Tye dying for beginners

1. By Kiarni

2. What you will need:
• 100% (Percent) Cotton
T-shirt
• Rubber Bands
• Buckets (4Minium)
• 2 or more colours of
fabric dye
• Latex Gloves
• Setting Agent

3. • Fill 1 bucket half way
with hot water, then
add 2 table spoons of
setting agent to the
bucket of hot water and
stir until setting agent
has dissolved.

4. • Use 2 more buckets and
fill them with normal
cold water. Add 1 table
of one colour dye to
each bucket of cold
water and stir. (Try to
use colours that will go
together to avoid the
colours turning brown)

5. • Lay shirt on a flat
surface and decide
where you want your
design centre to be.

6. • Grab the part that you
want the design to be,
and tie a rubber band
around the piece of
fabric. (Make sure the
rubber band is really
tight to avoid the dye
running.

7. • Continue step 5 to
make your chosen
design.

8. • Once finished with the
rubber bands start
dyeing. Place your T-
shirt in one of the dye
baths and let it soak for
20 minutes.

9. • Once the 20 minutes is
up, add 2 cups of the
setting agent to the dye
bath with your t-shirt in
it. And then let it soak
for another 10 minutes.
(The longer you let it
soak, the more vibrant
the colours will be)

10. • After 10 minutes is up,
place the parts of the t-
shirt that hasn’t been
dyed into a different
coloured dye bath, and
let it soak for 20
minutes, before adding
2 cups of setting agent
and stir, then let the
shirt soak for 10
minutes.

11. • When you have finished
dying your T-shirt, rinse
the T-shirt until the
water runs clear.

12. • Lay your T-Shirt on a flat
surface and remove the
rubber bands. After
removing the rubber
bands rinse the T-shirt
again, to get any
remaining dye out.

13. • Use a coat hanger, and
hang your shirt up to let
it dry. (Be careful some
dye can still be in the
shirt. So try to hang it
outside or on concrete)

14. • Wallah! You have
yourself a homemade
Tie dyed T-shirt that
looks amazballs.