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Description
A moderate tiedye technique.

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Before you tiedye any shirt or cloth is must be well saturated with warm water. Dyes work best on 100% cotton and natural fabrics. Use a dye that can be used with warm water (no boiling required). I use DYLON dyes, because they can be used with just plain warm tap water and salt and the color lasts.

After you have saturated your shirt with dye wrap it up in a plastic grocery bag, a freezer bag, or plastic wrap so it's nice and tight (to avoid leaking) and let sit for at least 8 hours, any more then 24 is unnecessary. The point of wraping it while waiting is to keep it wet so the dye can penetrate the fibers better.

Rinse with cold water with the bands on until water runs clear. Take the Bands off and rinse some more. Wash in cold water in the machine (or by hand) and dry.

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See examples of what kind of designs you can make with this technique!

Spider

Reverse Spider

Variation of the Spider technique

Description
A moderate tiedye technique.

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Before you tiedye any shirt or cloth is must be well saturated with warm water. Dyes work best on 100% cotton and natural fabrics. Use a dye that can be used with warm water (no boiling required). I use DYLON dyes, because they can be used with just plain warm tap water and salt and the color lasts.

After you have saturated your shirt with dye wrap it up in a plastic grocery bag, a freezer bag, or plastic wrap so it's nice and tight (to avoid leaking) and let sit for at least 8 hours, any more then 24 is unnecessary. The point of wraping it while waiting is to keep it wet so the dye can penetrate the fibers better.

Rinse with cold water with the bands on until water runs clear. Take the Bands off and rinse some more. Wash in cold water in the machine (or by hand) and dry.

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See examples of what kind of designs you can make with this technique!

Spider

Reverse Spider

Variation of the Spider technique