TIE DYE PATTERNS

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TIE DYE PATTERNS
SPIRAL
CRINKLE
DOUBLE SPIRAL
STRIPES
THE "V"
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Wrap shirt in paper towel, put in bag, and allow
it to sit for 24 hours at room temperature to let
the reaction continue.
Paper towel wrap
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SLIMY
Rinse with water to get rid of the slimy basic
solution that we soaked it in at the beginning of
this procedure (this is NOT to get rid of the
excess dye).
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Wash the shirt in hot water and dish soap to
remove the excess dye. The reason for the hot
water is to continue the reaction that will only
occur under warm enough temperatures. Dry in hot
dryer to COMPLETE the reaction.
WASHER
DRYER
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Lastly you wear your cool new tie dye t-shirt
around! Funtabulous eh?
HOW COOL!
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HISTORY OF DYE
-Dyeing dates back to the Tang dynasty era in
China -Where it originated is not known for
certain -India, China, Japan, Java, and Bali
(mostly Asian countries) -Dyeing spread to the
sub-Indian continent, Malayan archipelago, and
all across Africa. -Chinese merchants brought
it to Japan where it was expanded to silk dyeing.
-Colors were a sign of rank and only nobility
and priests could wear dye.
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HISTORY OF dYE (cont.)
Early dyes included curcuma, safflower,
cochineal, lac, al and indigo. The synthetic dyes
were used in wool products exclusively at the
beginning and it wasnt until later that it was
discovered that the synthetic dyes reacted better
with cellulose.
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HISTORY OF DYE (cont.)
The first commercial reactive dyes were marketed
in 1956 by ICI. All of the colors werent
discovered at the same time because of their
complex atomic structure. The first water
soluble acid dye was introduced in 1862.
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The history of dyes dates back thousands of
years. In the beginning of this art people would
use berries from plants, trees, or just flowers.
These dyes are called natural dyes because they
come naturally.
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Tyron purple was one of the most popular natural
dyes used in the ancient times. This dye came
from the mucous gland within some species of
shellfish. The shells were crushed to get the
dye. The dye was then applied to the clothing
material and left out in the sun to react and
turn purple.
Cracked crab oozing purple stuff
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William Henry Perkin 1838 1907
Natural dyes were not available everywhere and
there was less supply than the demand for them.
This made the dyes expensive and only the higher
social classes could afford to wear dyed
clothing. All these problems were solved when a
man named William Henry Perkin discovered the
first synthetic dye in 1856.
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William Henry Perkin, a student of celebrated
European scientist Wilhelm von Hoffman,
accidentally discovered the first synthetic dye
while doing a lab experiment trying to find a
cure for malaria . Perkin, then being only 18,
noticed a purple precipitate, later called
mauviene, as the product of his experiment and
this was quickly put into industrial application.
This discovery allowed the young Perkin to start
his own factory in London to commercially produce
his dyestuff.
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Synthetic means not found in nature, or in other
words, made by man. The synthetic dyes are more
colorfast, cheaper, and easier to make than
natural dyes. Since 1856 many colors of dyes
have been discovered, Magenta was found in 1859,
Aniline blue in 1860, Aniline black in 1863, and
Congo red in 1884. Those are just a few of the
many.
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Dance the cha cha in your new congo red shirt!
Congo Red was a special dye that was discovered.
This was the first direct cotton dye meaning
that it could bond with the cellulose in cotton
shirts without the need of a mordant (mordant
being an extra molecule used in the dyeing
process). This discovery opened up a floodgate
of development of direct cotton dyes with
outstanding fastness to washing and light. The
direct cotton dye class is the largest group of
dyes in existence.
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Works Cited
1.) Belfer, Nancy, 1977. Designing in Batik and
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Druding, Susan C. July 08, 2001. April 22,
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Dyeing With Reactive Dyes. Textile Chemist and
Colorist. September 1980. 4.) Meilach, Dona,
1973. Contemporary Batik and Tie-Dye. Crown
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