How do you tie dye shirts?

Question

what supplies do you need?

what are the steps of doing it?

Answer 1

I've tie dyed my clothes long time ago for art class and it's quite easy I must say. :)

I actually twirled the shirt/clothes that I am going to dye like you're gonna ring your towel and stuff and just twist it around until you can't twist anymore and make sure it's tight. After that, get a string or a yarn and just wrap it around and make sure it's tight because that'll make your design much better.

Once that is done, put it in a boiling water with the color of your dye not that hot though...and then.. leave for maybe 5 mintues or 10.. then cut the string/yarn... voila!

Answer 2

simple. you put them in dye. r****d :D lol jk idk but i know it;s really hard to make the designs

Answer 3

Things You’ll Need:

Measuring Spoons

100 Percent Cotton T-shirts

Salt

Heavy-duty Threads

Rubber bands

Clotheslines

Clothespins

Deep Cooking Pots

Rubber Gloves

RIT Clothing Dye (Different colors)

Step

1

Wash a 100 percent cotton T-shirt.

Step

2

Place the wet shirt flat on the work surface.

Step

3

Tie knots in the T-shirt, or twist it and secure the folds with rubber bands or heavy-duty thread.

Step

4

Mix 1/2 c. liquid dye (or 1 package powdered dye) in 1 qt. hot water. Dissolve 5 tbsp. table salt in the mixture.

Step

5

Let the mixture cool to room temperature.

Step

6

Put the entire shirt in the dye and let it soak for at least 20 minutes.

Step

7

Rinse the shirt in cold water until the water runs clear.

Step

8

Undo the knots and rinse the shirt again.

Step

9

Hang the shirt to dry, out of the sun.

Answer 4

go to the fabric store and buy several "RIT" die colors (they come in Small boxes).  Get a white COTTON T-shirt.  get it wet all over, but not dripping.  get several plastic squeeze bottles (one for each color of die).  put water with a lot of die in each bottle.  Now, with clean hands, take random sections of teh T and tie with a rubber band, some in the front of the T, the back, and even the sleeves.  The knots will determine the pattern on the shirt.  Now, take your wet T and begin squeezing die on various areas.  Don't be shy, especially around the knots.  once you feel you have covered enough area with the colors you want,  let it sit for a few hours.  Undo the knots and see the cool results.  the first wash should be with vinegar added. It will set the colors in and keep them from running.   Have fun, get more than one T so you can practice different designs.

Answer 5

tie it first and then dye it.

Answer 6

Diffrent  Colors of dye.

Lots of Rubber Bands

T-Shirts

You take parts of a T-shirt and wad it into a rubber band then dip it in diffrent colors of dye.

Let it dry and Wal La!!

Answer 7

Soda Ash : powder. $5 for 5 lb. use 1/3ish cup per gallon (16 cups = 1 gallon) of water. for single shirt I use 6ish cups of water so.... you don't need a ton of this stuff!. Some dyes (RYE?) come with soda ash in them. Procion does not.

n.b. The pool or hardware stores sell soda ash as sodium carbonate. Any pH upper will do! you want around pH 10 or 11 to fix "fiber reactive dye".

n.b. Arm&Hammer has a natural washing soda, sodium carbonate decahydrate, that contains water in addition to sodium carbonate, so use maybe 3 times as much.

Cold Water Fabric Dye : powder. $4 per little bottle (3 quarters (<--US currency) tall). 1 tablespoonish per shirt bag, will dye a second shirt, too. at least. I use Procion MX.

Some salt (tablespoon ish)

Some ziplock bags

Some gloves or plastic bags with rubber bands

A shirt or any kind of natural (cotton) fabric to dye.

Put the ratio of

1/3 ish cup soda ash powder

to

1 gallon water

in a zip lock bag.

You probably want to use enough water to cover the fabric.

Pour in the water, add the soda ash, close the bag and shake around, then add the fabric.

Let it sit half an hour.

This step matters. The soda ash prepares the fabric fibers to absorb dye. If you don't do this step the dye will fade dramatically in the wash.

Put the ratio of

1 table spoon procion mx powder

to

6ish cups of water. luke warm.

Also add

a tablespoonish of salt

in a bag or bucket. shake or stir.

Consult packaging for exact quantities. Though experimenting will provide you with more flexibility in the future. The packaging doesn't know your goals, anyway.

I often resort to a large zip lock bag, but the mop bucket is a more environmentally friendly container if you're not going to save zip locks (if you do save them make sure to label them as NOT FOR FOOD, especially if you live in a coop like I do).

Fold/rubber band/tye fabric if dying with a pattern. I like to scrunch it up to get the crushed look in the pictures. No ties or rubber bands-- the key to crushed is to let the bag sit still and not move the dye around. The uneveness of the soda ash, salt and fabric layering and squishing will give the crushed effect.

On the other hand, for even color use a bucket and stir consistently. You can even put a large load in the washing machine.

Put the fabric, eg a shirt, in the bag/bucket. Add more water if necessary to cover the fabric. Seal the bag (if applicable) and squish out the air.

I recommend using gloves to take out the fabric, both to prevent your hand from getting discolored or contaminated. If you don't have gloves use plastic bags with rubber bands over the wrists. Grocery store produce-bags work best.

Take out the fabric. Ring dry (back into the bucket if reusing). Put into a plastic bag and let sit over night. You might be concerned that your neat pattern will now dilute and disappear. In my experience the dye does not spread. This step does help strengthen the color.

Put in washing machine or wash bucket (one of those small hand powered washers is perfect for a wash/rinse of this sort). Wash. You probably don't want to use soap or wash with other clothes.

Hang dry. (You can use a dryer but why waste energy?)

n.b. - the dye will respond well to discharge paste (discharge pigment) and acrylic (screen) paint. There are many instructables on this topic, so if you've never tried this technique check it out. You can also screen/bleach/discharge before dying.

Answer 8

you go get some dye colors from a store

And then you take rubber bands and tie ur shirt w alot of rubber bands

then u stick it in the dye

Answer 9

For a wheel you pinch one bit of the shirt, pull on that and tie elastic bands around the shirt below it.

Some people put a marble or little stone in the pinch, some just hold a bit of fabric.

The longer length you tie with elastic bands or string behind your pinch, the bigger the wheel will be.

Where the bands or string is will be a white circle.

So the more binding the whiter the resulting wheel will be.

You can also dip the tip of the bound part in a different colour, so the wheel will be a different colour to the rest of the shirt.

If you fold the shirt in pleats, and tie them, you can design your patterns.

You can also tie, dye, untie a part and re-tie in different places and dye in a different colour or the same to make different shades.

Or untie completely, fold different and tie again, and dye that way.

Endless possibilities.

Answer 10

get a tie dying kit from a supermarket or store or something. then this should show u how!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLG6GHp01...

Answer 11

1. get a plain white tee

2. grab diff. sections of the tee

3. twist the diff. sections and put rubber bands to hold it

4. dip the diff. sections in dye

5. let dry for a bit untie the rubberbands

6. enjoy!!