Tie Dye Designs : Diagonal Gravity Ice Dye Comparison

[@cachecow]

Really nice shirt, and this style is becoming your signature

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you! I do enjoy gravity dyes when the weather is warm. 😀

[@hollyecf]

Love this shirt. Great colors!! Thanks for always inspiring us!

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@patsymotley3023]

It’s great you shared both shirts and procedures. I like the sinew shirt best. The dye flow is better as well. So very pretty.

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you so much! That one is my favorite too. 😀

[@paulafloyd-cx7mo]

Fun! Pretty color combinations 😍✌️❤️🧊🎨🌎🌈

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you! 🤗

[@NancySchenk]

Hi Angie. Love this shirt and the dye flows.

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you so much! 😀

[@Uniquelyyours1]

I love your experiments, Angie, they are always so helpful. I just ordered Dharma's newest three colors. Thanks for sharing.

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you so much! I'm so excited about Dharma making the special ice dye colors. 😀 I love the first three, and I'm looking forward to trying the next three too.

[@AlienShuttlecraft]

I am so far behind watching your videos! I like the sinew one better. I really enjoy these experiments. I learn a lot. Thank you for another wonderful video.

[@FunEndeavors]

Thank you! The sinew one is my favorite too.😀 I prefer the way the dye flows different directions, and I really like the definition line from the sinew.

[@pattic.2975]

I love this shirt, but really LOVE the other shirt better. LOVE the sinew line and how the dye flows. Always love to see your experiments. Thanks for posting!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@FunEndeavors]

Thanks so much! That one is my favorite too. I think it is cool how the dye flows in various directions on the sinew shirt. 😀

[@sandrablackwell2929]

Thanks! I have used soda ash to scour commercial fabric but didn't know to add extra. I have loved your techniques ..will try them next summer

[@FunEndeavors]

I'm glad it was helpful, thank you so much! 😀

[@keliplourde5601]

A hot water gravity will give you more of what you are looking for ❤

[@FunEndeavors]

Yes, that technique would probably work really well. I was hoping to get it with an ice dye though.

[@KalliJ13]

Except for geodes, I prefer DOI because it seems to eliminate the really dark spots from putting the dye directly on the fabric, but I didn't think it was really feasible to put dye on top of large ice blocks. This has proven me wrong, though (-: I like both shirts, and I don't mind having the dark section in this type of design because it's relatively uniform (a line instead of splotches here and there). PS Dharma's new ice dye colors are out and you better believe I snapped them up, hahaha (-:

[@FunEndeavors]

I agree that DOI does help get less speckles. I was pleasantly surprised with how well adding the dye over the cubes of ice worked too. I usually add it over smaller bagged ice, but I wanted the line to not be too jagged. I decided to just full on experiment with this one though. I'm so excited to try the new ice dye colors too! 😀

[@hookedlymesinker5984]

Have you seen the 'gravity feather dye ' video/ technique that was up on HCTD FB for awhile? I tried it a couple times and I wonder what you'd think of that- there's no tying involved, just a fold & gravity. I always use too much dye tho .. Thanks for doing a comparison video! It's super helpful

[@FunEndeavors]

I looked the feather technique up because I couldn't remember exactly what it looked like. That might be an option. I haven't ever tried it, but it looks really pretty. I am pretty heavy handed with the dye too though. 😀

[@thetruthserum2816]

I've opted for "pure pigments" like Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow, and mix my own colors using the CMY color wheel... That way I can get whatever colors I want, and don't have to worry about unintended dye splits or having to order tons of different colors (saves $$$). I did get black, but if you run a "paper chromatography" test on it, you'll see it split into several different pigments. You can take your Dharma pre mixed colors and run a paper chromatography split to see the underlying pigments and their various densities. Just take a small drop of dye and place it on the bottom of a piece of paper that you suspend in a closed jar with a thin layer of water at the bottom, and have the water wick up into the paper, taking the dye with it. CY=Green to Lime, CM=Purple to Blue, MY= Red to Orange, So I buy 3 colors and end up with nearly all of them.. There are other "pure pigments" as well to prevent splits, so I may end up getting those as well. I think about 7 total.

[@FunEndeavors]

That is a great idea! I would love to experiment with mixing my own colors. I've avoided it since I make tutorial videos. If someone really loves the colors I've used, I want them to be able to be able to easily replicate them on their shirt. That is right up my alley though. I have an art and a chemistry background (strange combination I know) so I think it would be so much fun to do. If you are ordering from Dharma, the colors with letters after the name, like Lemon Yellow, Deep Orange, etc...are all pure pigments. Also, Paula Burch has a list of pure pigments on her website. Here is a link to the chart. www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/pureMXcolors.shtml She also has some information on mixing fiber reactive dyes: www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/procionMXcolormix_overview.shtml

[@thetruthserum2816]

@@FunEndeavors Thank you so much for the "Pure Pigments" link, that saved me so much time! I bookmarked it 🙂 For repeatability, gram weights would work to recreate exactly if consistency was a goal. Since you love Chemistry, you may appreciate "TLC Plates" thin liquid chromatography, which you can make your own plates from microscope slides and load the dyes with micropipettes and watch them separate out based on molecular weights... thus deconstructing your favorite hard to find and "no longer made" dye mixes. I also like to mix my CMY dyes, then use a graduated mL syringe to mix sub colors consistently. That way I only mix up enough for the project at hand. Off to order some #117 grape/grape 801/violet MX-GN... and to pull a fresh trichromatic mandala out of the dryer! Peace!

[@FunEndeavors]

@@thetruthserum2816 That sounds like lots of fun! I haven't use chromatography since my college years. It's been so long ago, I'm not sure I did a lot of liquid. I mainly remember using a gas chromatograph in Organic Chemistry. It sounds like you enjoy the science part of tie dye too! I may have to experiment with the TLC plates. 😀

[@sharonbailey5597]

I wonder if a less intense line of colour would result if a layer (or 2 layers) of towelling was placed under the ice, just a bit wider than the ice cubes. The dissolved dye would soak through the towelling and transfer to the t-shirt. Another experiment 😀

[@FunEndeavors]

That's an interesting idea. I never thought of trying that. I wonder if it would leave a lighter line where the towel was placed. Almost like the opposite of what I have on this shirt. Hmm...🤔

[@LiseWolfe]

In the winter could you finish processing in an oven on a low temperature?

[@FunEndeavors]

I haven't ever tried that. I'm not comfortable putting dye in the oven that I use for food though. If I had a small toaster oven that I could dedicate to tie dye, that might be an option.

[@laurapotter638]

After ice melts and place in tote for 48 hours, is the middle of your shirt still above the edges or flat? Thanks

[@FunEndeavors]

It is usually flat. I don't put the shirt inside of a tote though until the dye has made it all the way to the edge of the shirt.

[@KissMyFrog42]

Regarding the dye-flow without the line: would it be possible to mix up the dyes with water and freeze that dye solution, then sit that on the shirt to melt? You wouldn't get the colour breaks that you get with dry dye powder, but you might get less of a line.

[@FunEndeavors]

That's an interesting idea. I wouldn't get the color splits, but I would get the dye flow. I'm not sure if it would leave a darker line where I put the ice made with the dye, but I suspect it would. Probably not as dark as I got on this shirt though. 🤔

[@marymem9864]

Shaving cream technique gives a watercolor type effect. Uses liquid dye.

[@FunEndeavors]

I hadn't thought about that one. 😀

[@marymem9864]

@FunEndeavors I love the one you did. The application line is bound to show in my opinion.

[@FunEndeavors]

@@marymem9864 Thank you! I think so too. 😀

[@sandrablackwell2929]

What is the purpose of the soda ash over top of the dye?

[@FunEndeavors]

I am using fiber reactive dye so I need the soda ash to raise the pH to allow the dye to bond with the fabric. I soaked the shirt in a soda ash solution before tying it, but adding a little more dry soda ash to the top is just to make sure I don't wash too much of the original soda ash out with all the ice that I put on the shirt.

[@Potatopugs]

I would think DOI in a gravity dye container would fix the dark line issue.

[@FunEndeavors]

That's a possibility! 😀

[@susangirardi3655]

What if you did a spine and let it flow from there? Then the spine would have the darker part and the entire front would be flow.

[@FunEndeavors]

That's an interesting idea. I'm not quite sure what the flow would look like on the front though. Maybe more like the back of a gravity mandala? Hmm....🤔

[@susangirardi3655]

@@FunEndeavors yes. I just did my first spine. It turned out great.

[@FunEndeavors]

@@susangirardi3655 Awesome! It's been awhile since I did a spine. I'll have to do another one soon.