differences between all the different wash options.
I have a couple questions about some of the washing options for shirts... I have bought some raw cotton blanks which needed to be dyed black... well they were 50/50's and they came out charcoal grey not black... which I've been told is normal for 50/50's. you need the 100% cotton ones to be black. They also recommended I get the enzyme wash. But I now see that there are a few different washes and I'm not sure what the differences are in them...
anyone wanna help a brotha out and explain the differences? Are there any other ones I should look for?
I am looking to have sort of vintage style soft shirts. Also is it possible to do the wash process after printing the shirts? WOuld it screw up the printing? I am thinking about just buying black blanks and not going through the dye process .
Re: differences between all the different wash options.
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Originally Posted by tdammit
I have bought some raw cotton blanks which needed to be dyed black... well they were 50/50's and they came out charcoal grey not black... which I've been told is normal for 50/50's. you need the 100% cotton ones to be black.
You use different dyes to dye cotton and polyester, so if you dye a 50/50 garment with a cotton suitable dye, you'll only get dye uptake in half the fibres.
Re: differences between all the different wash options.
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Originally Posted by Solmu
You use different dyes to dye cotton and polyester, so if you dye a 50/50 garment with a cotton suitable dye, you'll only get dye uptake in half the fibres.
so if I dye them again with the 50/50 suitable dye they will dye black?
Re: differences between all the different wash options.
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Originally Posted by tdammit
so if I dye them again with the 50/50 suitable dye they will dye black?
Generally you use specific dyes for specific fibres, so a 50/50 dye would be a combination of two or more (like many of the retail dyes you buy to use in a washing machine). If the reason for the grey was that the shirt was a 50/50 blend (quite possible) then re-dyeing it with a different dye to pick up the other 50% should get you to a full strength shade. You'd definitely want to test it before investing money into it though But it should be possible.
This is a discussion about differences between all the different wash options. that was posted in the General T-Shirt Selling Discussion section of the forums.
differences between all the different wash options. 
But it should be possible.
