Using gloves hold it under the surface until the air leaks out and will sit on the bottom of your dyeing vat unattended.
Marbling in tie dye.
If you want your shirt to have a light design with some white still visible use your dye sparingly.
Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water.
Drip dye colors all over.
Working quickly so your polish doesn t dry place a plastic bag on top of your nail and using your finger gently tap and smoosh it until the colors blend.
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This is a collection of vj clips i created in jan 2014 to use for vjing out of marbled tie dye enamel.
Scrape off excess foam.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
Soda ash is a dye fixer that i highly recommend.
Use 1 2 cup of liquid dye for every 2 gallons of water.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
Untie the shirt and add it to the sudsy water allowing it to wash the entire cycle.
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Do not soak the entire shirt with dye.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
Using soda ash water will help your dye to bind well with the fabric for high quality results.
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The floating paints are swirled into patterns.
Soak your clothes for 30 minutes in soda ash water wearing gloves stir in 1 cup soda ash per 1 gallon of water.
Total project cost 16.
Drop in your tied shirt.
Once you remove the plastic you ll have.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Then you capture your design by laying a treated piece of fabric or paper down on top of the paint to transfer the swirls to the fabric.
Fill the machine with cold water and add a tablespoon of detergent if only one shirt has been dyed and up to 1 4 cup for a full load of shirts.
Tie dye marble basics the key to achieving a colourful and intriguing design when using a marble tie dye technique lies in the saturation of the dye.
It is that easy.
Mix in 1 4 cup of salt.
Non ionic detergents are a less reactive cleansing agent used in the tie dying process to help remove any excess dye.