Comments on: More Dyeing - the dyes and the process http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:29:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5551 Lisa Call Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:19:44 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5551 Joyce - I use whatever I have on hand. I need to get a big bag of it like Dagmar does as the small jars don't last long. Patty - here is some intresting information about soda ash - http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/sodaash.shtml - she talks about what can be used as a subsitute and how washing soda works (you just need more of it because is has water in it) Dagmar - thanks for a real recipe - that is probably about how much salt I use. I view it like cooking - you just dump in what feels right!. And thanks . Claire - you're welcome. I'll try to get the last post finished tonight or tomorrow. Joyce - I use whatever I have on hand. I need to get a big bag of it like Dagmar does as the small jars don’t last long.

Patty - here is some intresting information about soda ash - http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/sodaash.shtml - she talks about what can be used as a subsitute and how washing soda works (you just need more of it because is has water in it)

Dagmar - thanks for a real recipe - that is probably about how much salt I use. I view it like cooking - you just dump in what feels right!. And thanks .

Claire - you’re welcome. I’ll try to get the last post finished tonight or tomorrow.

]]> By: Claire http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5550 Claire Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:07:35 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5550 Lisa - Thanks for so generously sharing your information, can't wait for Thanksgiving to be over so I can try your method! Lisa - Thanks for so generously sharing your information, can’t wait for Thanksgiving to be over so I can try your method!

]]> By: Dagmar Plenk http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5546 Dagmar Plenk Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:26:10 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5546 Lisa- I've been dyeing fabric for years, and agree that somehow the salt brightens the dyes. I use one half cup of salt per gallon of water (or soda ash solution). I buy the salt in 20-pound bags from a local salt supplier. Thanks for all the great posts, and congrats on your success. Dagmar Lisa-
I’ve been dyeing fabric for years, and agree that somehow the salt brightens the dyes. I use one half cup of salt per gallon of water (or soda ash solution). I buy the salt in 20-pound bags from a local salt supplier.
Thanks for all the great posts, and congrats on your success.
Dagmar

]]> By: Patty Altier http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5545 Patty Altier Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:09:10 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5545 Another very informative post Lisa. I was desperate for some soda ash a couple of weeks ago and the home improvement centers had no more pool supplies so after doing some research on the internet I was off to the grocery store to buy washing soda. Washing soda is soda ash and it is cheaper than buying in from a dye company. First I tried baking soda - that did not work so well - it has a different chemical composition - more O molecules I think. Another very informative post Lisa. I was desperate for some soda ash a couple of weeks ago and the home improvement centers had no more pool supplies so after doing some research on the internet I was off to the grocery store to buy washing soda. Washing soda is soda ash and it is cheaper than buying in from a dye company. First I tried baking soda - that did not work so well - it has a different chemical composition - more O molecules I think.

]]> By: joyce http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5544 joyce Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:59:42 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/11/more-dyeing-the-dyes-and-the-process.html#comment-5544 THese dyeing posts are very informative. Do you use table salt or non-iodized pickling or kosher salt? Or does it matter? Thanks so much for the tutorials. THese dyeing posts are very informative. Do you use table salt or non-iodized pickling or kosher salt? Or does it matter?
Thanks so much for the tutorials.

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