Tie Dye Instructions for Spiral Mickey Shirt

[PixieDust32]

Very nice! Dharma's dyes are the BEST!!! Thanks for sharing your work!!! Love it.

 

[cfwallen]

The heart was done the same as the Mickey heads. After stitching my outlines, I wash in Synthropol Low Foam (works well in HE washers) then tie/band the shirts. Soak in soda ash (got that from Amazon with free shipping on Prime). I let them sit after dying for 18-24 hours before rinsing and washing again in Synthropol again.

The colors are lemon yellow (primary), fushia red (primary), turquoise (primary), red violet, and deep orange. Made green mixing yellow and turquoise directly on the shirt.

The Dharma dyes really create color that pops! Definitely worth waiting the shipping time for.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

The heart was done the same as the Mickey heads. After stitching my outlines, I wash in Synthropol Low Foam (works well in HE washers) then tie/band the shirts. Soak in soda ash (got that from Amazon with free shipping on Prime). I let them sit after dying for 18-24 hours before rinsing and washing again in Synthropol again.

The colors are lemon yellow (primary), fushia red (primary), turquoise (primary), red violet, and deep orange. Made green mixing yellow and turquoise directly on the shirt.

The Dharma dyes really create color that pops! Definitely worth waiting the shipping time for.

Thanks, I have a HE machine as well. Did you use urea?

 

[cfwallen]

I have mixed dyes both with and without the urea. The dyes dissolve better with the urea and that gives better results. I did use urea with these dyes.

I love the purple so much I am going to make a purple and fushia for myself a and add a ribbon between the ears to make a Minnie Mouse.

 

[csummerlin55]

We used this post to make shirts before our last trip. I would post pics but I don't know how since they aren't on a website.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

We used this post to make shirts before our last trip. I would post pics but I don't know how since they aren't on a website.

You could try loading your pictures, if they are stored on the computer, to photobucket.com. Then you are able to post here.

 

[TinkerbelleAbbysMom]

So I went through and did all of the mickey heads in red. Then I started with the first two shirts and used all of the fushcia already. We still have about 1/3 of the yellow and 1/3 of the turquoise. Am I using too much? I am putting the nozzle in the middle and squeezing. Plus covering all the white spots outside. Maybe I am overdoing it. Last time I tried this, I had way too much white! NOw maybe I have gone overboard?

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

I don't think you can over dye. You will just end up with a multi-colored shirt, no white.
Like this.

 

[TinkerbelleAbbysMom]

Thank you! We are soaking now! Making myself be patient is the hard part. DH was done by 11 this am with the last 3. So can I rinse them tonight around 8?

 

[TinkerbelleAbbysMom]

So I got them rinsed today. They look really good. Two questions: the mickey head does spread out a little extra so I was going to outline them. Not sure if I should use a bleach pen or just white fabric paint?
Also do they need to be washed and dried before we wear them?

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

I've used the bleach pen. I don't know how the fabric paint would look? I always rinse and then wash the shirts before wearing.

 

[TinkerbelleAbbysMom]

Thank You!

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Thank You!

You're welcome.

 

[tebookie]

Here some Red/Green I made....... I like the red M Mouse better than green, the green looks faded.

What's the secret for getting such a clean looking Mickey head and white area on the outside perimeter? Tight and lots of stiching?

 

[PixieDust32]

My family ♥

ME ♥

 

[PixieDust32]

What's the secret for getting such a clean looking Mickey head and white area on the outside perimeter? Tight and lots of stiching?

Yes to all of the above and lots lots of practice helps too

 

[heathere3]

So I got them rinsed today. They look really good. Two questions: the mickey head does spread out a little extra so I was going to outline them. Not sure if I should use a bleach pen or just white fabric paint?
Also do they need to be washed and dried before we wear them?

Yes, you will most definitely want to wash and dry them before wearing. Even once you rinse them out by hand (be prepared for it to take MUCH longer than you expect) there will still be excess dye in the shirts. A quick trip through the washer and dryer will fix most of that. Even so, they can still bleed a little bit the first few times they're worn, if, say, your husband rides Kali River Rapids a few too many times in a tie-dye mickey shirt and light coloured shorts...

 

[Cheryle423]

I have been reading and reading. Did attempt this last year but now want to do them again for our Dec. trip. I see on the Dharma site they also sell light weight shirts. I was wondering if anyone has ordered them and what they are like? My DH likes those light weight wicking shirts but I am not sure about the dye with them? Any experience with different materials?

Can't wait to do them!

 

[jenseib]

Ok, I think I'm gonna take the plunge and try one.
I have scanned the thread for several months, but I am going to ask some repeated questions.
First I know that dharma seems to be the favorite...where do I buy it for the best price? Right on the dharma site?
Second how do you baste? I am clueless at this?
Where do I find these big rubberbands...would Hobby lobby have them or office max?
So I make the mickey head, baste and pull together in a bunch. Rubber band it off. Then make the danish roll for a spiral ...off topic, but how to do I make one that is more lines than a spiral (If I chose to go that route)?
Then soak in ash...how long?
Then dye the mickey head, wrap saran around that and dye the rest with the 2 or 3 colors I choose. ...how do you get more white around the Mickey head...I like the look of those.
Wrap that in saran and let it sit at least 6 hours..some do it for 24..right?

When do I use the bleach pen around Mickeys head ....after I rinse but before I wash?
And when you wash, do you use detergent?

And where do you find the cheapest, but still decent quality t's? I'll probably buy one from Hobby Lobby to start with to try it out, I think they have some decent ones, but can't remember for sure. I am not crafty, so I'm not sure how this will turn out, but I have been thinking of trying it at least for several months. Pixie made us sone for out last cruise and I LOVED them. I wore it on my trip in Aug. as well and I had a guy who worked for Disney (I was in a travel agent program and it was our leader) ask where I got it. He was impressed.
If it doesn't turn out, at least I gave it a try.

 

[JoanneDisFan]

Just back from Disney and had lots of comments about my shirts. We did 3 sets, 1 spiral, 1 bullseye, and 1 6 mini mickey's. We were known at CSR as the tie dye family.