dye ran


Name: patricia
Message: I did tie dye, it came out beautiful, but when I washed it the next day, it all turn pink, what did I do wrong.

Either you used the wrong type of dye (such as all-purpose dye, which works very poorly if used without heat), or you used the wrong type of dye for the fiber (such as cotton dye for polyester), or you did not follow the instructions.

See http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/howtotiedye.shtml and http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/howtodye.shtml to see what you should have done.

On cotton, use fiber reactive dye, such as the PRO MX dye sold at http://www.prochemical.com . Don't forget the soda ash!

Posted: Sunday - May 16, 2004 at 12:34 PM          

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