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a bowl filled with white cloths on top of a tiled floor next to a wall

Ah, soda ash - totally necessary for tie-dye yet mysterious to many! This guide will tell you everything you need to know about using soda ash for tie-dye - even if you slept through chemistry class.

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tie dyeing without soda ash with text overlay that reads tie dyeing without soda ash

Soda ash, or washing soda, is the common name for the inorganic compound sodium carbonate. Soda ash has many different uses, including in the manufacturing of glass products, as a water softener and air purifier, as an ingredient in detergents and paper products, and in the tie-dying process. Do you need soda ash for tie-dye?

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a jar filled with white powder sitting on top of a wooden table

One of the most common questions we see is How to Make Soda Ash for Tie Dye, and the answer is actually very simple! You probably have everything you need already in your house. To make soda ash for tie dye, just take baking soda and heat it to 300 degrees F for an hour! Both baking soda and soda ash are made up of sodium and carbon. Heating baking soda releases carbon dioxide and water vapor which leaves behind just Sodium Carbonate. Sodium Carbonate, or soda ash, is a mild alkali that is…

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a green and white tie - dyed background with a circular design

Tie dying has long been an entertaining activity for both children and adults. Adults enjoy it because they can renew old clothing and exercise artistic skills. Children like it because it’s messy, allows them to exercise their creativity and is relatively simple.

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a white umbrella laying on top of a bed next to a red and green cord

You don't have to be a hippy or a product of the '70s to love a good tie-dye shirt. Tie-dyeing can be fashionable and fun, offering lots of possibilities to both children and adults. Like many crafting projects, it pays to experiment....

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the words how to set the dye in fabric and prevent fading on a tie - dyed background

Since tie dye projects involve lots of wear and tear after the fact, the aftercare of a tie dye project is almost as important of a skill as those crazy, cool tie dye techniques you use to create stunning tie dye designs. If you cannot keep your tie dye from fading, it can be hard to show off those artistic skills. While it is important to learn how to wash your tie dye shirts after the fact (and for the rest of their brightly-colored lives), these techniques can prove fruitless if you do…

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the cover of how to make a soda ash solution, with colorful dyes on it

No matter which fabric dyeing techniques you use, dyeing fabric can be a fun–some might even say transformative–creative experience. Pulling the hand-dyed fabric from the dye bath to reveal the colors and patterns you have

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a tie that is laying on the ground next to a pair of sunglasses and an eyeglass case

WOW!! It works. This is a photo of a sample of using the soy wax resist and ice dyeing. Even though it is only about 1/4 yard of fabric I learned a lot. 1. I put the wax on and then did the soda ash soak. (One instruction said do the soda ash first. It didn't seem to matter.) 2. Little stamps don't work as well as bigger simple shapes. The round shapes are a cookie cutter. 3. I started putting on the dye powder before the ice. Then I remembered to put the ice on first then dye powder, but it…

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✨ Results of my gravity dyeing / soda ash experiment I’ll make another post explaining my conclusions and which shirt is which process but for now,,, Lmk which dye pattern you like the best 🖤 (I’m obviously partial considering the cover pic of this post but I’m curious if anyone will like another one better lol)

✨ Results of my gravity dyeing / soda ash experiment I’ll make another post explaining my conclusions and which shirt is which process but for now,,, Lmk which dye pattern you like the best 🖤 (I’m obviously partial considering the cover pic of this post but I’m curious if anyone will like another one better lol)

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an assortment of dyes and ink bottles are shown in this image with the instruction manual

About this item AMAZING VIVID COLORS: Each Tie Dye Factory Kit includes 8- 8oz jars of bold colors for everyday tie-dye use! Create stunning works of tie-dye art on any fabric surface you can dream up! Colors included are Fuchsia, Tangerine Orange, Sunny Yellow, Lime Green, Turquoise, Candy Apple Red, Denim Blue, and Violet. COMPLETE KIT: This one-of-a-kind kit includes enough cold-water dye for hundreds of stunning projects. What"s even better, is we include 4- 8oz jars of soda ash AND 8…

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