TULIP Fabric Dye 37934 Fdy Lg Mermaid 5-Color 4Oz Kit, Detailed

We got white clothes rather than craft tees for variety, and the kids had FUN,! We used a dish washing tub outside, and placed the wet shirts once designed into large bags for the longer amount of time. I rinsed and wrung them out before laundering. We made tees, tanks, shorts, and even dyed white denim short-alls. Great way to get kids of all ages involved.

Good combination of colors even though the lavender was on tye gray side.

I thought these colors meshed really well together. For some reason the lavender looks gray in my pictures but in person, it is just a very pale lavender with no gray undertones. These colors worked because they didn’t blend and get muddy like the other Tulip kits I’ve purchased. I’m not sure if that’s the colors or just me being careful not to oversaturate or mix colors. The Aegean Sea color that looks gray in the stock photos is actually a lovely sea green color. It’s like if army green and teal got together and had a baby, that baby would be named Aegean Sea. I am pleased with this kit. I only left the dye on for one hour because I heard that it makes the colors look more pastel. And I wanted a softer tie dye. Honestly I can’t tell a difference in that strategy. The turquoise and purple are as vibrant as the turquoise and purple I’ve left on for 12-24 hours in previous tie dye projects. I’ve been tie dying shirts all summer going through this craze with my kids, and one recommendation I have is that you treat your fabric with soda ash prior to dying. Buy a pound of it on Amazon for about $8, put the whole pound in a bucket of mop bucket water, and let your shirts sit in it for 30 minutes. Take shirts out and wring them out completely, then dye fabric immediately while damp. I swear the soda ash makes the colors so much more vibrant! My first tie dye project I did not do the soda ash and my colors were very dull. Almost like a tie dye shirt you’ve owned for 15 years. Just kinda bland. The soda ash really works and I’m honestly not sure how but it makes a noticeable difference. I also have been letting the shirts soak in vinegar after dying and rinsing, but vinegar doesn’t do anything to make the colors set or stay. It’s a wasted step. My shirts come out vibrant and stay that way for many washings regardless if I “set” the final product with vinegar or not! Have fun! Swirl pattern is the easiest. Crumple is cool but you have to be careful to not really mix the colors as you’re applying the dye all over. I strategically placed the dye all over but was careful not to overlap colors. Overlapping a bit is ok but too much makes the final product a big ole blob of mixed colors. Sounds cool except the colors will not be the colors you bought. Fuchsia and green will somehow make a dark muddy violet. Turquoise and purple will make a murky navy violet. It’s best to try the swirl or some sort of stripe pattern where the colors stay separate.

More product than expected. If you want pastel color use less dye... these are bright !

Great product, but cheaper in craft stores

you can use a lot of times you cant mess up and they come out great (my sweaters that i tye-dyed look so good they look like there bought)

nice colors, tulip dyes never fail in quality.

We used this for a class project and got through at least 25 shirts and one large sweatshirt. I recommend doing a vinegar soak to secure the depth of the color. We didnt and shirts were lighter than hoped for.

Was fun and easy to use project for kids! Try it.

I’m impressed at how easy these dyes were to use. Even more impressed as the brightness of the colors. Liked them so much I bought refills and am waiting for more t shirts so I can dye more.