Tie Dye

Homemade Gift Idea-tie-dye

This is a homemade gift idea we had some fun with a number of years. tie-dye clothing gift idea makes a fact in home well, because each one is unique, you can customize the colors, are fun to do, fairly easy and many people love to receive them. This could be one of those elusive homemade gifts that men would like. You can ask the tie-dye almost everything is cotton … Shirts, socks, clothing for children. Also There are many techniques to create unique designs.

Materials …

• Ritdye. This brand has worked very well, creating nice vibrant colors. I was not successful with another brand that came in bottles, jet, and the color was dull.
• Cotton clothing. Socks, shirts, children's clothing, anything made of cotton will work. I have seen examples of sheets and curtains too. Just remember to use the elements in by At least 60% cotton, 100% preference. mixtures will not be as vibrant polyester. Cotton is more than the item, the more vibrant the color will be. You can get a lot of cheap 100% cotton shirts to Michael.
• Rubber bands or string to tie the issue with. This creates the unique tie-dye effect.
• A 3-liter bucket for each color
• Rubber gloves
• Long wooden spoon not mind getting stained permanently
• Clothes or sponges for cleaning – again, badly stained permanently
• Something to cover the work surface such as plastic trash bags, because the process can be very dirty

Instructions:

There is a number of techniques for designs that can be found in Internet. Rit has a few pages of your website and seminars in ritdye.com "> in the techniques and tutorials.

1. Consider preshrinking the garment in the washer and dryer.
2. Prepare the dye bath (s) in accordance with instructions in the package Rit dye. Hotter water is the most vibrant color is.
3. Working from the lightest color to darkest color, immerse the garment in each bath for 5-7 minutes stirring occasionally. After each dive, rinse the garment.
4. After the last dye bath, rinse the garment in warm water and then water fry until the water runs clear.
5. Wash clothes in warm water and detergent and rinse with cold water.
6. Repeat step 5 once more without detergent. This is only for items not bleed your gift to recipients other clothes when washed together.
7. Let's hang dry and you're done.

Dude … now has some wicked-cool clothes to give away!

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