minutes. The shirt should be dry before adding it to the soda ash. Once the shirt has soaked for 20 minutes you then wring it out and decide how you want your pattern to be and tie it up. Then start dying it.
1245018
Yes. You'll soak it in the (included) soda ash & wring it out. Then you'll apply the dye to the damp.
1245019
Yes, it has to be wet but not from water, from some product that's enclosed in the kit. Just watch the DVD (also enclosed) and they will walk you through every step.
1245020
Hi Jo,The kit comes with a packet of soda ash that you will mix with hot water and soak your shirt in for 20 minutes. The shirt should be dry before adding it to the soda ash. Once the shirt has soaked for 20 minutes you then wring it out and decide how you want your pattern to be and tie it up. Then start dying it.
1794794
Just to soak and dye the clothes not long maybe an hour or so, but it has to sit 24 hours with the dye on the clothing and then be washed out and dried. This is the best kit by far for tie dying by a long shot! I have experimented with a lot of kits and I love this one!
727905
No. I read the label and it is hazardous on skin and says to avoid getting it on clothes. You are supposed to spray it on a surface and let it dry before coming in contact with it. If you pour it in the laudry it won't work. If you need to treat your clothes for a specific reason, maybe spray them first and let the benzarid dry to kill off the stuff before throwing them in the wash? Hopefully it won't impact the colors or damage the fabric.
447451
Most likely not. Make sure to let the transfer paper sit to allow the ink to dry completely (almost never a problem, but just to be safe) before you transfer it to the shirt. I've also heard to let the shirt sit out for 24hrs before washing it. Use a very mild detergent, turn the garment inside out, and wash with cold water, or on a "cold-cold" setting. Wish you all the best luck!
1794793
It is a long process and not especially suitable for a craft night if you want them to take home a finished product. That was my original intention too. You have to wash shirts first. Rubberband them up. (Watch the video to decide on design) Soak in a solution for 20 minutes. Apply the dye. Put shirts in plastic bags and leave overnight or longer. Then rinse excess dye out. Take off bands. Then wash. The kit is great and the shirts turn out really nice. But i only got about 8 shirts, not 15, and it takes a couple days to finish.
1327190
My wife washed one of ours with my white shirts, all of my shirts have a green tint to them. Since then we have bought 3 more, I washed all three before we used them. I've never had any after washing bleed into any of my clothes.
1178997
Yes, indeed. You should use it with a humid brush on the stain zone. And then let it dry.
1296177
No, it did not stain anything, but I don't think anybody was wearing white. I would not use it in doors for the same reason I would not use silly string indoors, it's kinda got a wet feel to it and it will stick to your walls. If you have white walls it will leave a slight wet look where it landed for about two days. I let some dry on the baseball cap we had the camera attached to for a week and I had to rub it to get it off but it came off just fine. We do a silly string fight every year for both my kids birthdays and this stuff is identical to silly string (in all ways) at half the price.
1656611
It takes some time to dry off and then it sticks well. Just avoid wearing white immediately.
115595
I have a white Westiepoo and I have never experienced the dye running. Never an issue!
1930210
It's not going to work very well. The clothes need to be soaked overnight for the best results. If you're willing to risk your washing machine and possibly have dye stuck in there for an unknown number of washes then you could try, but I don't find it keen. Plus I doubt the colors will hold in the fabric very long for whatever you're trying to dye. Additionally, it may be counter-intuitive to use the washing machine since the salts may become separated from the fabric in a machine-controlled cycle and the salts are what help to bind the dye to the fabric so you really want the salts clinging to the fabric instead of being shaken off violently in a wash cycle.(It also won't even be good to use the washing machine to rinse the clothes once they're done soaking in dye, either, because that's a huge waste of water as rinsing the dye takes forever and a wash cycle will never be as thorough as using your hands and a water hose.)I would say just grab a big tub and do it the old-fashioned way. Much more fun.
1685544
Wash it alone right away first! I bought blue, washed it cold, and first time the water looked like dyeing easter eggs. The second time, there was only a little color bleed. mike
616464
If you let it dry and wait a while before getting dressed it will not stain.
2228196
You can wash the item after you make it. I have a tee-shirt I did over a year ago that still looks good. It's faded a bit, but hey-it is tie dye.
1165528
To get a good price you have to sacrifice detail! I did it for only 5 minutes and rinsed with water. Used it 3 times and haven't needed to use it since. Still White
208645
No...pre-soak for 5 minutes before adding laundry detergent. I fill my machine with hot water and start the agitation to make sure it is mixed in the water well. I then add clothes and let them agitate for 5 minutes. I return to dial to the beginning of the wash cycle, add laundry detergent and softener and wash as usual. That first 5 minutes is what pulls out those stains; the rest of the wash is to clean and soften the articles of clothing.
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I think with a lot of scrubbing it'll get it light lavender, which will probably work for colored clothes or clothes with patterns. But it'll still be noticeable on white. For that you might try hydrogen peroxide, or bleaching, or give up.