How to Use Soda Ash – Tie Dye Sweater

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Tulip Soda Ash
• Tulip Tie Dye
• Cotton sweatshirt
• Measuring cup
• Rubber bands
• Large bowl

DIRECTIONS:

1. Wear protective gloves while working with soda ash.
2. Measure 8 cups of warm water into a large bowl.
3. Add half a bag of Tulip Soda Ash into the bowl, then mix.
4. Submerge your sweatshirt into the soda ash solution, making sure that it is completely covered.
5. Let it sit in the soda ash for 30 minutes to an hour.
6. Ring out your sweater, but do not rinse it.
7. Add your dye directly onto the damp sweatshirt.
8. Scrunch your sweatshirt up lengthwise, into a long snake.
9. To make three stripes, and the bottom one solid color, you'll need four elastics. Wrap each elastic around your shirt, making sure they are evenly spaced apart.
10. Take your dye bottles and squirt one color onto each stripe, making sure to add color all the way around the shirt. Mint and coral, orange, and teal were used here.
11. Wash and dry your sweatshirt.