[bradenjust]

I AM NOT LOOKING TO TIE DYE MY SHIRTS!!

what i am looking to do is have lets say a blue body 1 blue sleeve and then have the other sleeve be yellow. Does anyone know where this can be done or do i have to buy white t shirts and then dye them?

 

[michellefanfan]

it is really rate to see blue and yellow sleeve and white body. I am afraid finished tees will not be good for dying again, it is difficult to handle. Get 3 different colors fabric, and sew them all into a tee.

 

[BroJames]

I don't think anyone can dye it that way. Print maybe but the outcome won't be as desirable as custom order shirts sewn that way.

 

[Boomerbabe]

It could be done, but it would be tedious. The suggestion to just manufacture with different colored fabrics is probably the best solution.

 

[BroJames]

As far as I know, the entire colorless fabric is washed, bleached, and soaked in tank for a dye bath at high temperature, or at least that is how we used to do it so you can't re-dye just the body and one sleeve of a sewn and dyed shirt this way.

I know there are different methods of dyeing but I know they all entail soaking the entire fabric in a liquid dye. If a shirt can be dyed in such a way that only the body and a single sleeve is "colored" then it can be done. But if it entails printing or applying a color over a garment I don't think that is dyeing.

 

[Boomerbabe]

Full immersion dyeing is not the only way to dye fabric or garments nor do all dyes require high heat. Where there is a will, there is always a way. And it does not have to involve a printing process (although it can as dyes can also be printed).

 

[Solmu]

As far as I know, the entire colorless fabric is washed, bleached, and soaked in tank for a dye bath at high temperature

You could always dip dye, maybe using a wax resist or something on the edge so you get clean lines. Like PJ said... tedious, but not impossible (just crazy ).

Obviously I agree with everyone that the only practical way to do this is to make the shirt that way in the first place.

 

[BroJames]

Full immersion dyeing is not the only way to dye fabric or garments nor do all dyes require high heat. Where there is a will, there is always a way. And it does not have to involve a printing process (although it can as dyes can also be printed).

Yes, I've heard of dye baths at room temperatures.