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Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. When using procion dye you will need to soak your items in a sodium carbonate solution before hand (for about 15 minutes). Soak your item in warm water and then put it on a machine spin to remove the excess water, so it's damp but not ringing wet.
Any combination of the primary style colours that make up a colour chart will work together she says, particularly neighbouring complimentary colours like pink and purple. If you want the dye to spread more with less white areas, don't put too many elastics on and don't tighten them too much. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Jess gives this kit a thumbs up for results; it doesn't need a soda ash soak and has a great range of 18 colours in pre-measured squeezey bottles. There's one big no no Jess sees happen again and again: "The biggest mistake that people make, is getting too excited, untying and rinsing it before it's set.Tie-dye Kits are a really quick, affordable and easy way to get everything you need but be careful as many don't use quality lasting dyes. Doing it outdoors makes the clean up easier and less risky, but indoors is fine says Jess; "You just need a plastic sheet for covering for your surfaces, wear an apron or old clothes and definitely avoid dying over carpet.
They open up it up, and it looks beautiful, and then they realise the next day that the dye has seeped because it's not had time to set, or the pattern disappears, and it turns into a big splodge. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.Failing to mix or shake your dye enough will leave lumps of powder which will show up on the fabric. TIP: You can also combine the different techniques on one item, for example a bullseye in the centre and scrunch allover the rest. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Better combinations for dark colours are stormy deep blues and purples, some of Jess's own favourite.