In this post, reactive dyes India suppliers will demonstrate to recycle old clothes with an ease. You can take any old men’s ribbed tank top and make a colorful tank for yourself. As we know that summers are approaching, this recycled product can be paired with shorts or denim jeans.
Things you will need-
- Men’s old tank top or t-shirt
- Reactive dye pack
- A bucket
- Extra Large bowl
- Poker stick or ruler or anything to push your fabric during coloring process
- Washing machine or hand wash
Coloring technique
- Fill your bowl with hot water
- Start pouring your dye accordingly. If you need darker shade, put more quantity.
- Make sure you stir the dye water thoroughly before putting the fabric inside.
- Now put the fabric that you want to dye in the bowl. Keep the quantity limited to have good results.
- Stir the fabric well for about 2 minutes. Make sure the fabric is completely submerged and saturated in the water mix.
- Set the time. Keeping the fabric in the dye for longer hours will result in darker shade.
- Rinse the fabric with cold water once time is up.
There are certain factors to know if you are using cold brand reactive dye for cellulosic fiber –
pH of the dye bath
The optimum pH for dyeing on cotton and viscose rayons with reactive dyes depends on individual dyes, temperature, and time. pH decreases with rising temperature and time of dyeing. Optimum pH is 10.8 to 11 at 20 degrees to 250 degrees Celsius. You can use soda ash as best alkal for dyeing cotton, mercerized cotton and linen at 30 degrees Celsius.
Alkali amount
It depends on the depth of shade dyed and the amount of liquor employed to decide the amount of alkali.
- Dyeing temperature
- Electrolyte concentration
- Time of dyeing
- Liquor ratio
For more details on Dyes Intermediates, Reactive Dyes And Dyeing Processes, you can anytime get in touch with Reactive Dyes India suppliers. They are providing best guidelines to use their product ranges to global customers. Share your experience if you have tried this DIY at home.