It turned out AWESOME!!! I know why you kept saying it, because it turned out SO cool! I know this is a year old video, so you must've done more, but... you're right, the depth is amazing! Love the colors on both, love both of them! Really appreciate you! Going to have to binge all your videos!
I was so glad I found this video of you trying low immersion! I have only been doing tie dye for a few months now, but I got mesmerized on this process, and I couldn't back away from it. Like you, I found so much conflicting information, that I wound up trying different techniques, with varying degrees of success. I tried the tight jar one like this from a video I found, and that lead me to research the quilters sites, which were full of great new techniques, including freezing the shirt and putting the soda ash onto liquid dye. Mine did not turn out as good as hers, but that lead me to find a wonderful series of videos by some wonderful dyers, from Ann Johnson to Claire Brem, and others. I found a most satisfying Low immersion technique, using an ordinary scrunch fold with rubber bands, (and some with acordian folds with scrunch in between lines, powdering with contrasting dyes with shakers to evenly distribute, and then syringing the warm soda ash water slowly over the various areas. Then, I set it with 140 degree hot water...and it was magic. The collision of colors between the sections of acordian folds split into all sorts of color, but no, the camera does not begin to show the depth of effects with this process. People can't help but touch my shirt when I wear one. It looks textured. Thanks for doing this one; I had given up on some of the brighter colors, and now I am "dyeing" to try again. I love how the colors mingle but don't mix.This process does not seem to be one well known to tie dyers which may be why there is so little information about it.
Do you have pictures posted anywhere? Perhaps a video to show your process? I cannot help but be excited after seeing how excited Scott was with his results lol
Not as great as yours but I didn’t use thickened dye, do you think that would make a difference? Mine just looked pastel dyed, still pretty but not as dramatic.
Trying this again, I had ‘old’ dyes made up over a week ago so I tried your pastel alien spine with them ... turned out the most vibrant I’ve ever done! 😂 Then I thickened the dribbles of dye left over #mighthaveoverdonetheguargum and waiting with bated breath!
@@CasualCollisions My first attempt turned out pretty good! I did an ice dye first, then the soda ash water, scrunch. It had some really cool dimension and layering. I'll be making more of these! :)
I had to stop what I was doing and get closer to the tv when you showed the final shirts because the depth was so striking! And it was fun to hear how excited you were with the final results. They both look so cool!
Your excitement is contagious and very enjoyable to watch. I suspect there are many ways to do low water immersion dyeing which accounts for the lack of consistent information on the subject.
I love this! Thank you! I look forward to your new video's. I have not yet gotten into the ice dying, just starting my own business, really nervous, and love the calmness that you video with. Glad to see you healthy too!
I really like the tutorial on low immersion. I'd hoped for some more videos exploring this technique but haven't seen any 8 months later. Looking forward to when you do some more. Thanks so much!
I've posted quite a few LWI (low water immersion) and HWI (hot water irrigation) already; but, there are several more coming within the next couple of months. Camo [Liquid Dye & LWI ] - ua-cam.com/video/8-dHCC37G0U/v-deo.html Feathers [Vertical, HWI, Ice Dye] - ua-cam.com/video/Rfg0JbGdF6c/v-deo.html Single-Color Spiral HWI [Vertical, HWI, Ice Dye] - ua-cam.com/video/-Gbcajk35Q0/v-deo.html HWI Incline Mandala [Incline, Hot Water Irrigation/Infusion, Ice Dye] - ua-cam.com/video/mgJjXx_RgEE/v-deo.html The Long Melt [Ice Dye & HWI ] - ua-cam.com/video/KGAuWIwlQf4/v-deo.html
i love this and i hope you're loving your new-ish overhead camera set up (liked the old way too just happy to see videos and hear your soothing voice in general!)
I agree with you, they are awesome! one has a rippled frosted glass type brownian blur type effect. It almost looks glossy in the darker areas. To me the spiral looks like its stuffed into a bag and the darker areas are sticking to the plastic. I wonder if the thickened dye played in the effect of the scrunched shirt.........🤔
I recorded this one 4-6 weeks ago and I've done some experimentation since then. It looks like the "depth" in the colors on the scrunch is largely due to the thickened dye. With that said, you'd still need to do this as a LI and not a straight thickened liquid dye to see those results.
I would’ve loved to see the same technique one with liquid then one with ice dye. I love the crumble effect but wonder how it would look if it was done with Ice
Casual Collisions perfect. I’m finally getting the hang of ice dying. I’d hate to now have to switch to liquid lol but I’m obsessed with the liquid one. How much powder to water ratio is recommended?
@@mimibarbie90 - It depends on the color of the dye. The distributer (Dharma, Custom Colours, etc.) lists the ratios required for each color. But, in general: Non-turquoise containing colors: 1 tsp dye:4 oz water Turquoise-containing colors: 1 tsp dye:2oz water Blacks: 1 tsp dye:1oz water
Hello! I plan on trying this method today. How long did you let the shirts sit for in the Tupperware before applying the soda ash water? Thanks so much, I've tried several of your designs love your videos!
I always mis-judge what will sell the fastest. I thought the scrunch from this video would have sold within a day of being posted. What's odd is how many times the shirts I consider to be "failures" end up selling within a few hours. :) Thank you for the purchase. It's appreciated!
I use warm water but not as hot as 120°. Using warm or cool water allows the dye to "move" thru the fabric and make crystalline designs. When the water is hot the dye starts to bond sooner thus the dye doesnt have much time to creep thru the fabric. Of course theres many parts of the process that will make a difference in your outcome.
@jaredb9523 after it soaks, you add the soda ash water. You want the soda ash last cause that let's the colors blend. Put the soda ash in too soon and you stop the dye from blending
That amount of depth in the scrunch in this vid seems to be pretty unique among most low water immersion videos ive seen, id love to see you try to replicate the outcome again
Very interesting technique. When you said you let them soak only an hour I thought this would turn out far too pale, but it didn't. I'm definitely going to be trying this out.
@@CasualCollisions no not yet. My job keeps me pretty busy and I just haven't had the spare time to get dyes out and start playing. I will let you know when I have the chance to though.
@@CasualCollisions both are amazing, but I completely agree with you about the depth of the pink one. I’ve never seen anything like it. I have the alginate thickener, but I don’t know how much to use for 1/2 c with 1tsp dye . I mixed it a couple days ago and I just stare at this jelly urea water in the fridge. It’s so intimidating
I don't remember and I don't keep notes beyond what's recorded in the videos. I would guess about the same length of time as it would take for a single layer of ice to melt --- maybe 3-4 hours?
@@CasualCollisions lol I got the dye on the shirt did it last and went back to watch and see how long you waited before you poured the soda ash and can't find it so I'm go with 2 hours?
I just had to try this! I am new to tie dye ... I made a mistake and put my shirts in a bowl that they weren’t “tight” in he bottom and kinda floated a bit. I used DARK colors. I have a question... I dunno if it’s because I used darker colors - but did you notice a big difference between the inside and outside of the shirt? I think I liked the inside pattern better/variation better. Will try with shirt inside out next round! Thank you for this video!
99% of the work I do is with the shirts flipped inside-out. I didn't look that closely at the inside of the shirt since that's not the side that faces everyone.
The water was thickened. I use guar gum; but, most people use sodium alginate. Guar gum is usually available in the caning section of your local grocery store. My starting point is about 1/4 tsp per 16oz of water and then I go from there after waiting about 15min to see how thick it is. You can get Guar Gum and Sodium Alginate from Amazon at: Guar Gum: amzn.to/2UiOS4d Sodium Alginate: amzn.to/2YmIhHt
way cool ... just love it ... hahahaha ... i tried my first tie dye last weekend ... was looking through UA-cam and ran across you .. first, awesome job on your videos ... second, i am trying this now just to see what happens ... will let you know ... would love to see more videos on this ... can't find on your channel ... please do more :>)
This is my favorite way I've come across. When you say 2cups boiling water and 2tsp soda ash is that per container or did u do 1/2 that amount I'm each bowl?
Mr. Casual Collisions, I'm really having a hard time with rinsing my tie dyes, I always have back stains on my work. I just wish you could do a video about rinsing. Thank you so much!
The rinsing is really quick and simple: 1) I rinse in the sink in COLD water until I'm sure all the soda ash has been removed. Roughly 2-4 minutes per shirt with active motion. 2) I launder the shirt with a very small amount of detergent in the washing machine. I use warm water and an extra rinse cycle. 3) Then the shirt is dried in the dryer with a spare towel to speed drying. If you have stains on the material after washing, you likely didn't rinse all the soda ash out of the material during the first rinse OR you used hot water to rinse. Sometimes I misjudge the length I need to rinse and end up with some staining in the white areas -- it happens.
Hi, I have two white stained hoodies l need to get inti my wardrobe soon. I don't know how to scrunch a hoodie. Would you be able to do a scrunch hoodie with this method pleeeeeese 🙏
Wow! Wow wow wow! I gotta tell ya, I’ve never been real impressed with the description of LWI dyes so I’ve never done it. I’ve always pre soaked in soda ash for 20 minutes Blah blah blah. I’m excited! I have got to try this one ! The scrunch was my favorite. But the more I looked at the spiral I was digging it too! I wonder if a higher concentration of SA in the two cups of water would change the intensity ? Would longer batch time? 🤔I can see some experimenting ahead! 🤗
I felt the same after someone requested that I do a video on this method. I kept thinking, "Why? It doesn't sound impressive and the results in the few pictures I've found look like a low saturation liquid dye." Needless to say - I was surprised with the results. And, *this* is the reason I like to experiment with other options. I would assume that a longer batch time would result in less depth in the colors because you wouldn't have the pastel results under the saturated colors - the longer you batch. But, that's just my assumption....
Casual Collisions would be worth some experiments! I have some fabric to dye for mask making. Maybe I will come up with a plan and split the fabric up into smaller pieces. I also thought about getting some flour sack towels to dye. 🤔 it’s got my brain spinning! Which is a good thing! 🤗
If you use Dharma dyes, you can get a poster here: www.dharmatrading.com/tools/fiber-reactive-poster.html I cut the poster down and laminate all the color swatches to place on the jars. If you use dye from a different distributer, you could dye small pieces of fabric and use those. Due to my having dyes from multiple distributers and custom colors that don't exist on the poster, that's what I'm about to start doing.
This is an eye opener! Thanks for this video. I will definitely be giving LWI a try. You used thickened dye on the scrunch. I wonder how different the results than if dye had not been thickened?
This is cool. I did scrunch and turned out awesome. Do you think the extra water in ice dye made a difference in result? Did you try again but drain excess water or put in container for the soda ash water step only?
If you soak the shirts in soda ash first, this method will NOT work. Low Water Immersion dyeing requires the soda ash be added *after* the dye has been in place, not before.
The bright areas on the scrunch dye are where the soda ash reached. The pastel areas were stained by the dyed but never reacted with the soda ash. They will continue to fade away.
This is one of my favorites from you so far! QQ once you mix your thickened liquid dyes, how long do you keep them on the shelf after mixing- 1 day- 1 week? LOVE your Videos- can't get enough!
I usually use them the same day. But, for this video they were about a week old and I used them simply because that's what I had readily available at the time.
Will be trying the powder one this week and the liquid maybe next weekend! Do these need to be soaked in soda ash afterwards to better fix the colors afterwards? REALLY like this man, thanks for trying it and showing us how to do it!!
@@CasualCollisions Trying this now with a spiral. I wet it with plain water, made as tight a spiral as possible while damp using a fork and I really torqued it tight. I powdered it but in a spiral instead of sections the way you did mostly with purples and black filler. I laid ice on it fairly heavy and went to bed. So it's had maybe 6 hours to melt and sit. I have just applied soda ash water at near boiling temps with about two tablespoons of soda ash dissolved. I've obviously deviated some from your method so I'll be interested to see the result - honestly I think I should've used less ice and possibly less time but it was near 3am when I laid the ice. Fingers crossed it's not an unrecognizable blob when it's done in an hour! I'll report back in a few hours :) Edit: First wash done! My spiral is coming out just like your's albeit different colors - I only used purple and black. It looks terrific so far with the same "depth" that you've gotten - awesome! Edit2: All dried, looks like yours but with a good bit more white - I tied it VERY tight! Looks great - cannot wait to do the thickened liquid next.
@@BLKMGK4 - I'm curious how this turned out for you. I considered using 180F+ water instead of 120F; but, it seemed like a step I didn't want to take. So, I'm curious how your "near boiling water" worked out.
Ive been having a hard time finding it as well, but dyes are for using so i havent been hoarding mine either. Just trying to make the most of what i have left.
Factory burned in India apparently, fingers crossed here too! I've got turquoise but I swear that stuff is the craft glitter of dye - its gets everywhere!
@@BLKMGK4 - That's why my tie area is in a completely different room than where I dye - Turquoise. I didn't do any dyeing for several months a couple of years ago and found dye when cleaning that had just sat there, waiting - waiting to ruin anything it touched.
I wash in a warm cycle with whatever detergent I have at the time - with an extra rinse. Then, off to the dryer. After that, they get tossed in with the rest of our clothes. I've never had anything bleed after the singular lone wash.
I use guar gum, not sodium alginate; and, the ratio depends on what I'm looking for with each tie dye. Generally I start around 1/4 tsp per 16oz water and go from there. I use a blender if I plan well enough ahead; but, if I don't plan to use a thickened dye or if I just don't feel like cleaning the blender, I mix by hand. If I use a blender, I use it to make a thickened water solution and then divide that amoungst the bottles and then add dye to each bottle.
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I can’t thank you enough for experimenting with new ideas. You are like the Mr. Wizard’s World of tye dyeing!🧙🏻♂️🪄Love all of your videos!
Ok, that scrunch is super badass. Love that 3D effect.
Right?!
I concur
It turned out AWESOME!!! I know why you kept saying it, because it turned out SO cool! I know this is a year old video, so you must've done more, but... you're right, the depth is amazing! Love the colors on both, love both of them! Really appreciate you! Going to have to binge all your videos!
Thank you. I appreciate the views and feedback.
I was so glad I found this video of you trying low immersion! I have only been doing tie dye for a few months now, but I got mesmerized on this process, and I couldn't back away from it. Like you, I found so much conflicting information, that I wound up trying different techniques, with varying degrees of success. I tried the tight jar one like this from a video I found, and that lead me to research the quilters sites, which were full of great new techniques, including freezing the shirt and putting the soda ash onto liquid dye. Mine did not turn out as good as hers, but that lead me to find a wonderful series of videos by some wonderful dyers, from Ann Johnson to Claire Brem, and others. I found a most satisfying Low immersion technique, using an ordinary scrunch fold with rubber bands, (and some with acordian folds with scrunch in between lines, powdering with contrasting dyes with shakers to evenly distribute, and then syringing the warm soda ash water slowly over the various areas. Then, I set it with 140 degree hot water...and it was magic. The collision of colors between the sections of acordian folds split into all sorts of color, but no, the camera does not begin to show the depth of effects with this process. People can't help but touch my shirt when I wear one. It looks textured. Thanks for doing this one; I had given up on some of the brighter colors, and now I am "dyeing" to try again. I love how the colors mingle but don't mix.This process does not seem to be one well known to tie dyers which may be why there is so little information about it.
Do you have pictures posted anywhere? Perhaps a video to show your process? I cannot help but be excited after seeing how excited Scott was with his results lol
Hay i would love to see the sources to the two techniques which u seem very fond of.
I'd like to try them.
Would u share your knowledge? :)
Dont fallow this
Here for the tea. Show us 🌝
Since re-discovering tie dyeing, you’ve been a source of inspiration, information and learning. Thank you. Trying this one next 👍
Thank you. Let me know how it turns out.
Not as great as yours but I didn’t use thickened dye, do you think that would make a difference? Mine just looked pastel dyed, still pretty but not as dramatic.
@@hespie3579 - Yes. The reason this example has such depth is because of the thickened dye.
Trying this again, I had ‘old’ dyes made up over a week ago so I tried your pastel alien spine with them ... turned out the most vibrant I’ve ever done! 😂
Then I thickened the dribbles of dye left over #mighthaveoverdonetheguargum and waiting with bated breath!
That's a Wonderful Scrunch Dye
I love how excited you are over this! I will be trying this soon! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! And, let me know how your shirts turn out.
@@CasualCollisions My first attempt turned out pretty good! I did an ice dye first, then the soda ash water, scrunch. It had some really cool dimension and layering. I'll be making more of these! :)
I had to stop what I was doing and get closer to the tv when you showed the final shirts because the depth was so striking! And it was fun to hear how excited you were with the final results. They both look so cool!
The same here; but, in person. I kept pulling the material in closer to see all the goodness that was in the scrunch. :)
The spiral is DOPE!!!
I am trying this while watching and rewatching your video. Your enthusiasm is contagious!
I love the mottled look produced by low immersion and scrunch dye techniques. They are by far my favorite way to dye stuff.
It's definitely a look that isn't created by any other process.
Omg!!! The depth one is absolutely the coolest thing ever ! Can’t wait to follow your directions and try tomorrow !!
The scrunch looks like 3D. Love it. Would love it in the colors of the other one.
Your excitement is contagious and very enjoyable to watch. I suspect there are many ways to do low water immersion dyeing which accounts for the lack of consistent information on the subject.
Thanks. Normally, I'm not so giddy with the results - I was really shocked with this one. ;)
Very cool! The scrunch is wild! Thank you for doing a spiral and a scrunch, gonna have to try this for sure
The scrunch version is still one of my top favorites.
I’ve tried this method twice and I’m obsessed with how it turns out! Thank you for sharing your methods! Love your UA-cam videos!
Thank you and I appreciate your watching!
I love your videos so much! You are the best tie dyer on UA-cam!!! 😍🌈
Wow - thanks! I don't think I deserve that; but, I'll take it. ;)
There are both cool,love them
I love this! Thank you! I look forward to your new video's. I have not yet gotten into the ice dying, just starting my own business, really nervous, and love the calmness that you video with. Glad to see you healthy too!
Relatively healthy.... depends on the day.
Just jump into ice dyeing - it's hard to mess it up. :)
As you said several times, this is soo cool. Im definitely gonna be doing a few of the liquid style.
Did you try it? How did they turn out?
If you want to share, you can find me on FB at: facebook.com/casualcollisions/
i like the scrunch one a lot. my kind of tie dye.
That is awesome. I have to do a dye project at a children’s camp and we don’t have two days to dye and process. This will work.
They are both fantastic! I am going to try them both.
No. Really. I am.
Wow! What an amazing technique
Yes - this is definitely one to keep experimenting with. It can be complete in a few hours with amazing depth.
I love this effect thank you for putting all the confusing info on line into a video
I'm glad I accomplished the goal of the video. :)
I love the WOW effect what tie dye has. Even for an experienced tiedyer 😍😍😍 Thanks for sharing 😉🎉🎉
Love the spirel because its my favorite style but the scrunched one is really cool too
Hmmmm.... Now, I'm trying to figure out if I can make a spiral that looks like the scrunch pattern. That could be interesting.
I really like the tutorial on low immersion. I'd hoped for some more videos exploring this technique but haven't seen any 8 months later. Looking forward to when you do some more. Thanks so much!
I've posted quite a few LWI (low water immersion) and HWI (hot water irrigation) already; but, there are several more coming within the next couple of months.
Camo [Liquid Dye & LWI ] - ua-cam.com/video/8-dHCC37G0U/v-deo.html
Feathers [Vertical, HWI, Ice Dye] - ua-cam.com/video/Rfg0JbGdF6c/v-deo.html
Single-Color Spiral HWI [Vertical, HWI, Ice Dye] - ua-cam.com/video/-Gbcajk35Q0/v-deo.html
HWI Incline Mandala [Incline, Hot Water Irrigation/Infusion, Ice Dye] - ua-cam.com/video/mgJjXx_RgEE/v-deo.html
The Long Melt [Ice Dye & HWI ] - ua-cam.com/video/KGAuWIwlQf4/v-deo.html
@@CasualCollisions thank you so much for posting the links! I looked on your videos but couldn't find them. That's my bad. Sorry about that. 😊
@@auntieann3000 - No problem. I should use consistent naming conventions and everyone could find what they're looking for. :)
Looks awesome. Can't wait to try.😊
I tried the low water immersion dye. Loved how they turned out. Great videos.
Thank you and I'm glad it worked out for you.
ok just finished the video and I AM TRYING THIS TODAY ~ congrats on another successful video!!!!!
Let me know how it works out for you.
They're both awesome.your work is always so professional.
Thank you. That's appreciated.
Really cool and creative!!! I agree, the depth of both was a surprise to me. Love your content! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!!
Thanks for watching and the feedback!
i love this and i hope you're loving your new-ish overhead camera set up (liked the old way too just happy to see videos and hear your soothing voice in general!)
The crunch one! Damn turned out sick.
Right?! It's like a quick-and-easy 3D leopard-print.
This is lovely.
I have been a bit nervous to try this. Your video convinced me. I shall try it tomorrow !
Let me know how it turns out!
I love both of them! Gotta try this!
Let me know how it works out for you.
I agree with you, they are awesome! one has a rippled frosted glass type brownian blur type effect. It almost looks glossy in the darker areas. To me the spiral looks like its stuffed into a bag and the darker areas are sticking to the plastic. I wonder if the thickened dye played in the effect of the scrunched shirt.........🤔
I recorded this one 4-6 weeks ago and I've done some experimentation since then. It looks like the "depth" in the colors on the scrunch is largely due to the thickened dye. With that said, you'd still need to do this as a LI and not a straight thickened liquid dye to see those results.
Casual Collisions what does LWI mean in this context?
@@rosekiki - It was a typo and should have been LI (low immersion).
okay....I just dyed 3 shorts earlier, I have 3 left, I am SO trying this later today!! Way cool!!
Let me know how it turns out.
I would’ve loved to see the same technique one with liquid then one with ice dye. I love the crumble effect but wonder how it would look if it was done with Ice
I have more videos coming with other liquid and ice dye with the low immersion method.
Casual Collisions perfect. I’m finally getting the hang of ice dying. I’d hate to now have to switch to liquid lol but I’m obsessed with the liquid one. How much powder to water ratio is recommended?
@@mimibarbie90 - It depends on the color of the dye. The distributer (Dharma, Custom Colours, etc.) lists the ratios required for each color. But, in general:
Non-turquoise containing colors: 1 tsp dye:4 oz water
Turquoise-containing colors: 1 tsp dye:2oz water
Blacks: 1 tsp dye:1oz water
Totally awesome!! 💜💙💜
Relax, Buddy! Yes it is wonderful, and I am trying my first one even as we speak.
Wow!! I really like how it turned out. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
Love the spiral shirt👍👍
Hello! I plan on trying this method today. How long did you let the shirts sit for in the Tupperware before applying the soda ash water? Thanks so much, I've tried several of your designs love your videos!
I can't believe nobody bought that shirt already! I totally scooped it up.
I always mis-judge what will sell the fastest. I thought the scrunch from this video would have sold within a day of being posted. What's odd is how many times the shirts I consider to be "failures" end up selling within a few hours. :)
Thank you for the purchase. It's appreciated!
I use warm water but not as hot as 120°. Using warm or cool water allows the dye to "move" thru the fabric and make crystalline designs. When the water is hot the dye starts to bond sooner thus the dye doesnt have much time to creep thru the fabric. Of course theres many parts of the process that will make a difference in your outcome.
You still do ash in the water when cool?
@jaredb9523 after it soaks, you add the soda ash water. You want the soda ash last cause that let's the colors blend. Put the soda ash in too soon and you stop the dye from blending
My fav is tourquise n purple
Oh I am definitely going to try this!
It's fast. It's easy. And, the results are awesome. Everyone should give it a try. :)
Let me know how yours turn out.
They're beautiful. I'll be trying that on my next dying session. Many thanks.
Sweet. Let me know how they turn out.
Nice man, I keep seeing the term and result but never took the time to find info on the process. Thanks for sharing and documenting
Thanks for watching - I appreciate it.
These are sooo cool!
Thank you.
I love all your videos...
Thank you.
Wow! Love it.
Thank you.
That amount of depth in the scrunch in this vid seems to be pretty unique among most low water immersion videos ive seen, id love to see you try to replicate the outcome again
Very interesting technique. When you said you let them soak only an hour I thought this would turn out far too pale, but it didn't. I'm definitely going to be trying this out.
Have you given either a try, yet?
@@CasualCollisions no not yet. My job keeps me pretty busy and I just haven't had the spare time to get dyes out and start playing. I will let you know when I have the chance to though.
love this design will try it out thanks for sharing, do you think the technique would work without thickening the dye?
The technique will work; but, I don't think the "layered" look with the extra depth will be there without the dye being thickened.
Good job dude,looks tight
Much thanks!
They are awesome!!! ❤️🌈 I don’t get it, but it works !! I’m definitely going to try this. Thank you for the video.
Let me know how it turns out for you.
@@CasualCollisions both are amazing, but I completely agree with you about the depth of the pink one. I’ve never seen anything like it. I have the alginate thickener, but I don’t know how much to use for 1/2 c with 1tsp dye . I mixed it a couple days ago and I just stare at this jelly urea water in the fridge. It’s so intimidating
Excelente! Lo hare ahora a ver que ta sale lml
The scrunch shirt though! How long did you let them sit before adding the soda ash water? Thanks for the video, excited to try this!
I don't remember and I don't keep notes beyond what's recorded in the videos. I would guess about the same length of time as it would take for a single layer of ice to melt --- maybe 3-4 hours?
Fix to give this a try
Let me know how it turns out!
@@CasualCollisions I don't have thicken dye but hope for the best will let you know
@@CasualCollisions lol I got the dye on the shirt did it last and went back to watch and see how long you waited before you poured the soda ash and can't find it so I'm go with 2 hours?
@@jamesproffitt9641 - I think it was 2-3 hours.
@@CasualCollisions your awesome thank you
I just had to try this! I am new to tie dye ... I made a mistake and put my shirts in a bowl that they weren’t “tight” in he bottom and kinda floated a bit. I used DARK colors. I have a question... I dunno if it’s because I used darker colors - but did you notice a big difference between the inside and outside of the shirt? I think I liked the inside pattern better/variation better. Will try with shirt inside out next round! Thank you for this video!
99% of the work I do is with the shirts flipped inside-out. I didn't look that closely at the inside of the shirt since that's not the side that faces everyone.
really awesome work! when you say a dye is "thickened", what does that mean?
The water was thickened. I use guar gum; but, most people use sodium alginate. Guar gum is usually available in the caning section of your local grocery store.
My starting point is about 1/4 tsp per 16oz of water and then I go from there after waiting about 15min to see how thick it is.
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way cool ... just love it ... hahahaha ... i tried my first tie dye last weekend ... was looking through UA-cam and ran across you .. first, awesome job on your videos ... second, i am trying this now just to see what happens ... will let you know ... would love to see more videos on this ... can't find on your channel ... please do more :>)
I have a few more low water immersion dye videos made up -- they just haven't been posted yet. They'll come out over the next few months.
Casual Collisions that is awesome. Looking forward to seeing them. My shirt turned out well. Next time I need to use more dye. Still learning. 😉
This is my favorite way I've come across. When you say 2cups boiling water and 2tsp soda ash is that per container or did u do 1/2 that amount I'm each bowl?
It the tight bowl the trick to this one?
No. There's no trick, really. The different effect is due to the low water immersion dye method versus pre-soaking the fabric is soda ash.
@@CasualCollisions Thank you. I’m going to give it a whirl next week. Waiting 24 to 48 hours is excruciating 😣
We were talking about blue shortages, Hyatt’s has some cerulean and bright blue, bit expensive but, if you need, they have..
Sheesh, hold off, their confirmation email says “if all items are in stock”...they didn’t have any indication that anything was out...
these look great! do you think it would work to do liquid AND ice on the same item?
Yes, you can use liquid and ice on the same item. Muck dyeing is a prime example.
Mr. Casual Collisions, I'm really having a hard time with rinsing my tie dyes, I always have back stains on my work. I just wish you could do a video about rinsing. Thank you so much!
The rinsing is really quick and simple:
1) I rinse in the sink in COLD water until I'm sure all the soda ash has been removed. Roughly 2-4 minutes per shirt with active motion.
2) I launder the shirt with a very small amount of detergent in the washing machine. I use warm water and an extra rinse cycle.
3) Then the shirt is dried in the dryer with a spare towel to speed drying.
If you have stains on the material after washing, you likely didn't rinse all the soda ash out of the material during the first rinse OR you used hot water to rinse. Sometimes I misjudge the length I need to rinse and end up with some staining in the white areas -- it happens.
Hi, I have two white stained hoodies l need to get inti my wardrobe soon. I don't know how to scrunch a hoodie. Would you be able to do a scrunch hoodie with this method pleeeeeese 🙏
Wow! Wow wow wow!
I gotta tell ya, I’ve never been real impressed with the description of LWI dyes so I’ve never done it. I’ve always pre soaked in soda ash for 20 minutes Blah blah blah.
I’m excited! I have got to try this one !
The scrunch was my favorite. But the more I looked at the spiral I was digging it too!
I wonder if a higher concentration of SA in the two cups of water would change the intensity ? Would longer batch time? 🤔I can see some experimenting ahead! 🤗
I felt the same after someone requested that I do a video on this method. I kept thinking, "Why? It doesn't sound impressive and the results in the few pictures I've found look like a low saturation liquid dye."
Needless to say - I was surprised with the results. And, *this* is the reason I like to experiment with other options.
I would assume that a longer batch time would result in less depth in the colors because you wouldn't have the pastel results under the saturated colors - the longer you batch. But, that's just my assumption....
Casual Collisions would be worth some experiments! I have some fabric to dye for mask making. Maybe I will come up with a plan and split the fabric up into smaller pieces. I also thought about getting some flour sack towels to dye. 🤔 it’s got my brain spinning! Which is a good thing! 🤗
Where do you get the color chips that are on top of your dye jars? I work better visually and these are perfect!
If you use Dharma dyes, you can get a poster here: www.dharmatrading.com/tools/fiber-reactive-poster.html
I cut the poster down and laminate all the color swatches to place on the jars.
If you use dye from a different distributer, you could dye small pieces of fabric and use those. Due to my having dyes from multiple distributers and custom colors that don't exist on the poster, that's what I'm about to start doing.
Love them
Thank you!
This is an eye opener! Thanks for this video. I will definitely be giving LWI a try. You used thickened dye on the scrunch. I wonder how different the results than if dye had not been thickened?
Here's an LWI without thickened dyes: ua-cam.com/video/8-dHCC37G0U/v-deo.html
The real 🐐
Thanks!
Very cool!
Thanks.
This is cool. I did scrunch and turned out awesome. Do you think the extra water in ice dye made a difference in result? Did you try again but drain excess water or put in container for the soda ash water step only?
I think the difference was that the liquid dye was thickened for the scrunch. That was likely the cause for the extra depth in the colors.
Casual Collisions thanks for the reply. I want to do another and deciding what to do.
Is there a reason the shirts were not soaked in the soda ash first ? Will it make a difference if they are?
If you soak the shirts in soda ash first, this method will NOT work. Low Water Immersion dyeing requires the soda ash be added *after* the dye has been in place, not before.
I love how the liquid dye turned out - how did you thicken your dye?
I thicken dye with guar gum; but, most people use sodium alginate.
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@@CasualCollisions thanks!!
Steps to thicken dye with guar gum!??
The scrunch one was awesome! Did you put detergent when you washed it on washing machine?
I just use regular laundry detergent when I use the washing machine.
@@CasualCollisions thank you for sharing!
Can you share the brand or size of the plastic bowls you used? That was a great, tight fit 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
They're 48oz, roughly 6.25" diameter, disposable storage containers from HEB: www.heb.com/product-detail/h-e-b-texas-tough-large-bowl-48-oz-food-storage-containers/2204007
They're HEB's version of Glad's container: amzn.to/2Xrd99R
Love your videos! Where did you get those plastic dishes that you soaked the shirts in?
They're 48oz, roughly 6.25" diameter, disposable storage containers from HEB: www.heb.com/product-detail/h-e-b-texas-tough-large-bowl-48-oz-food-storage-containers/2204007
They're HEB's version of Glad's container: amzn.to/2Xrd99R
How do you make your thickened dye??
cool.
The bright areas on the scrunch dye are where the soda ash reached. The pastel areas were stained by the dyed but never reacted with the soda ash. They will continue to fade away.
Can you do low immersion dyeing with liquid dyes with soda ash already in them?
Yes; you can; but, the results won't be the same as the dye will begin to bond when it touches the shirt versus when the soda ash solution is added.
@@CasualCollisions Would then not doing a low immersion dyeing be necessary and just stick with a liquid dyeing?
Thank you for the reply.
This is one of my favorites from you so far! QQ once you mix your thickened liquid dyes, how long do you keep them on the shelf after mixing- 1 day- 1 week? LOVE your Videos- can't get enough!
I usually use them the same day. But, for this video they were about a week old and I used them simply because that's what I had readily available at the time.
Scrunched one almost looks like it’s exploded and jagged! I love it
It's easily in my top 5 favorites for this year.
On your scrunch, could you see if the dye had saturated through to the bottom or was it still white?
It had saturated through.
Good job buddy
a question
is 2 cups of water with 2 tablespoons of sodium carbonate
at 120 degrees temperature?
Hot water?
It's about 50C.
Hello. I do not have much expérience… to do liquid dye… do you only put water in it? Since you put the soda hash after?
Trying this today as ice dyes. How long did you leave the ice dye sit after the ice melted?
You can proceed as soon as the ice melts if you're doing an LWI.
Will be trying the powder one this week and the liquid maybe next weekend! Do these need to be soaked in soda ash afterwards to better fix the colors afterwards? REALLY like this man, thanks for trying it and showing us how to do it!!
The only soda ash used with the solution I poured over them in the video.
@@CasualCollisions Trying this now with a spiral. I wet it with plain water, made as tight a spiral as possible while damp using a fork and I really torqued it tight. I powdered it but in a spiral instead of sections the way you did mostly with purples and black filler. I laid ice on it fairly heavy and went to bed. So it's had maybe 6 hours to melt and sit. I have just applied soda ash water at near boiling temps with about two tablespoons of soda ash dissolved. I've obviously deviated some from your method so I'll be interested to see the result - honestly I think I should've used less ice and possibly less time but it was near 3am when I laid the ice. Fingers crossed it's not an unrecognizable blob when it's done in an hour! I'll report back in a few hours :)
Edit: First wash done! My spiral is coming out just like your's albeit different colors - I only used purple and black. It looks terrific so far with the same "depth" that you've gotten - awesome!
Edit2: All dried, looks like yours but with a good bit more white - I tied it VERY tight! Looks great - cannot wait to do the thickened liquid next.
@@BLKMGK4 - I'm curious how this turned out for you. I considered using 180F+ water instead of 120F; but, it seemed like a step I didn't want to take. So, I'm curious how your "near boiling water" worked out.
Using your Cerulean? Brave..apparently it’s out worldwide..wonder if any substitutes are on the horizon..
Ive been having a hard time finding it as well, but dyes are for using so i havent been hoarding mine either. Just trying to make the most of what i have left.
I have a large supply on hand. I bought quite a bit of turquoise, cerulean, and other turquoise containing colors back in early December.
Me too, turquoise, but not cerulean. As a beginner I very luckily bought some one pound containers and have a very nice supply tucked away.
Factory burned in India apparently, fingers crossed here too! I've got turquoise but I swear that stuff is the craft glitter of dye - its gets everywhere!
@@BLKMGK4 - That's why my tie area is in a completely different room than where I dye - Turquoise. I didn't do any dyeing for several months a couple of years ago and found dye when cleaning that had just sat there, waiting - waiting to ruin anything it touched.
How do you wash them after you rinse thanks
I wash in a warm cycle with whatever detergent I have at the time - with an extra rinse. Then, off to the dryer. After that, they get tossed in with the rest of our clothes. I've never had anything bleed after the singular lone wash.
So this is cool! Going to have to try it this weekend. How long did you let it sit with just the color before adding the soda ash mix?
I believe it was 2-3 hours.
What is your thicken dyed ratio? Water to dye and sodium alginate? You mix by hand or use a blender or hand mixer?
I use guar gum, not sodium alginate; and, the ratio depends on what I'm looking for with each tie dye. Generally I start around 1/4 tsp per 16oz water and go from there.
I use a blender if I plan well enough ahead; but, if I don't plan to use a thickened dye or if I just don't feel like cleaning the blender, I mix by hand. If I use a blender, I use it to make a thickened water solution and then divide that amoungst the bottles and then add dye to each bottle.
Does the container need to be that small?
You can use whatever container you'd like. However, the smaller the container, the less water/dye needs to be used.