How To Mix A Soda Ash Solution and Liquid Dye for Tie Dyeing

Great video, thank you. I'm just learning about fibre reactive dyes. Interesting that you don't use salt... do you think its optional?

Can i used rhis soda ash first usung rit dye

Can you t dye without the urea😊

You can make your own soda ash. Saves a lot of money. Boil baking soda and tada!!!!! Soda ash!

Thank you for the great info.

Can you pre mix dyes for future projects or do you mix and use right away? Like do they have a shelf life after mixed?

Thank you so much for this video helps a lot. Question once you mix your dyes how long are they good for? And how long can you store the soda ash mixture?

Done ✅ nice content

What if you mix it with hot water

Thanks for you videos. I was wondering with a 2oz jar of dye how many oz's of liquid dye do you get approximately.

Thank you, this video is perfect. Had to sift through 5 other videos before I came across your wonderful video

So helpful! Thanks Angie!

Love how you explain everything!!! Check your blog on the ** recipes. Thanks so much!

Thank you

For safety sake, put the water in the bucket before you add the soda ash

How Did you need to do that all of your Mixing the dyes To-Do list! I know I still need work on it just like your video. ✌🥰🌈❤

when would you thicken it?

Nice one, thank you. But please are we using warm water to mix the soda ash or cold water? And are we dying the cotton when it's dry or wet?

*Sodium Carbonate is just Baking Soda Guys

Hey Angie I wanted to share with you. First I am so glad you have these videos to refer to if you need them. I have short term memory loss so I need them. Anyways, when I mix dyes or even using them on my project, I use those puppy pads. Ya get like 50 of them for under ten bucks. They keep powder from getting all over the place and the dye. Just keeps things a little cleaner.

How do you thicken the water? Or dye?

Sorry what urea sir. color extinguisher Sir or not

What urea

Great job

Is there a shelf life on the dye after you mix it?

Hi A, do you check your PH. if so how do you do it

Thank you so much for all you have taught me with you AMAZING Chanel! What do you think about sprinkling urea on top or below the ice? I prefer to ice dye but it is hot and dry here too....I would love to get your thoughts on this?

what is urea for ? what urea doing in that mixing ?

Excellent tutorial, thank you!

Angie, how long does the liquid dye keep in the bottles? Thanks much :))

Question? When you soak the shirts in the soda ash, after 20-30 mins, do you take them out and let them air dry and then tie dye or do you tie dye right after you ring them out? Thanks

Thanks 🙏🏻

Thank you for this fantastic video and I have a question. Why clothes are soaked in soda ash solution ?

You are a great teacher, thank you for breaking down the mix. I have a question: I want to dye silk velvet and from what I've read on Dharmas site I can use the fiber reactive dye. Have you ever dyed silk velvet and if so what dye do you use? thanks in advance. I'm off to check out your other videos and website!

dont you also have to mix soda ash in the dye before you use it?

Hi. Pretty much a newbie in tye dying. But can i ask you, is it okay to mix the dye with hot water to dissolve it better. Bc sometimes the dye is a bit clumpy. Thanks

Once you’ve mix your dyes with urea, how long will they last?

Awesome video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌈✌🏻☮️💜

Can i use sodium sulphide in place of urea

Is urea have to be used or can it be skipped? I'm having a really hard time finding urea around washington state.

The dye mixing process may not be really effective with certain shades. I had a recent issue with fuchsia, even after using a mixer and urea. I also kept it agitated while working, but still had a lot of "strawberry speckling"! Thankfully my customer was okay with it once I explained the situation, and the speckles mainly showed up in areas of a spiral that looked sort of like strawberry shapes... so we just called it a strawberry spiral, LOL! But it would have been bad if she wasn't so cool, and if the speckly areas didn't just happen to turn out looking just like real strawberries! My fuchsia wasn't one of the "Big 4" brands like the rest of my dyes... it was some "craft store" stuff (you probably can guess, it's the name of a flower!), and it may have been a bad or old batch. That same brand also washed out on me with another project, despite supposedly having soda ash in the dye powder. So after that fiasco, I began SA soaking EVERYTHING, even if using one-step dyes which claim that the SA soak isn't needed. It made a huge difference with those kits, really.

Hellooo, may i know what is urea actually? It looks like salt. And what will happen if not using it ya?

Excellent! Thorough, clear and very organized. Thank you!

Hello, can i ask you something?
What is the difference between soda ash and water glass, and what if I replace urea for soda ash?
I'm sorry if my English is not good.

Thank you for all the great information!

Hi there, can I please use Costic soda in place of urea? And why do some people add salt to their mixture

Purchased sodium alginate along with dyes. Catalog said it is used for paint/dyeing. What application do you use it for?

where I can buy color in tei dyes

In the case where the vendor you buy your dye doesnt indicate any instructions on how to mix the dye, how are you going to measure it

How do you make soda ash?