Can i soak my fabic surrounded by cold fix to dye lacking it? i have constrained dylon cold fix, but plenty of dye. if...
i have constrained dylon cold fix, but plenty of dye. if i can soak with cold fix, whats the ratio of hose to cold fix?
Answers: Dylon Cold Fix is sodium carbonate, also known as soda ash or wash soda. It's easy to buy sodium carbonate locally. Look for "pH Up" or "pH Increaser" at a swimming pool supplier or contained by the swimming pool section of a hardware store or Walmart. You can also buy it labeled "wash soda" in the laundry subdivision of the grocery store. (If you get wash soda, make sure that the sticky label promises that it is free of dyes and additives. Arm & Hammer washing soda is fine.)
I usually use one cup of sodium carbonate per gallon of river as a presoak for tie-dyeing, but you can get by near half as much. The dream is to use enough to bring the pH up to 10 or 11, assuming that you are using a fiber reactive dye such as Dylon Cold Dye. (Sometimes empire try to use it for Rit dye, but it does not work with that character of dye.)