TULIP Fabric Dye 37934 Fdy Lg Mermaid 5-Color 4Oz Kit, Detailed

Caps on jars are not airtight. Dye leaked out when applying to fabric. Plastic gloves are useless and rubber bands broke easily.

While I love the product itself, it worked great, and I had tons of fun with my kids. It doesn’t really do 30 pieces. Unless you do 30 small items. You really have to saturate the items to avoid missed spots, therefore the dye goes fast. The fun we had outweighs that, but I felt it was important to mention that.

Our shirts came out great and the dye was super easy to use. Even our 3 year old had fun making her own shirt.

Works good but when I opened pkg some color was loose, turned my fingers blue. Wear gloves opening pkg!

I started tie dyeing and could not understand why I had pink dots on my shirts when I hadnt even opened the pink dye packet. Turns out all the dye packets were leaking from their sealed pouches so I got dye all over my workspace and colors on my shirts that I didnt intend. I was able to wipe it off my workspace, but my shirts were ruined.

Love it!

I only used one color so far from this kit and omg do i love it. I left it on for a full 24 hrs. I did the crumple look. Im very pleased on how it came out.

I thought these colors meshed really well together. For some reason the lavender looks gray in my pictures but in person, it is just a very pale lavender with no gray undertones. These colors worked because they didn’t blend and get muddy like the other Tulip kits I’ve purchased. I’m not sure if that’s the colors or just me being careful not to oversaturate or mix colors. The Aegean Sea color that looks gray in the stock photos is actually a lovely sea green color. It’s like if army green and teal got together and had a baby, that baby would be named Aegean Sea. I am pleased with this kit. I only left the dye on for one hour because I heard that it makes the colors look more pastel. And I wanted a softer tie dye. Honestly I can’t tell a difference in that strategy. The turquoise and purple are as vibrant as the turquoise and purple I’ve left on for 12-24 hours in previous tie dye projects. I’ve been tie dying shirts all summer going through this craze with my kids, and one recommendation I have is that you treat your fabric with soda ash prior to dying. Buy a pound of it on Amazon for about $8, put the whole pound in a bucket of mop bucket water, and let your shirts sit in it for 30 minutes. Take shirts out and wring them out completely, then dye fabric immediately while damp. I swear the soda ash makes the colors so much more vibrant! My first tie dye project I did not do the soda ash and my colors were very dull. Almost like a tie dye shirt you’ve owned for 15 years. Just kinda bland. The soda ash really works and I’m honestly not sure how but it makes a noticeable difference. I also have been letting the shirts soak in vinegar after dying and rinsing, but vinegar doesn’t do anything to make the colors set or stay. It’s a wasted step. My shirts come out vibrant and stay that way for many washings regardless if I “set” the final product with vinegar or not! Have fun! Swirl pattern is the easiest. Crumple is cool but you have to be careful to not really mix the colors as you’re applying the dye all over. I strategically placed the dye all over but was careful not to overlap colors. Overlapping a bit is ok but too much makes the final product a big ole blob of mixed colors. Sounds cool except the colors will not be the colors you bought. Fuchsia and green will somehow make a dark muddy violet. Turquoise and purple will make a murky navy violet. It’s best to try the swirl or some sort of stripe pattern where the colors stay separate.

Super fun and easy to use with excellent instructions and samples. Both my kids and myself had a blast dying shirts. Totally into it now.

I ordered this for the colors & super happy. My kids wanna make some shirts & socks & a towel.