Hey /diy/, Anyone here have any experience dying their own clothing?

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nope

I used it a few times. Works alright on wool and cotton; doesn't really soak into synthetic fibers. It'll fade after several washes. I think washing with cold water helps avoid this.

Tinting plastics doesn't work at all for me even though lots of people on the internet say it does.

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I used to tie dye shit all the time when I was a kid.

>tips

It depends what kind of dye you are using and the fabric.

Old fabric is best to use because it accepts the dye more. Lets say you are dying a white bedsheet, you will have to boil some water, throw the die in, put the lid on and let it boil for a bit.

As I said new fabric doesn't like to be dyed so make sure you are using used fabric or try to wash it several times to get it ready, you can use soap or not it doesn't matter. Just wash that shit.

Other than that it's pretty straight forward.

If you ar tie dying, don't use just rubber bands,

Get some yarn
A hypodermic needle
Plastic bags
Rubber bands
Whatever..

Take a plastic bag and attach it to the item with a rubber band, like put it over one of the ties, this prevents the dye from dying inside the plastic, then fill the hypodermic needle with a different colour and inject it into the plastic.

Substitute the rubber bands with yarn for softer colour effect.

Just experiment.

Heil Hitler.

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>>1105279
I forgot to mention, you can help set the dye by soaking it in vinegar after.

>>1105279
>>1105280
Also you will want to use the dye that you boil, the cold stuff sucks ass