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jdr8271 · December 15th, 2005

I was looking at wholesale tie dye t-shirts, and I have found that they are really expensive, so I was thinking about tye dying blank shirts myself...

Does anyone know what is involved with tye dying...I know the basic process of it, but where can you get a commercial tye dying kit. When I search the internet, I find a bunch of kids play kits, but not anything for commercial use.

Thanks

Rodney · December 15th, 2005

I'm not sure there is a difference for commercial and hobby tie dying.

You probably ran across these already, but here are a couple of links with some good info:
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/tiedye/a/041601a.htm

http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/howtotiedye.shtml

http://tiedyekits.silentpulseinstrum...tdkindex2.html

gypsyrosegp · December 15th, 2005

go here: http://www.dharmatrading.com/

they have lots of info on all sorts of dying. i dye blanks as well (tho not tie dye). they have great products from dyes to fabric softeners--everything you'll need to get started. plus helpful instructions and how to.

3oats · December 17th, 2005

When I was a commercial/industrial service technician about 10 years ago there was a customer in Minneapolis that did tie dye. They had about 6 milnor washers for dying. I would think that one could do this with a regular washer though. Keep in mind the dye will really ruin your regular clothes though so you need a dedicated washer for it. I guess that is why the laundrymats all have signs forbidding dying. One other thought would be to use a front load to save on water and dye consumption and check out the city, county and state codes for regulations... even how you handle disposal may be important. Good luck, should you accept your mission.