Tie Dye: Rainbow Spiral [Ice Dye]

[@marcmillet906]

i like it. i think the white adds to the appearance.

[@jessicabrighton8733]

Artists are always way too critical of their own work, myself included. I think its beautiful!

[@blankmandastankman]

Jessica Brighton I thought the same thing when he was critiquing his final work. I was like “man gtfoh that shirt is fire!” Lol

[@CasualCollisions]

But, they all can't be in the top 10 - especially the results that don't match my original intentions. With that said, the Alien Spine was intended and it ended up being in my top 3 favorite for this year. So, very happy accidents do happen. :)

[@jennamarie2481]

Nah, I LOVE this! and love the black & purple in it. So many amazing colors playing with eachother and the bright ones still look bright. Very cool, thank you for doing these tutorials!

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you for watching!

[@marysabaker5267]

Too busy? Nah man, that looks great! I'm gonna try this myself. I've tried a lot of your designs and I'm never disappointed. I know this one won't be any different. Thanks for your videos!

[@CasualCollisions]

I appreciate the compliment and hope yours turns out well. Thanks for watching!

[@natashaowens2177]

My niece and I really love this shit! It's so beautiful 😍. The business is the best part.

[@kimkemeys9563]

Love the vibrant colors. I need to buy more daffodil yellow.😊

[@magicre3]

I like your precision with all steps of the process and your critique at the end. I like the rainbow colors and placement and agree with you on the black. I'm learning a lot from you! Looking forward to your next tutorial! Thank you.

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you for the feedback and I appreciate you watching the videos.

[@mercedesah1]

I love the look of the black & purple. It creates wonderful depth!!!

[@GardenJensJourney]

I was thinking so too!

[@Ohcgfghg]

What Jessica said below! I agree. It is just gorgeous! Thanks for posting!

[@brandyb8295]

I LOVE IT!!! I'm going to try this now!

[@naturalwitchery]

Look at the blue upper right! People holding hands!!!!!!!! And I love this pattern. I'm trying it today

[@CasualCollisions]

Cool - didn't see that. Let me know how your's turns out.

[@kurllandrewreojano3811]

this design would be my favorite of all gotta try this thanks!

[@CasualCollisions]

Let me know how it turns out.

[@matthewlawton9241]

"It's too busy" Really? I think it looks incredible! I love the white "spikes" through the black section.

[@lynetteb421]

I think it came out great!

[@tereselapree222]

I love the color transition! I totally get what your goal is! I love the ice dye look. Which liquid dye it will be different but not a bad different. I would totally try it with liquid dye! You might even be able to set it in a pool of black dye after dying the rainbow parts. So many options! While the shirt might not have turned out how it looked in your head... it’s really cool looking!

[@teri9636]

Incredible design! I can't get over how those colors really pop together. Magic! Folding and the results~ Magical

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you. Very much appreciated.

[@robinengland4948]

That's gorgeous

[@Turandot29]

It turned out beautifully. I have yet to master forming a good spiral .....

[@liz6733]

It's freakin gorgeous! I don't really know what you were trying to achieve but from my perspective it looks fantastic!

[@halimausman5599]

Absolutely incredible

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you!

[@bassmati62]

So beautiful

[@arianafurrie1543]

I love it! Definitely trying it out

[@CasualCollisions]

Cool - let me know how it turns out.

[@h0ul1n]

That looks amazing!! I wish I had the time and patience to do that.

[@CasualCollisions]

I'm a pretty impatient person. If I can do it - anyone can.

[@kimkemeys9563]

Love the design

[@ghislainehaitel1599]

Looks fantastic! Psychedelic pineapples. Lol.

[@CasualCollisions]

Psychedelic pineapples? Thanks an interesting take on it. :)

[@mjn55128]

Stunning! I’m gonna try this one, and hope it turns out just like that. As far as too busy, I thought that was the goal with tie dye..😁 Thanks for posting this!

[@CasualCollisions]

I like bright and highly saturated; but, the colors were all over the place on this once. ;)

[@BLKMGK4]

Taunting us with the Cerulean! :-) I think it came out terrific! Appreciate the detail, I have never been able to get a rainbow and I think this will help.

[@CasualCollisions]

I bought quite a few pounds of cerulean and turquoise back in December. That was an important purchase with as much as I use cerulean. ;) Thanks for the feedback - hope it helps you get the rainbow to work out.

[@helloitsme9808]

I think this turned out great.

[@CasualCollisions]

Thanks!

[@dragontearsoflove]

It's cool, but I agree with the black making it feel busy...perhaps due to saturation. It could have benefitted from a longer batch time (I leave my blacks for 48 hours). Also, I find when doing rainbows, I like to incorporate a blue I haven't used in the rainbow for a background area. I think the blue calms things. I like the effect, and wonder how it would look if you simply carried the rainbow through each section, stepping them one "rung" at a time from where you drew it in. Thanks for showing this process.

[@dorisyunda3240]

HI CC. Have you retried this one? I mean I think it looks super cool but I am curious to know if you tried it again with thickened liquid dye. Also would you do the black part with liquid dye as well??

[@The-Grateful-Hippie]

I love it just like it is! If you want to try icing another shirt leaving the black areas open for dye to blend and try thick liquid black on the back - or both sides.

[@samanthadiaz-vega9366]

This shirt came out amazing !! DONT THINK OTHER WISEMAN

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you!

[@bggines_1260]

Superb art🥰🌈!

[@ashleyplante3268]

Beautiful!

[@allypad64]

Very nice!! I’ve learned a lot from you already - Thanks for sharing your knowledge :) ❤️❤️

[@CasualCollisions]

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback and the views. :)

[@WillowFrancais]

I love it as it is 👌🏽

[@albertareid8258]

Did you turn the other size over, to add more dye? please answers my question I want to make my 6 year old grand son a shirt

[@joannbowman7543]

Love your videos! If I were to try this with just liquid dye, would it be flipped to do the other side of the t-shirt and would I have to follow the same order of colors?

[@CasualCollisions]

Yes, you would likely need to dye both sides to get good penetration of the dye if you opted to use liquid dye. It would be very difficult to keep the dye contained unless you went with thickened dye.

[@Timia5nb]

This looks amazing!

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.

[@rfyock009]

It's awesome 👌

[@templepennison1503]

I love it!

[@wendycarr3167]

Looks good

[@CasualCollisions]

Thanks!

[@albertareid8258]

Beautiful shirt

[@MichaelJaikaran]

Did you do the same process to the other side of the shirt? Or is it just one side?

[@CasualCollisions]

Just the single side. I wouldn't even consider trying to match the dye layout on the reverse. ;)

[@GardenJensJourney]

I like it the way it is. 😁

[@dawntsamantanis143]

Thanks for the soda ash trick.. I was wondering how to stop the fading, when you add more ice 🏅

[@CasualCollisions]

Happy to help.

[@BLKMGK4]

Yeah, this explains why some of my shirts aren't as vivid as others - very good tip!

[@UltimateVixxen]

This looks great. I would love to see the process and results if you do try again with more black

[@CasualCollisions]

It's on the list. No clue when I'll get to it because of the ever-growing list of requests. :)

[@UltimateVixxen]

Casual Collisions can’t wait 😊

[@debbiethornton3218]

Have you ever done one with only 2 dye colors. Or 3 dye colors

[@moonsmagic2742]

I wanna know if while adding black color to spiral or mabbling design, is it applied both back and front or just back?

[@CasualCollisions]

I generally soak it in a bowl of liquid black dye. The black *should* only bond with the white areas and not overtake the other colors.

[@kendrahicks41]

I love this . Tell me again (please ) , why the marker first ?

[@CasualCollisions]

It just lets me keep track of what I plan to do with the shirt as I tie several up at a time.

[@stephaniegrimes4268]

That looks AWESOME!! I love it....do u have any suggestions on a fixative for Rit dye?

[@CasualCollisions]

RIT makes their own fixative: amzn.to/2F9OPDB With that said, you'll have *much* better results with a fiber reactive dye such as Procion.

[@stephaniegrimes4268]

@@CasualCollisions ok..thank you..can u send me a link to order it

[@CasualCollisions]

@@stephaniegrimes4268 - Procion Fiber Reactive Dyes can be purchased from: www.dharmatrading.com www.customcoloursinc.com/ www.grateful-dyes.com/

[@stardesol1452]

Love it! 😍

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.

[@ehuddl59]

Unique and if you were to wear it out in public you would get “wow a cool shirt!” Winner

[@CasualCollisions]

Thanks!

[@luisaceves4194]

Amazing, 🤩 where did you buy the dust paint? Or what is it name? Can I get in México?

[@CasualCollisions]

I use Procion Fiber Reactive Dyes: www.dharmatrading.com www.customcoloursinc.com/ www.grateful-dyes.com/

[@DebbyQuigley]

Wow. Awesome. How much powder dye do you use per section?

[@CasualCollisions]

I don't keep a measure of the dye used for each individual shirt. But, I can tell you that based on inventory, I use less than 50 cents of dye on average per shirt. The spoon in that I use in the videos is an old baby food spoon that is approximately 1/4 teaspoon in size.

[@DebbyQuigley]

@@CasualCollisions awesome ... thanks much ... that sort of gives me an idea ... i find i usually do not use enough ... going to try the ice dye as soon as my order is delivered ... thanks again .. love watching you ..

[@tylernickerson3896]

What kind of dye do you use?

[@CasualCollisions]

I use Procion Fiber Reactive Dyes: www.dharmatrading.com www.customcoloursinc.com/ www.grateful-dyes.com/

[@TheWVbear]

I love the color gradient. I personally would muck dye on the second round. Looking forward to your next video 🙂

[@CasualCollisions]

That's a good point. I don't use muck dyeing very often and I'm not really sure why.... The results are generally good with it. I do, generally, try to over-complicate things. ;)

[@stormywillow6384]

Where do you purchase your t-shirts that you tie-dye?

[@CasualCollisions]

Jiffy Shirts

[@stormywillow6384]

@@CasualCollisions Thank you so much!!!! I love watching your videos!!!

[@childofthelight9071]

Awesome! 💕

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you!

[@Itzabbeyo]

What rubber bands do you buy??

[@CasualCollisions]

I've been very happy with these: amzn.to/3jMYnFh

[@pegrish7701]

I like it.

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.

[@yumdaras7231]

AWESOME

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.

[@yumdaras7231]

@@CasualCollisions I was making it to for my 3 girls and my dad. I wanna try this for them.

[@jamesproffitt9641]

What blanks do you use I bought 50 Gildan G500 but I don't know if they were best

[@CasualCollisions]

Up until about 6 months ago I used Gildan G200 almost exclusively. But, the new silver tag version of the G200 seems to be sloppily sewn on at least 20% of the shirts I'm receiving and some of the shirts do not take dye the same as they used to. So, I'm currently trying out various brands and styles to find something else that I like. I know many people use various brand's ringspun cotton shirts because they have a much softer feel versus the G200. But, in side-by-side dyeing, they don't retain the same amount of dye as the G200 and they can't reach that super-saturated look that I like. I've heard the Gildan Softstyle are a good compromise - deep saturation possible while having ringspun feel; but, I'm not sure about the quality of the seams yet as I've only ordered a small sample. I do have a larger order of the Softstyle coming in this coming week that I'll be testing to see how well they hold up and how they look. I'm staying optimistic that they will work out well.

[@jamesproffitt9641]

@@CasualCollisions thank you so much yeah once I got the G500 I noticed they had little sleeve's so I think I'm going to make a few test orders of g200 and softstyle I start a little tie dye business thinking what could be easier then tie dye some shirts lol I had no idea how much work it really takes to make GOOD tie dyes I thought I could crank out 50 a day lol now I know 10 is ALOT to do in a day and I do mine outside are shop where people can watch which is a bad idea but you have been alot of help thank you so much

[@CasualCollisions]

@@jamesproffitt9641 - You *can* crank out 50 in a day; but, they're going to be simple spirals and you're going to hate your life.... Not to mention your hands are going to revolt after a couple of days and will turn into claws that can't even lift a spoon. ;)

[@johncspine2787]

Hanes Beefy Tees are good..I’ve been using them alongside several Gildan, they are worthy of consideration.

[@jamesproffitt9641]

@@johncspine2787 thank you I'll check them out

[@mariaalanis301]

Can this powder dyes be mixed with water to use as liquid dye also ?

[@CasualCollisions]

Yes. Here's a video I made a while back that shows the differences between ice and liquid dye: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpiooYlvZZqfpqM

[@mariaalanis301]

@@CasualCollisions nice, thank u .. how do you know how much to mix into the water ?..

[@CasualCollisions]

@@mariaalanis301 - It depends on the color. But, the distributer (Dharma, Custom, etc.) have pages available online or ship an instruction sheet with the orders that explain the ratios for each color.

[@mariaalanis301]

@@CasualCollisions thank u for taking the time to reply.

[@Nikkioq]

Lovely

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.

[@candacecooper312]

Why do you flip them inside out?

[@CasualCollisions]

Here's a short video that explains it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIfWfJiDapuEga8

[@candacecooper312]

you showed your technique but didn't explain why you do it. But for this basic swirl, you only turned it inside out. What's the reason?

[@Lady.Luck.]

I see where you're going with your idea.. the gradient design turned out great

[@kwyjibo2112]

I like it

[@CasualCollisions]

Thanks!

[@davidpizarro4538]

Por q hielo y no agua ?? Se puede aplicar agua con roseador ???

[@CasualCollisions]

I prefer the results of ice dye. But, you can use liquid dye or slowly add water to the powdered dye - if you'd prefer those routes. Here's a video that shows the difference between ice and liquid dyeing the same pattern: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpiooYlvZZqfpqM

[@michellesoesbe6265]

It is busy but I like it

[@CasualCollisions]

Overly busy. I think a solid black background would actually calm the design down quite a bit.

[@leelulady2010]

I'd say slip the black and use purple shades.

[@blankmandastankman]

U r too experienced with circling the shirt with a rubber band after putting the 3 rubber bands longways. It’s like trying to put sheets on a bed trying to get that last rubber band to go around the outside of the shirt!

[@CasualCollisions]

I only put sheets on a bed if I have help. :) Otherwise, I'll just sleep on the couch.

[@silviacristine7743]

Maravilhoso

[@silviacristine7743]

Beautiful

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.

[@Donz3D]

I have been doing tie dye for a little over a year now, you were the inspiration for trying it. To see my fractal art and some of the tie dye you inspired. donz3d.com. thanks for your videos. By the way I am 68. Been a 3d artist for 25 years.

[@nonierollinson8059]

I love it!

[@CasualCollisions]

Thank you.