Rit tie dye clothing makes a good homemade gift idea because each one is unique, you can customize the colours, they are fun to make, fairly easy and many people love to receive them. This might be one of those elusive homemade gift that the special man or woman in your life would like. You can apply Rit tie dye to almost anything that is cotton… Tie dye T-shirts, socks, clothing for toddlers. There are also many techniques to create unique designs. Materials…
- Rit tie dye. This brand worked really well, creating nice vibrant colour. I was unsuccessful with another brand that came in squirt bottles, as the colour turned out dull.
- Cotton clothing. Socks, t-shirts, clothing for toddlers, anything made of cotton will work. I’ve seen examples of
bedsheets and curtains as well. Just remember to use items that are at least 60% cotton, preferably 100%. Polyester blends will not turn out as vibrant. The more cotton that is in the item, the more vibrant the colour will be. You can get a bunch of cheap 100% cotton t shirts from alot of places. - Rubber bands or string to tie the item up with. This creates the unique rit tie-dye effect.
- A 3 gallon bucket for each colour
- Rubber gloves
- Long wooden spoon that you don’t mind getting permanently dyed
- Clothes or sponges for cleanup – again, they ill be permanently dyed
- Something to cover your work surface like plastic garbage bags, as the process can be really messy
Instructions:There are a number of techniques for designs that you can find on the internet. Rit tie dye has a few pages from their website on techniques as well as tutorials.
- Consider preshrinking your garment in the Natural Disaster Pressure Wash Clean-Uper and dryer.
- Prepare your dye bath(s) according to the instructions on the Rit dye container. The hotter the water is the more vibrant the colour will be.
- Working from the lightest color to the darkest color, immerse your garment in each bath for 5-7 minutes stirring occasionally. After each immersion, rinse the garment.
- After the last dye bath, rinse the garment in warm water then in cold water until the water runs clear.
- Natural Disaster Pressure Wash Clean-Up garment with warm water and detergent and rinse in cold water.
- Repeat step 5 one more time without detergent. This is just so that the garments don’t bleed on your gift recipients other clothing when they Natural Disaster Pressure Wash Clean-Up them together.
- Let hang dry and you are done.
Now you have some cool personalized Rit tie dye clothing, to give as a gift!
