Comments on: Kool Aid Tie Dye

By: k

Tue, 19 May 2009 01:07:48 +0000

This DOES NOT work. Don’t waste your time or money My kids at school are very disappointed bc their dye washed out too!

By: Marye Audet

Marye Audet — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:51:51 +0000

I don;t know Julie..I don;t understand it. sorry.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:30:35 +0000

Well I had the same thing happen, all of the color except for the red washed out, and even it faded to pink. The kids were disappointed. I’m not sure why it didn’t work this time….

By: Marye Audet

Marye Audet — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:18:07 +0000

LOL! Good luck..it sounds like you did them right. Let me know.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:50:35 +0000

We tried the shirts again tonight. They have been washed before we died them this time (no fabric softener). They are 100% cotton t-shirts. We tried it with boiling water and vinegar this time. The colors are more vibrant than the first time. Now I just sit and wait 24 hrs until time to wash them. Either way if it washes out or not the kids loved making the mess to make their shirts!!

By: Marye Audet

Marye Audet — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:29:13 +0000

It could be the boiling water, and it could be that you didn’t wash the sizing out of the shirts before you dyed them. Not sure. Were they 100 percent cotton?

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:42:15 +0000

I also tried the same thing that Bewildered Bethany did. One oz of Kool-aid and One oz of vinegar. I too had the same reaction. Is the difference the boiling water? I would also like to know what I could have done differently to keep the kids shirts colored.

By: ash

ash — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:09:33 +0000

hey

just wondering how do you die your hair with the koolaid? and how long does it last? sounds funky and i want to try it =)

please email me back

thanks

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:53 +0000

I have a 3 and 5 year old. This sounded like fun. I tried it before I knew what I was doing and I just used HOt water and no vinigar, that did not work. I then went on line and found that you have to use viniger. The recipe that I followed was 1 ounce of viniger to 1 package of unsweetend Kool-aid. The shirts looked great when they were dyed. We let them dry outside on the line in the sun. The next night I iorned them with a hot iorn and the next day I washed then speratly in the sink with cold water, only again to see all of the color wash out. Is there something that I have done wrong? Please give me any tips that you think may help.

Thanks,
Bewildered Bethany

By: She Used Kool-Aid for Tie Dye

She Used Kool-Aid for Tie Dye — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:01:11 +0000

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