need link for dyeing instructions from rctq?

argh, sorry , cant even recall who did it nor where they are online. it
was one of you lot tho, to be sure.
carole is wanting to try some dyeing today before i leave tomorrow.
weather is good for it so why not. i can finish packing while shes
dyeing and i'll just give her the moral support she thinks she needs. i
think she does everything she attempts with no help and does it all
very well indeed but i'm here and if she wants to try it today, why
not, eh.
sooooooo, whats the link again?
hugz, oops, sorry, didnt mean to get ya all multicoloured, lol.
jeanne

This is very old and I don't even know where it came from. I know that
I did try it and was happy, but not thrilled with the results. I
thought that the blues came out too turquoise.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY
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Canning jars (16oz capacity)
Two or three 4 to 5 gallon plastic buckets
Measuring spoons
timer
old clothes and towels, rags, etc. for clean up.

Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dyes from Dharma Trading Company (800)
542-5227.

Fabric - 100% cotton

You can use muslin, or tone on tones if you like. I used dyers cotton
from P&B, which has not finishing on it, this means no prewash.

Soda Ash

Otherwise known as sodium carbonate. This is the active chemical that
sets the dye molecules in the fiber molecules. It is caustic, and
should
be handled with a mask, gloves and goggles. Use 1/2 cup per gallon of
soaking solution.

Synthrapol

Used before and after dyeing. Strips grease from the fabric before
washing. When used on freshly dyed fabric, it removes the excess dye
that has not bonded with the fabric, to prevent bleeding.

Urea

This is a fabric wetting agent, keeps the fabric damper, longer during
the dyeing process. Use 1/4 cup per quart of dye solution.

Water Softener

If the water is hard, adding water softener to the batch is helpful.
Use
pure sodium hexametaphorsphate from a dye supply house or Calgon. 1/2
teaspoon per 8 oz of dye solution.

Dye

Procion MX fiber reactive dyes. Powder has a longer shelf life. Can
be
purchased in 2 oz, 4oz, 8oz and 1 pound quantities. As a rule, there
are
approximately 3 tablespoons of dye to an ounce. Dye particles are
very
fine, thus a mask and goggles should be worn when handling.

It is possible to make just about any color from the basic set of dyes
below:

Yellow - Dharma Bright Yellow #2
Red - Dharma Fuschia Red #13
Blue - Dharma Turquoise #25
Black - Dharma Better Black #44



Dyeing Fabric - Jelly Jar Method (directions for 1/2 yard cuts)

1. Wash your fabric in Synthrapol on the hottest wash. Use 1/4 cup
Synthrapol for a large machine load. If you do this just before you
dye
the fabric, there is no need to dry it.

2. (Note: this is for 12 yards fabric, so adjust accordingly) Make a
solution in a bucket of 1 1/2 cups of soda ash in 3 gallons of water.
Use
gloves and a mask when mixing this. Soak the fabric in this mixture
for
at least 15 minutes, no longer than 30 minutes. If you don't use the
fabric you have soaked, wash it again in Synthrapol as soon as
possible.
Fabric that has the soda ash solution left in it will rot and become
weak. Take the fabric out of the soda ash solution, wring it, and
place
it in a bucket in a separate balls.

3. Make the dye solution base in a bucket: (quantities are for 1/2
yards)

2 gallons warm water
2 cup urea granules
8 teaspoons water softener

Mix well, until everything dissolves - don't worry if using Calgon
(brand
of water softener) made this solution blue - it will not affect the
dye
process.

4. Fill three half gallon containers with 10 cups of the dye solution
base each. One is for the yellow dye concentrate, the next for the
red,
and the last for the blue. Mark them yellow, blue and red
respectively
if you desire. Add dye to these containers in the following
proportions:

For a dark batch:

16 teaspoons yellow
10 teaspoons turquoise
6 teaspoons fuscia red
(this is the one I did in the class I took)


For a medium batch:

10 teaspoons yellow
6 teaspoons turquoise
4 teaspoons fuscia red

For a light batch:

4 teaspoons yellow
2 teaspoons turquoise
1 teaspoon fuscia red

Jelly Jars

5. Arrange the jars in a way that you can work with them (this
depends
on how many jars you are dyeing at a time, I did 24). You will need
to
be able to remember the sequence of the jars when you pour the dye.
You
can mark the sides of the jars with masking tape and a number to more
easily tell them apart.

6. Add salt to each jar as follows:

Dark batch: 2 tablespoons uniodized salt to each jar
Medium batch: 2 teaspoons uniodized salt to each jar
Light batch: 1 teaspoon salt to each jar

7. Add dye to the jars following the chart below. Stir the dye well
with a kebab stick or spoon, rinsing between colors. Stir until the
salt
is almost completely dissolved.

8. Scrunch a piece of fabric into each jar, being careful not to
spill
out the dye. Screw the lid on tight, and give the jar a good shake.

9. Shake/turn the jars over every 20 minutes or so for the next two
hours. (After the first turn, check the tightness of the lid, they
usually have to be tightened again).

10. Let the jars sit for a minimum of 24 hours, maximum of one week.

11. Open each jar under running water and rinse the fabric out. Do
not
let the fabric touch each other or you will trade colors. Start
washing
machine and as soon as the agitation begins, shake the fabric into the
washing machine.

Wash the dyed fabric in a long, hot cycle with Syhthrapol,
approximately
1/4 cup for each load.

Similar colors can be washed together. Yes, you can wash reds and
yellows together. On dark batches, it is advised to run an extra wash
cycle with Synthrapol, especially blue/violets.

12. Dry the fabric.

13. Iron the fabric.

14. Enjoy the fabric.


On 29 May 2005 08:01:54 -0700, "nzlstar*" wrote:

argh, sorry , cant even recall who did it nor where they are online. it
was one of you lot tho, to be sure.
carole is wanting to try some dyeing today before i leave tomorrow.
weather is good for it so why not. i can finish packing while shes
dyeing and i'll just give her the moral support she thinks she needs. i
think she does everything she attempts with no help and does it all
very well indeed but i'm here and if she wants to try it today, why
not, eh.
sooooooo, whats the link again?
hugz, oops, sorry, didnt mean to get ya all multicoloured, lol.
jeanne

I had some up for quite a while, but they aren't up at the moment. However,
this link has a good, simple set of directions to get her started.
http://www.straw.com/sig/procion_simple.html

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply


"nzlstar*" wrote in message
oups.com...
argh, sorry , cant even recall who did it nor where they are online. it
was one of you lot tho, to be sure.
carole is wanting to try some dyeing today before i leave tomorrow.
weather is good for it so why not. i can finish packing while shes
dyeing and i'll just give her the moral support she thinks she needs. i
think she does everything she attempts with no help and does it all
very well indeed but i'm here and if she wants to try it today, why
not, eh.
sooooooo, whats the link again?
hugz, oops, sorry, didnt mean to get ya all multicoloured, lol.
jeanne

Jeanne, you dont need any links, you're to young to dye. ;-)
Diana

nzlstar* wrote:
argh, sorry , cant even recall who did it nor where they are online. it
was one of you lot tho, to be sure.
carole is wanting to try some dyeing today before i leave tomorrow.
weather is good for it so why not. i can finish packing while shes
dyeing and i'll just give her the moral support she thinks she needs. i
think she does everything she attempts with no help and does it all
very well indeed but i'm here and if she wants to try it today, why
not, eh.
sooooooo, whats the link again?
hugz, oops, sorry, didnt mean to get ya all multicoloured, lol.
jeanne

well i uh, gee.
to dye or not to dye that is the question.
as i'm now in the good old u s of a i might get a reprieve and they'll
let me live a while longer.
same i'm not going west up to your area of the world or i'd be able to
come and bug you too.
thanks for the compliment but i aint as young as i used to be.
hugz,
jeanne

Who is?
I tell ya Jeanne.. I wouldnt trade young and unripe for older and
voluptuous any day.
I suppose its to late to make major travel plan changes? Hmmm.. well..
then ... next time, perhaps. Then we can dye together. Purple hair?
Diana

nzlstar* wrote:
i aint as young as i used to be.
hugz,
jeanne