Tie Dye Techniques - Bullseye Tie/Dip Dye
Welcome to our modern, yet different Tie Dye recipes. This is not material for kids, it's more for grown ups that want to be cool without wearing the neon rainbow and prefer slightly subtler stuff. Today we are going to explain how to renovate a garment with a Bullseye Tie Dye technique, mixed with a Dip Dye.
Not sure if the colour suit you? T-shirt got stained and not coming down? Want something new but not really wanting to buy another thing? Well this is for you!
First thing first. Please get the right dye, which means that if the garment is more than 60% synthetic fibre (poly, nylon) you need the dye for synthetic fabrics. If your garment is more than 60% natural fibres (like cotton, wool, linen) you need to get the dye for natural fabrics.
The process of dyeing is pretty simple and we are going to explain it in steps.
- Get your garment, and lay it evenly. Pinch the middle and lift it. Now get your elastics and tie it like a sausage;
- Prepare you dye bath. Boil enough water to submerge the garment and add salt and a bit of dishwashing liquid soap. Add dye to the bath and mix well. I use half of a RIT bottle for a men's Large t-shirt;
- Now, instead of just throwing the sausage in the dye bath start from one extremity and dip. Keep moving up and down. Every couple of minutes submerge a bit more all the way to the other extremity.
- Once done, put the sausage under cold water and rinse till the water runs clear.
And it's done! Cool, but classy.
