Tie Dye Pants
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Posted by LastKoalaBear
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best pants to exist
i used a kit. make sure the garment you are dyeing is almost 100% cotton or the colour wont hold. these pants were 95% cotton and turned out well
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You Will Need (4 things)
- white Pants
- Tie Dye Kit
- Wooden Dowel
- 2 Bucket
Steps (8 steps, 1440 minutes)
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1
soke the pants (or other thing) in water
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2
lay pants flat on floor. take a dowel or pole of sorts (i used curtain rod) and place it in center of pants. turn the dowel until the pants are a tight swirl
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3
tie the bundel with yarn,string, or elastics. make sure it's secure
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4
let bundel soke in soda ash for 20-30 minutes
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5
put the colours dye on in any pattern you want.
i did the swirly pattern. to do that you split the bundle into 3 parts (in your mind) and put the colours on. do both sides.
make sure to get the dye in the folds.
i forgot to do that so there's a lot of white left.
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6
wrap in plastic-wrap and put in plastic bag. let sit for 24hr or more.
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7
rinse in warm water until it runs pretty clear. then put in washing machine with old towels
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8
now you have spiffy new pants. go frolick and be a crazy child