I Dyed My Pants With Tea.

This is a cheap and easy way to dye fabric with just some regular black tea.
I needed some light beige pants for a Luke Skywalker costume I was making for my son, and I found a white Taekwondo outfit that I thought would work great. In order to change the pants from white to beige, I tried tea dying them myself.
I used: A big pot, 12 cups of water, 12 heaping teaspoons of loose black tea (or 12 teabags), 4Tbsp salt, a splash of vinegar
I simmered the tea for an hour, and then let my fabric sit in the tea for 3 hours. The longer you leave the cloth in the tea, the darker it will be, though I don't think you will ever get it really dark.
I haven't tried washing these pants yet, but I assume they will lighten up a bit if I do. Make sure to wash them separately from other fabrics, and on a cold setting.
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[@GeektoStudios]

1 tea bag = 1 tea spoon of tea leaves = Mind Blown I will save so much on beige dye packets when I want to kill bright colours for cosplay and puppet pieces

[@Em22-wtf]

If ur not wearing the material, u can also use coffee, for a faster, darker stain... And, u can even throw in some Vanilla extract for some added color and scent. U can even soak paper in coffee and vanilla extract, then air dry, or use oven at super lowest temp, for 5 min at a time! 😉 Primitive people do this all the time, when making dolls, or tags, or curtains! Great tutorial, tho! Love tea staining (or coffee staining, lol!)

[@LostWax]

Cool, great info!!

[@DarthShadie]

I love your sense of humour, man! The advanced math part cracked me up.

[@WaverlyKaddafewcharecters]

“Super happy with how these pants turned out as you can see” or as you can... tea?

[@SeareanMoon]

cant wait to see the outfit! love your tutorials!

[@graciebrown4881]

No tea was spilled in the making of this episode

[@WaverlyKaddafewcharecters]

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[@DrPandemonium]

Hurrah... a new vid from Chris! Feeling the urge to send you the makings of a new dinner as you sacrificed yours for the video 😄. Very informative as always... I didn’t know about the salt or vinegar aspects of tea dyeing... I always learn something new from your posts. Loving your wry commentary, it deffo makes me smile, and your honesty when things don’t go 100%. Thanks again Chris... please post another vid soon so I can get my fix 👍🏻😊.

[@LostWax]

Hehe, I can just imagine getting an envelope from the post filled with meat:) Thanks for watching and commenting such nice things. Have an amazing day!

[@decayingmatter5861]

what a legend

[@tonytygrrHI]

Fabulous. Will dye some white pants for HBO Max TV Show Peacemaker costume!

[@LostWax]

Nice.

[@rawansje1666]

Appreciate the funny bits it was enjoyable information

[@inkosuki810]

何言ってるかわかんないけど本当にこの人すこ(( これからも頑張ってくださいね～‼

[@rogerborg]

I can confirm that I'm wetting my pants while watching this.

[@GlitzNGlamour]

I laughed wayyy too hard at that tea joke 🤣🤣🤣

[@KiloLima39]

Now I hope we get to see the Luke stuff!

[@LostWax]

It is coming! Thanks for waiting:)

[@natashaskkroweij1373]

amazing video! thank you:)

[@LostWax]

You're so welcome!

[@elianorarae7534]

I've tea dyed some gloves and lace before. They turned out pretty ok. But I just threw the whole tea bag in. Don't remember how many I used. Probably not enough. Maybe I should have kept the stuff in the tea longer... ohwell. They severed their purpose!

[@adelina43253]

My fabric also got dark stains from the pot. Any ideas how to get rid of them?

[@virginijasileikiene1989]

Nice!

[@hopilockett2987]

Thanks!

[@LostWax]

No problem!

[@paulpardee]

So... you tea'd your pants? I usually don't do that unless I'm drinking heavily. Or I'm on the tea cups at Disneyland while drinking tea. I wonder if you can use spent tea bags so you're not wasting good tea. Or maybe you can use coffee, which is nasty and not a waste at all?

[@LostWax]

I bet you could use old teabags, but you'd probably need way more.

[@brilucidonio1921]

How do you get the tea smell out?

[@AquilaROM]

I'm always dying just not using tea.

[@tonyaguilar5006]

Hello

[@Bebypandaa]

If I wash it remove?

[@LostWax]

It should stay fairly well, though it will probably lighten over time.

[@randomwrestlingthemes524]

how do you dye khaki to light gray?

[@LostWax]

I think you'd have to bleach it first.....maybe. Not really sure.

[@randomgirll3123]

I think maybe having the tea in bags would have helped maybe not get those black stains? Maybe if you'd used something like cheese cloth to put the tea in and kind of improvise a tea bag...? Eh... these turned out awesome anyways.

[@LostWax]

Yeah, and I wonder if the fact that I didn't stir in the salt first had something to do with it- I just set the tea thingy right on top of the undissolved salt.

[@d4ny3l.gonzales]

what kind of tea should i use?

[@LostWax]

I just used regular black tea.

[@d4ny3l.gonzales]

Lost Wax thank you so much!

[@liammiller1629]

1:43 ayoooo?

[@mephi5t0]

volumetric measurements are silly. grams and scales - for precision and repeatability!

[@LostWax]

Good point, but also, if you want real repeatability, you are also going to need to be using the same fabric each time as well.

[@vladpalets]

lol you said you wet your pants

[@alan_whoneedstiedye]

You wet your pants? LOL.

[@LostWax]

Wondered if anyone would catch that:)

[@ratnaprastiwi]

Why bother cutting the tea bag if you will strain it anyway

[@LostWax]

Good point.

[@maryannnyambura53]

To measure how much tea is in a tea bag.

[@JennyRose1776]

Baaahahahahaha You wet your pants.

[@katastrofh_1]

1st!