In order to create bright vivid tie dye colors you must first pre soak the cloth in a mixture of baking soda and hot water.
Arm and hammer super washing soda tie dye.
Only use the arm hammer brand as others have additives etc.
Washing soda contains a lot more water than soda ash does although it too is a dry white powder.
Also if you want really long lasting colors don t use rit dye like many people do and use procion mx dye.
A key to clear brilliant tie dyes is the rinse and washout procedure don t skimp.
Delicate items like rayon are better hand washed or should go into a mesh bag on a gentle cycle so the agitation doesn t shred them.
However arm hammer brand washing soda now contains nothing but washing soda so it s fine for use in dyeing.
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Lay newspaper down on your work surface.
Don t crowd your washing machine with too much tie dye or the water gets too muddy and so will your tie dyes.
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Tie dyeing is a lot of fun.
In conclusion all of the concentrations that you mention of washing soda or sodium carbonate decahydrate will work.
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Up to bat today is arm hammer super washing soda aka sodium carbonate sal soda or.
Washing soda it comes in a yellow box made by arm hammer but it s not baking soda.
I would recommend using 200 grams of washing soda per gallon for the tie dye presoak but if you use twice as much or half as much it should work fine.
That aren t friendly to the tie dye process.
Place the items you plan to tie dye in a washing machine.
1 cup arm hammer baking soda.
However it is suggested to start with 1 4 to 1 3 of the recommended dose because the he machines use much less water.
Arm hammer super washing soda is 100 sodium carbonate so there should be no issues with adding it to an he machine.
Add a 1 2 cup of baking soda for every shirt you plan to dye or a full cup of baking soda for larger items such as sheets.
Good luck to your daughter.
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If you re interested washing soda is sodium carbonate or soda ash na 2 co 3 baking soda is sodium bicarbonate nahco 3 and borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate na 2 b 4 o 7 10h 2 o all different chemical compounds.
Use 1 cup washing soda for every gallon of water and soak for 30 minutes.
I use it all the time for dying and tie dying.