DYing......you know the colour sort ROFL

[maz]

Didnt know were to put this so hope its right

I bought the kids osme singlets from dimmies today and Nikolaus tell's me he would love me to dye some in a rainbow pattern.

How the hell do I do that?

give me a sewing machine and fabric and im in heaven.....this stuff scares the bejezzies out of me

Any advice will be taken onboard with much thanks

[Cheeky_Monkey]

Maz hon I still have Mateauz's sitting here waiting to post lol Yes I know, slack arse.

Get yourself some fabric dye from spotters etc. mix it up the way it says to lol
I use less water than suggested so the colours are brighter and more bold.

If Nikolaus wants rainbows then it's very simple to just squirt the colours over in stripes. Otherwise you can try tie dying etc.

[maz]

I got osme of those little dye silver things from SL.....so make them up with the salt and put them in strips over the fabric......do I let it sit then??? DO i wash once dry??

can you tell I have NFI hahahahah

[AngelPunks]

ok, you've got a few options

Option 1
use wax (batik) & elastic bands (tie dye) to mark off sections. As in wrap parts of the material up in elastic bands, to stop the colour being "taken up". Same idea with wax. Like the "tie dyed" stuff you see around (YouTube - tie dyeing shirts). You layer the colours, so use a light colour as your base and dye the singlet in that colour, let it dry, bind up or wax bits you want to stay the base colour, use a 2nd colour, remove wax/elastic bands, let dry, do the same with subsequent colours. With batik you can use the painting option (YouTube - Batik Painting)

Option 2
drip dye. Same as above for the first layer of colour, then for the 2nd layer (a slightly darker colour) dunk the top into the depth you want that colour to be, then do the same with subsequent colours - allowing each layer to dry.

Treat material as per instructions.

[Cheeky_Monkey]

Punks had some good suggestions.

I wrap mine in clingwrap and leave them overnight then rinse them until the water runs clear. Chuck them in the washing machine and dry

I like to simply spray it on the shirts in whatever pattern I feel like at the time. Whether it be stripes, spots etc.

There's lots of stuff on youtube if you wanted to look up the rubber band type.

[HotI]

what is the best dye to use? there were quite a few at Spotlight so want to know which brand name to go for. (another novice wanna be dyeing person)

ta!

[Chocaholic]

It depends on the fabric. Most dyes have a recommended material on them (or they did last time I did it).

Otherwise, I used easily absorbent fabric. Cotton is the best for me!!