Lay newspaper down on your work surface.
Arm and hammer super washing soda tie dye.
If you re interested washing soda is sodium carbonate or soda ash na 2 co 3 baking soda is sodium bicarbonate nahco 3 and borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate na 2 b 4 o 7 10h 2 o all different chemical compounds.
Place the items you plan to tie dye in a washing machine.
At one time it also contained additives such as salt perfumes and whiteners which must be avoided when you are dyeing.
In order to create bright vivid tie dye colors you must first pre soak the cloth in a mixture of baking soda and hot water.
Washing soda it comes in a yellow box made by arm hammer but it s not baking soda.
Don t crowd your washing machine with too much tie dye or the water gets too muddy and so will your tie dyes.
Use 1 cup washing soda for every gallon of water and soak for 30 minutes.
I would recommend using 200 grams of washing soda per gallon for the tie dye presoak but if you use twice as much or half as much it should work fine.
A key to clear brilliant tie dyes is the rinse and washout procedure don t skimp.
However arm hammer brand washing soda now contains nothing but washing soda so it s fine for use in dyeing.
I use it all the time for dying and tie dying.
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Only use the arm hammer brand as others have additives etc.
Tie dyeing is a lot of fun.
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Washing soda contains a lot more water than soda ash does although it too is a dry white powder.
1 cup arm hammer baking soda.
For instructions on how to use arm hammer super washing soda please visit usage tips.
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Also if you want really long lasting colors don t use rit dye like many people do and use procion mx dye.
Fill the sock with 1 cup arm hammer baking soda secure with rubber band.
Add a 1 2 cup of baking soda for every shirt you plan to dye or a full cup of baking soda for larger items such as sheets.
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That aren t friendly to the tie dye process.
Good luck to your daughter.
Tie ribbon around rubber band cut off extra sock cuff area.
Arm hammer super washing soda is 100 sodium carbonate so there should be no issues with adding it to an he machine.