Fantastic as always! Why anyone would thumbs down a tie dye tutorial is beyond me. There is a special place for that person. My panda spin dryer arrived earlier then expected and I can’t wait to give it a whirl 😁❤️🌈
This one is my favorite!!! I love the colors and wish I could have this in so many different designs. This reminds me of an art scratch pad. I'd buy this in a heartbeat but ONLY on a shirt I pick out. I have some form fitting black t shirts I may just have to try this with.
Hi Angie! I have enjoyed your many helpful videos for the detailed descriptions of your process, your design choices, your fabulous color sense and your critiques of the results at the end. Thank you for your time and effort in putting them out there for us dyers. We appreciate you! I especially like the way this reversed rainbow spirograph t-shirt turned out. I love how the colors seem to glow against the black! Regarding how to get cleaner lines with the decolourant, perhaps you could initially tie the black shirt damp (like you usually do!) and then let it dry folded - since it’s more difficult to get a good spiral folding a dry shirt? The other suggestion I have is to apply the decolourant with a foam stencil “spouncer” brush rather than a regular foam brush. The paste still has to be applied thickly to get good color removal, but it stays on top of the folds better, giving crisper lines, rather than getting scraped down in between the folds and deforming the lines. If you decide to redo for comparison, please take us along with you! Cheers, Cat
Thank you so much - I appreciate you watching! Those are great suggestions. Folding dry doesn't yield as crisp of folds as folding damp. I have a "spouncer" brush that I've used for stenciling, but I never thought to try it on the deColourant - great idea!
I just stumbled upon this video, Angie. I LOVE this shirt. Do you now use the Out White Brite in place of this deColourant. If so, could you explain why you have switched? Or, would you explain under which circumstance you choose one over the other? Thanks!
Thank you! I don't use Out White Brite for this design. The deColourant is thicker and is almost like a yogurt consistency. It is great for projects where you want to remove the color from a specific area. I've used it to paint designs on shirts and remove the color from small areas. The deColourant works great on this design to remove color, but not too much. You an also go back and add more deColourant if you'd like to keep removing color until you are happy with it. Out White Brite works best when the item is submerged in the solution. I have used Out White Brite on spirals, but it is very easy to remove too much color. It's better on designs where you want to remove a large amount of color or where you can fully submerge the shirt without it being a problem.
I don’t know how I missed this one I really love the pattern I’ve never spiralled and then re-spiralled I’m gonna have to try that and I want to thank you for all of your input and your suggestions I had my first tie-dye sale over 4 July weekend I think it was a success I also thanked belladonna and tie-dye hobo for all of your Great advice I learn something new every day I know you do the hot water irrigation I love it but instead of the Hudson sprayer I’ve been using my die bottles you get a lot more precise application you had mentioned it’s windy where you live with the die bottles you can do it inside especially if you’re doing Geodes or any other type of tide pattern thanks again
Thank you! I'm so glad your sale was successful - congratulations!!! That's a great idea with the dye bottles. I know that some people use their sprayers in the house, but I would rather not have the mess inside so I've been doing HWI outside. The dye bottles sound like a great solution though - I'll have to try that. Thank you for the suggestion!
With the sprayer I had a hard time keeping my reds or blues out of my yellows and lighter colours a lot more control I hope you make a video of it thanks again
@@GOYOSGardenTiedyes I can see where the dye bottle would give more control over where the water goes. The sprayer causes so much splattering of the dye everywhere. I'll definitely video it when I try it.
@@FunEndeavors I just watched a video where they used thick water and then get the hot water turned out pretty good here is his RUclips name Meo Faustino
@@ms.bardotb1900 You absolutely can use stencils with deColourant. If you choose to use a stencil, make sure and don't apply the deColourant too heavy right around the edges of the stencil where it leaks under the stencil and makes your lines fuzzy.
Thank you! I think it would probably work better if I tie the spirals damp and then let them dry out instead of tying it dry like I did. Thinning the deColourant might work too. I'll have to experiment a bit more with this one once the weather warms up a bit.
I’m in the process of playing with the decolourant and found some interesting stuff. I dyed a tee and tried to remove the colour from a little alien and a circle for Earth (don’t ask!) Colour faded initially but after washing colour came back to almost original on Earth but not the alien! I think I was stingy with the decolourant, lesson learned and I’ll be more generous next time.
@@hespie3579 that's a strange one...Assuming that you used an iron after you painted the deColourant onto the shirt to remove the color - I don't know what the problem is. The only deColourant that I've had wash out was where I didn't go over it with an iron until the color was totally removed. You do have to use quite a bit of deColourant to get the color totally removed from an area, but if it turns a fairly even color of white after you ironed it - you should be good. If it is spotty - you can add more deColourant and repeat the process until it is light enough before you wash it. I'm not sure what could've happened - that is bizarre.
I LOVE IT! I love the Spirograph pattern and the rest of it is like a Jackson Pollock painting. Fantastic! Have you done this pattern with the RIT? I haven’t tried any reverse dyes yet. I wonder if the RIT would end up removing all the black, doesn’t it have to be dunked? 🤷♀️❤️🌈
Thank you! I haven't tried this with the Rit Color Remover. I have tried spraying the Rit on to a shirt, but didn't have great success. Dunking the shirts in Rit seems to work the best for me. I need to experiment a bit more though and see if I can figure out a way to use the Rit without having to dunk it. I guess that can be a 2021 project.
Hi Angie I have a question about White Brite. I know you have used that before for removing color by submerging the shirt but was wondering if you can mix up the solution and paint it on. Since the water has to be very hot wasn't sure if it would work. Thanks.
I haven't tried painting it on - that would be a great technique to try though. If you do, let me know how it goes. Out White Brite is stinky, but not as bad as the Jacquard deColourant. It would be nice to find an alternative product that can be painted on a shirt.
DeColourant isn't a bleach product, so it doesn't damage fabric the way that bleach does. It is very stinky though so I always wear a respirator when I work with it. You could use bleach instead, but I would recommend neutralizing the bleach after you are finished. I usually neutralize bleach with a mixture of 1 part hydrogen peroxide (the regular kind that you would get from a pharmacy in the first aid section) and 9 parts water. After I bleach the shirt, I rinse it really well and then put the shirt into the hydrogen peroxide mixture and leave it for about 15 minutes or so. Then I put the shirt into the washing machine.
Hi Angie! I know it has been a year since you made this video; I was just wondering if you still feel that the Jacquard's deColourant is the best for this particular design (the spirograph look). I notice that you seem to shy away from using bleach, but would you ever use bleach instead of the deColourant? Happy New Year! Nicole
Hi Nicole! I think deColourant is a great option if you want to remove the color in specific areas without damaging the fabric. I love bleach because it can be applied in specific areas, but it is so easy to leave it too long and weaken the fabric. Bleach also has to be neutralized really well with hydrogen peroxide or the damage to the fabric can continue. I haven't ever been able to get a shirt very light using bleach either. Most of the time a black shirt will be some shade of orange. I like the orange and black combination, but it isn't as easy to apply dye over as the taupe color that I get from either deColourant, Rit Color Remover or Out White Brite. I bought a few colored shirts that I plan to use bleach on soon. A few years ago I tied and bleached a teal colored shirt. The bleach lightened the teal, and after I neutralized the shirt I left it alone and didn't dye it because I thought it looked really cool. I'm hoping to have a similar result with the shirts I purchased. I'm not intending to leave the bleach on long enough to drastically lighten the shirt or hopefully long enough to damage it.
Hi, Angie! Another question: I ice dyed over a screen print and the emblem (bc I didn’t know what I was doing) was deeply covered by the dye. It’s now very muted. Is it possible to apply decolourant now and (hopefully) make the printing visible again?
Hi! I honestly don't know if that would work. In order for the deColourant to remove the color, you have to iron it and I would think that would damage the screen print. I guess in theory you might be able to steam the deColourant to get it to remove, but I honestly think it would damage the screen print too.
take a look at the tie dye channel NSTD. he has a video about folding up a spiral. his are always crisp. it looks like the decolourant causes the colors to be brighter by not causing the material to turn orange like when using a bleach solution.
The deColourant makes the final shirt color more of a taupe rather than an orange like bleach. Out White Brite and Rit Color Remover usually do the same.
Yes, Jacquard's deColourant usually makes a black shirt a taupe color. I also really like Out White Brite laundry whitener. I have several videos using that product to reverse dye with too. It gets black shirts taupe in color and like the deColourant, it doesn't damage the fabric. The Out White Brite has a smell, but it's not anywhere near as strong as the deColourant.
@@fernandosimeon7305 For this particular shirt, I used a product called deColourant to remove the color. Then I washed the shirt, soaked it in sodium carbonate and applied the dye. I am using Procion Fiber Reactive Dye, but if you are using a different type of dye - make sure you follow the instructions for your particular type of dye.
"Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", so for me i think it turned out great!
Thank you! 🙂
Fantastic as always! Why anyone would thumbs down a tie dye tutorial is beyond me. There is a special place for that person. My panda spin dryer arrived earlier then expected and I can’t wait to give it a whirl 😁❤️🌈
Thank you! I hope you love your Panda Spin Dryer as much as I do! Let me know how it goes. Happy New Year!!! 🙂
Spin dryer is best thing ever!!
Love this shirt. Thank you
@@magicre3 I agree - I love mine!
Probably competition giving the thumbs down. I love this tutorial!
The final product looks amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you - I'm glad you like it! 🙂
This one is my favorite!!! I love the colors and wish I could have this in so many different designs. This reminds me of an art scratch pad. I'd buy this in a heartbeat but ONLY on a shirt I pick out. I have some form fitting black t shirts I may just have to try this with.
Thank you! I hope you have fun with this design, I think it looks really cool.
Wow! I think I will try this product. Also, you can cover the heating plate of your iron with aluminum foil if you only have one iron. Like me.
I'm not sure about covering your iron. The iron I use for projects like this was a cheap one I bought for around $20 at Walmart.
I love the look of this shirt! Thank you for all the lovely work you do!!!
Thank you so much!
That shirt looks really awesome, worth the extra effort
Thank you - I'm glad you like it!
I love the vibrancy. Another awesome shirt 👏🏽 👏🏽
Thank you! 🤗
Hi Angie! I have enjoyed your many helpful videos for the detailed descriptions of your process, your design choices, your fabulous color sense and your critiques of the results at the end. Thank you for your time and effort in putting them out there for us dyers. We appreciate you! I especially like the way this reversed rainbow spirograph t-shirt turned out. I love how the colors seem to glow against the black! Regarding how to get cleaner lines with the decolourant, perhaps you could initially tie the black shirt damp (like you usually do!) and then let it dry folded - since it’s more difficult to get a good spiral folding a dry shirt? The other suggestion I have is to apply the decolourant with a foam stencil “spouncer” brush rather than a regular foam brush. The paste still has to be applied thickly to get good color removal, but it stays on top of the folds better, giving crisper lines, rather than getting scraped down in between the folds and deforming the lines. If you decide to redo for comparison, please take us along with you!
Cheers,
Cat
Thank you so much - I appreciate you watching! Those are great suggestions. Folding dry doesn't yield as crisp of folds as folding damp. I have a "spouncer" brush that I've used for stenciling, but I never thought to try it on the deColourant - great idea!
I love the sloppy lines! All your work is great. Easy to follow instructions.
Thank you so much - I really appreciate you watching!
Love the look with the lines like that!
Thank you!
I absolutely Love this, I think the different size lines makes it so unique!! I can’t wait to do this. Thank you, Angie!! Spectacular!! ❤️❤️
Yay! Thank you!
I just stumbled upon this video, Angie. I LOVE this shirt. Do you now use the Out White Brite in place of this deColourant. If so, could you explain why you have switched? Or, would you explain under which circumstance you choose one over the other? Thanks!
Thank you! I don't use Out White Brite for this design. The deColourant is thicker and is almost like a yogurt consistency. It is great for projects where you want to remove the color from a specific area. I've used it to paint designs on shirts and remove the color from small areas. The deColourant works great on this design to remove color, but not too much. You an also go back and add more deColourant if you'd like to keep removing color until you are happy with it.
Out White Brite works best when the item is submerged in the solution. I have used Out White Brite on spirals, but it is very easy to remove too much color. It's better on designs where you want to remove a large amount of color or where you can fully submerge the shirt without it being a problem.
@@FunEndeavors Thank you!
I don’t know how I missed this one I really love the pattern I’ve never spiralled and then re-spiralled I’m gonna have to try that and I want to thank you for all of your input and your suggestions I had my first tie-dye sale over 4 July weekend I think it was a success I also thanked belladonna and tie-dye hobo for all of your Great advice I learn something new every day I know you do the hot water irrigation I love it but instead of the Hudson sprayer I’ve been using my die bottles you get a lot more precise application you had mentioned it’s windy where you live with the die bottles you can do it inside especially if you’re doing Geodes or any other type of tide pattern thanks again
Thank you! I'm so glad your sale was successful - congratulations!!! That's a great idea with the dye bottles. I know that some people use their sprayers in the house, but I would rather not have the mess inside so I've been doing HWI outside. The dye bottles sound like a great solution though - I'll have to try that. Thank you for the suggestion!
With the sprayer I had a hard time keeping my reds or blues out of my yellows and lighter colours a lot more control I hope you make a video of it thanks again
@@GOYOSGardenTiedyes I can see where the dye bottle would give more control over where the water goes. The sprayer causes so much splattering of the dye everywhere. I'll definitely video it when I try it.
@@FunEndeavors I just watched a video where they used thick water and then get the hot water turned out pretty good here is his RUclips name Meo Faustino
@@GOYOSGardenTiedyes thanks - I'll have to check it out!
Thank you fornthe tutorial I bought ther product yesterday wish me luck.
You can do it!
@@FunEndeavors while looking on RUclips when using Jaqucard's deColorrant I ran across another person and she uses stencils with the product.
@@ms.bardotb1900 You absolutely can use stencils with deColourant. If you choose to use a stencil, make sure and don't apply the deColourant too heavy right around the edges of the stencil where it leaks under the stencil and makes your lines fuzzy.
So pretty, love the design!
Thank you! 😊
Stunning!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Another favorite shirt. I love it
Thank you! I really like how it turned out too!
Thank you. A lot of work for great results. Clearner lines: thinner decolorant?
Thank you! I think it would probably work better if I tie the spirals damp and then let them dry out instead of tying it dry like I did. Thinning the deColourant might work too. I'll have to experiment a bit more with this one once the weather warms up a bit.
I’m in the process of playing with the decolourant and found some interesting stuff. I dyed a tee and tried to remove the colour from a little alien and a circle for Earth (don’t ask!)
Colour faded initially but after washing colour came back to almost original on Earth but not the alien!
I think I was stingy with the decolourant, lesson learned and I’ll be more generous next time.
@@hespie3579 that's a strange one...Assuming that you used an iron after you painted the deColourant onto the shirt to remove the color - I don't know what the problem is. The only deColourant that I've had wash out was where I didn't go over it with an iron until the color was totally removed. You do have to use quite a bit of deColourant to get the color totally removed from an area, but if it turns a fairly even color of white after you ironed it - you should be good. If it is spotty - you can add more deColourant and repeat the process until it is light enough before you wash it. I'm not sure what could've happened - that is bizarre.
That's a awesome shirt
Thank you!
Hello love your videos especially this one will you ever sell these type of T-shirts they are wonderful John
Hi! I'm really glad you are enjoying the videos. I do sell my shirts on my website, but I don't have any like this design available right now.
I LOVE IT! I love the Spirograph pattern and the rest of it is like a Jackson Pollock painting. Fantastic! Have you done this pattern with the RIT? I haven’t tried any reverse dyes yet. I wonder if the RIT would end up removing all the black, doesn’t it have to be dunked? 🤷♀️❤️🌈
Thank you! I haven't tried this with the Rit Color Remover. I have tried spraying the Rit on to a shirt, but didn't have great success. Dunking the shirts in Rit seems to work the best for me. I need to experiment a bit more though and see if I can figure out a way to use the Rit without having to dunk it. I guess that can be a 2021 project.
@@FunEndeavors Looks like we will be indoors for another year, so why not?! Tie dye helps pass the time. ☺️
Absolutely - it's a fun way to keep busy!
Always learn so much from you
Thank you so much - I really appreciate you watching! 🙂
Hi Angie I have a question about White Brite. I know you have used that before for removing color by submerging the shirt but was wondering if you can mix up the solution and paint it on.
Since the water has to be very hot wasn't sure if it would work. Thanks.
I haven't tried painting it on - that would be a great technique to try though. If you do, let me know how it goes. Out White Brite is stinky, but not as bad as the Jacquard deColourant. It would be nice to find an alternative product that can be painted on a shirt.
Is the decolorant similar to bleach? Could you use bleach instead, as long as you're using a black shirt?
DeColourant isn't a bleach product, so it doesn't damage fabric the way that bleach does. It is very stinky though so I always wear a respirator when I work with it.
You could use bleach instead, but I would recommend neutralizing the bleach after you are finished. I usually neutralize bleach with a mixture of 1 part hydrogen peroxide (the regular kind that you would get from a pharmacy in the first aid section) and 9 parts water. After I bleach the shirt, I rinse it really well and then put the shirt into the hydrogen peroxide mixture and leave it for about 15 minutes or so. Then I put the shirt into the washing machine.
Hi Angie! I know it has been a year since you made this video; I was just wondering if you still feel that the Jacquard's deColourant is the best for this particular design (the spirograph look). I notice that you seem to shy away from using bleach, but would you ever use bleach instead of the deColourant?
Happy New Year!
Nicole
Hi Nicole! I think deColourant is a great option if you want to remove the color in specific areas without damaging the fabric. I love bleach because it can be applied in specific areas, but it is so easy to leave it too long and weaken the fabric. Bleach also has to be neutralized really well with hydrogen peroxide or the damage to the fabric can continue.
I haven't ever been able to get a shirt very light using bleach either. Most of the time a black shirt will be some shade of orange. I like the orange and black combination, but it isn't as easy to apply dye over as the taupe color that I get from either deColourant, Rit Color Remover or Out White Brite.
I bought a few colored shirts that I plan to use bleach on soon. A few years ago I tied and bleached a teal colored shirt. The bleach lightened the teal, and after I neutralized the shirt I left it alone and didn't dye it because I thought it looked really cool. I'm hoping to have a similar result with the shirts I purchased. I'm not intending to leave the bleach on long enough to drastically lighten the shirt or hopefully long enough to damage it.
Have you tried the De Colroraunt spray bottle
I haven't ever tried putting it in a spray bottle. I think they actually make it in a mist form too that you can use to spray onto fabric.
decolourant product looks like discharge ink used in screenprinting works!
This is amazing !
Thank you!
Hi, Angie! Another question: I ice dyed over a screen print and the emblem (bc I didn’t know what I was doing) was deeply covered by the dye. It’s now very muted. Is it possible to apply decolourant now and (hopefully) make the printing visible again?
Hi! I honestly don't know if that would work. In order for the deColourant to remove the color, you have to iron it and I would think that would damage the screen print. I guess in theory you might be able to steam the deColourant to get it to remove, but I honestly think it would damage the screen print too.
@@FunEndeavors so, after a quick scour of iwebs, maybe I’d have some success ironing shirt inside out?
@@WFTexas21 Awesome - let me know if it works!
Wow great video and AWESOME shirt. How much does this shirt cost??? I’m looking for that exact shirt but in a 3 XLG and a Long Sleeve shirt as well.
Thank you! Right now I don't have any long sleeve shirts like this in stock.
@@FunEndeavors How about 3 XLG T-Shirt??
@@vestel777 I'm sorry, but I only have a couple 3XL shirts in stock right now and they are both white ones.
@@FunEndeavors Ok. Just let Me know when You get the Black ones back in stock. I can wait.
take a look at the tie dye channel NSTD. he has a video about folding up a spiral. his are always crisp.
it looks like the decolourant causes the colors to be brighter by not causing the material to turn orange like when using a bleach solution.
The deColourant makes the final shirt color more of a taupe rather than an orange like bleach. Out White Brite and Rit Color Remover usually do the same.
Love it! Freakin' amazing!
Thank you so much! 🙂
When ever I try to reverse dye with a bleach water mix, it turns more of an orange shade. Does this product really make it better?
Yes, Jacquard's deColourant usually makes a black shirt a taupe color. I also really like Out White Brite laundry whitener. I have several videos using that product to reverse dye with too. It gets black shirts taupe in color and like the deColourant, it doesn't damage the fabric. The Out White Brite has a smell, but it's not anywhere near as strong as the deColourant.
@@FunEndeavors thank you so much for that info!
@@jenna6821 you're welcome!
When working with the decolorant I use parchment paper so I don’t gunk up my iron ;)
That is a brilliant idea - thank you!!!
@@FunEndeavors No problem! 🙂 Love your channel
@@Katie.Mckinney thank you!
@@FunEndeavors You’re welcome. Thank YOU for the inspiration 😉
I used Jaquard as well. Everything looked promising until I rinsed them. The dye rinsed right off and didn't stick on the spots I bleached.
Oh no - did you do a soda ash soak in between using the deColourant and adding the dye?
how does it take for the declourant to dry?
It depends on how warm it is outside and how thick you put it on the shirt. It normally just takes about 15-20 minutes where I live.
Tell me where you get this at I'm going into tye dying myself
I have links below the video in the description for where to purchase the deColourant, dyes, and a lot of the other tie dye items that I use.
to soak it in sodium carbonate, and with which it fixes the dye thanks
Yes, I soak the shirts in sodium carbonate or soda ash before I begin applying the dye to fix or bond the dye to the fabric.
@@FunEndeavors I thought I used a moisturizer, after the carbonate
@@fernandosimeon7305 For this particular shirt, I used a product called deColourant to remove the color. Then I washed the shirt, soaked it in sodium carbonate and applied the dye. I am using Procion Fiber Reactive Dye, but if you are using a different type of dye - make sure you follow the instructions for your particular type of dye.
Wouldn't bleach do the same thing?
You could use bleach. The deColourant gets the shirt a lighter color than bleach does without damaging the fabric though.