If you are dyeing silk you will use 1/3 cup of vinegar instead of salt. Do not use the washing machine method for wool because it will felt. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Most traditional denim is blue but occasionally you’ll find them in different colors. No matter what color your jeans are, the starting color will impact the finished product, even if only a little bit. Most dye instructions and recommended quantities assume you’re starting with a white fabric which will rarely be the case with jeans, so there are a few accommodations you may need to make for your project. Optional: Kitchen scale (gram increments) and mini scale (hundredths of gram increments) and a thermometer.

Wash your jeans thoroughly in pH neutral washing liquid, paying special attention to stains. Even if your jeans are new, they should be washed to remove sizing or other finish chemicals from the fabric. You don’t need to dry them after this wash – they can go straight to the mordanting phase. Add all ingredients – the dye and the salt, along with the jeans – to the washing machine at the beginning of the cycle. Mordant for plant fibers, a note: Generally, plant fibers are mordanted with a tannin followed by the dyestuff, but our walnut husks are already extremely tannin-rich, so we’re essentially mordanting and dyeing all at once!

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Make sure you put a dust mask on before you open the jar of dye. Most powder dyes are lung irritants. Protect your hands with long kitchen gloves. You can use surgical gloves in a pinch, but they’re not as long so you might get dye on your forearms. I also suggest an apronto protect your clothes. For cotton, linen and rayon add one cup (237 ml) of salt. For silk add 1/3 cup (78 ml) of white vinegar instead of salt. Do not use the washing machine method for wool as it will felt. Stir constantly for the first half an hour, then frequently for at least 2 hours. After the first 20 minutes, you can turn the heat down. If you like, you can turn off the heat at the end of the two hours and allow the item to sit in the dye for several hours or overnight. Step 6: Soak in color fixative

Write everything down! At a minimum, record the weight of your fabric, weight of dye, weight of fixative/mordant, and the amount of water you used. You can also record the temperature of the dye bath and the length of time it spent in the dye.You never know when you’ll come up with the perfect dye recipe that you’re just *dyeing* to recreate! Set your machine for the hottest possible water temperature and longest possible wash cycle. If you are able to extend the wash cycle, do so. The longer you are able to allow the fabric to remain in the wash/dye cycle the darker the colour and the better the fixation. Turn the heat off, cover your dye pot, and leave it undisturbed overnight, for 12 to 24 hours. At this stage, it will be a moderate to dark brown. If it seems light, you can repeat the process with more walnut hulls. Turn off heat and allow the dye bath to return to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Rinse when cool enough to handle. Wear gloves as residual dye can stain skin. Add pre-wetted garments or fabric and bring to a rolling boil. Maintain temperature and stir frequently for ½ to 1 hour. For uniform colour, use constant agitation.Maintain a rolling boil and stir frequently for ½ to 1 hour. For uniform colour use constant agitation. Add the jeans, being careful to spread them out as much as possible in the dye bath so they’re not scrunched up. Allow them to agitate for at least an hour, extending the dyeing time by resetting the agitation cycle before the rinse begins. The longer your jeans are in the dye, the deeper the resulting color will be. Set your machine to its hottest, longest wash. If there’s an eco setting available, you can use this as it will cycle the same water through the machine instead of draining and using fresh water, which will prolong the time your fabric is in the dye.

Do two separate dyebaths, one with salt and one with vinegar. This will probably be best for darkest colours. Whether or not you choose to use fixative, the final step is, as above, to run an entire regular hot wash with detergent to wash the excess dye out of your jeans. PRODUCTS CARRIED: Acid Dye, Alum, Applicator Bottles, Citric Acid, Cochineal, Indigo, Indigo Tie Dye Kit, Procion MX, Soda Ash, Sodium Hydrosulfite PRODUCTS CARRIED: Acid Dye, Airbrush Color, Basic Dye, Camo Tie Dye Kit, Cochineal, Color Magnet Dye Kit, Concentrated Vinyl Sulphon, Dye-Na-Flow, Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit, Glitter Body Art Kit, Hoop Painting Fun Bag, iDye (Natural/Poly), Indigo, Indigo Tie Dye Kit, Jacquard Screen Ink, Jacquard Screen Kits, Jagua Temporary Tattoo Kit, Jewel Tones Tie Dye Kits, Large Tie Dye Kits, Lumiere, Lumiere 3D, Marbling Color, Marbling Kit, Mehndi Henna Kit, Neopaque, Pearl Ex, Piñata Alcohol Ink, Procion MX, Silk Colors, Silk Colors Kits, SolarFast, SolarFast Starter Kit, Super Fast Acid Dye for Wool, Textile Color, Versatex Screen Ink, Versatex Screen Kit

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Pre-wash your jeans in hot water and treat any stains. Don’t worry about drying them. Step 2: Measure the dye Depending on the dye method you’ve chosen, permanence may vary. If you’ve used fiber-reactive dyes and washed out the dye until the water runs clear, there’s very little chance that the dye will fade, but it’s definitely still worth washing your freshly dyed jeans separately from other clothes for the first few washes. All dyes will fade over time if the time frame is long enough, but using fiber-reactive dyes will yield the most permanent, colorfast result. Also entweder haben die schlecht Bewertenden etwas bei der Anwendung verpatzt oder das Material war nicht 100% Polyester. Ich bin absolut zufrieden und kann diese Farbe total empfehlen! Naturally dyed jeans will have the most varied results. In theory, the walnut dye should be quite permanent, but there are multiple factors at play here, including how fresh the factory dye bath was (these chemicals can impact the natural dye results), what kind of metal is used for the hardware, and whether the jeans have any stains – and that’s in addition to all the other things that can impact a natural dye bath, like the pH of your water and the material your dye pot is made from! Your mileage with your individual jeans may vary. For the best results, choose jeans that have been well-washed (in hot water with a scouring agent, if possible) and that are older and more worn-in because their previous dye treatment will have less of an impact on the natural dye this way.