Fill a stainless steel or enamel pot with just enough warm water for the fabric to move freely. Turn heat on medium. Remove fabric from water. Maintain a rolling boil and stir frequently for ½ to 1 hour. For uniform colour use constant agitation.

Pre-wet (or pre-wash) your jeans before you begin. Drying them isn’t necessary, it helps if they’re damp when you add them to the dye bath. If your jeans have a percentage of stretch, like elastane or lycra, the process doesn’t change. These stretch elements are usually less than 5% of the garment, so they won’t make a visible difference. However, if your jeans are a poly/cotton blend that’s greater than 40% polyester, you may wish to explore polyester dyes (either iDye Poly or Rit Synthetic) or a disperse dye designed for polyester fabrics. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. To finish, allow the jeans to run through an entire regular hot wash with detergent – then dry and you’re done!With any method, the critical thing to remember when dyeing jeans is agitation. Denim is a densely woven fabric, so the dye is already going to have a harder time penetrating the fibers than it would with, say, a loosely woven silk. Additionally, denim gets quite stiff when it’s wet which makes it harder to manipulate the fabric to ensure the dye is absorbed evenly. Dyeing jeans with any method will require a period of constant babysitting – stirring and manipulating the fabric in the dye pot to ensure it’s absorbed evenly. Make sure you’re using a pot that’s large enough for the jeans to swim freely, and make sure you’re wearing comfortable standing shoes (or you have a cushy foam rug to stand on) – you’ll be stirring and agitating for between half an hour to an hour. After this critical first hour, you can stir occasionally, but constant agitation is key for an even dye bath in the first hour.

Consider ‘overdye’.If you want to achieve colors with some fun textures and depth, try creating, say, a purple by dyeing your fabric red first and then blue. This often yields different results than mixing blue and red together and it can be gorgeous. PRODUCTS CARRIED: Airbrush Clear Extender Medium, Airbrush Clear Varnish, Airbrush Color, Batik Wax, Beeswax, Damar Resin, Dorland's Wax, Dye-Na-Flow, Encaustic Medium, Gutta Resist, iDye (Natural/Poly), Lumiere, Microcrystalline Wax, Neopaque, Neopaque Flowable Extender, Paraffin Wax, Permanent Water-based Resist, Removable Water-based Resist, Resistad, Soy Wax Extend the dyeing time by resetting the wash cycle before the rinse cycle begins. The longer the dyeing time, the darker the colour and better the fixation. We recommend 50 to 60 minutes of dyeing time. in some cases, you may choose to post-mordent a plant fiber with Alum at this stage, especially if the color is not already a deep chocolate brown. Follow the process in steps 3-4, using 4 teaspoons of alum per 100g of fabric, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of washing soda (soda ash). This is not required in all instances, but useful if you’re not seeing the results you want. For synthetic fibers, use iDye Poly, which is formulated specifically for polyester, nylon, poly/cotton blends, plastics, and more synthetic options. It can also be used for sublimation transfer techniques and to dye polyester threads used in commercially manufactured garments.PRODUCTS CARRIED: Droppers, Dye Bottles, iDye (Natural/Poly), Plastic Tips, Syringes, Transfer Paper PRODUCTS CARRIED: Basic Dye, Dye (Natural/Poly), Lumiere, Neopaque, Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments, YouCAN

Fill a stainless steel or enamel pot with just enough water for the fabric to move freely. Turn on to high heat. Remove your jeans from the pot, allow them to cool, and rinse thoroughly. Then wash with a pH neutral soap. Vorab: Ich verstehe die teilweise schlechten Bewertungen gar nicht und kann mir nur vorstellen, dass es Anwendungsfehler waren. Ich bin wie folgt vorgegangen: Ich habe warmes Wasser in einen großen Topf gegeben, beide Produktkomponenten aufgelöst und direkt die Bluse (100% Polyester) mit hinein gegeben. Den Herd aber ich auf die höchste Stufe gestellt. Als das Wasser anfing zu köcheln, habe ich die Temperatur auf 3/4 runter gestellt und alles eine Stunde köcheln lassen, während ich dauerhaft gerührt habe. (Zieht dabei am besten Handschuhe an und nehmt einen Kochlöffel, den ihr danach nicht vermissen werdet.) Anschließend habe ich die Bluse ganz normal bei 40 °C gewaschen.

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Rit recommends using twice the usual recommended amount of dye for the weight of your fabric, and doubling the recommended time it spends in the dye bath, as well as using the post-dye Color-Stay Dye Fixative. Supplies: Pre-wash your jeans using detergent. If they’ve been worn, use a stain treatment to lift any stains as these may cause your garment to dye unevenly. Let your jeans dry. Step 2: Calculate how much dye you need PRODUCTS CARRIED: Acid Dye, Airbrush Color, Basic Dye, Camo Tie Dye Kit, Cochineal, Color Magnet Dye Kit, Concentrated Vinyl Sulphon, Dye-Na-Flow, Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit, Glitter Body Art Kit, Hoop Painting Fun Bag, iDye (Natural/Poly), Indigo, Indigo Tie Dye Kit, Jacquard Screen Ink, Jacquard Screen Kits, Jagua Temporary Tattoo Kit, Jewel Tones Tie Dye Kits, Large Tie Dye Kits, Lumiere, Lumiere 3D, Marbling Color, Marbling Kit, Mehndi Henna Kit, Neopaque, Pearl Ex, Piñata Alcohol Ink, Procion MX, Silk Colors, Silk Colors Kits, SolarFast, SolarFast Starter Kit, Super Fast Acid Dye for Wool, Textile Color, Versatex Screen Ink, Versatex Screen Kit

Set your machine to its hottest, longest wash. If there’s an eco setting available, you can use this as it will cycle the same water through the machine instead of draining and using fresh water, which will prolong the time your fabric is in the dye. Add all ingredients – the dye and the salt, along with the jeans – to the washing machine at the beginning of the cycle. Maintain the temperature and stir frequently until the dye is absorbed. You’ll want to pay extra attention to the dye bath (agitating constantly and monitoring the temperature) for the first hour, but after that you can taper off, turning down the heat and stirring less frequently for a few hours. You can turn off the heat and allow it to sit overnight if required. Jeans are quite a mission to stir when they’re wet – the fabric gets stiff and tends to crease, so be sure to pay extra attention to ‘spreading out’ the jeans in the water and making sure they’re submerged. Step 7: Remove your jeans from the pot and rinse For lighter greys and white, nothing changes – just follow the instructions as they’re written below for your chosen method.A set of measuring spoons, but since you’re only using these for salt or vinegar, you don’t need a special “dye only” set – your regular kitchen ones are fine. Naturally dyed jeans will have the most varied results. In theory, the walnut dye should be quite permanent, but there are multiple factors at play here, including how fresh the factory dye bath was (these chemicals can impact the natural dye results), what kind of metal is used for the hardware, and whether the jeans have any stains – and that’s in addition to all the other things that can impact a natural dye bath, like the pH of your water and the material your dye pot is made from! Your mileage with your individual jeans may vary. For the best results, choose jeans that have been well-washed (in hot water with a scouring agent, if possible) and that are older and more worn-in because their previous dye treatment will have less of an impact on the natural dye this way. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.