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

Love it!

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.

Color ran a bit realized it looks better if you dye the shirt inside out... first time in years doing tie dye

The Aegean Sea is NOT gray as depicted on the box. Not at all, not one bit. It is distinctly TEAL. I bought this kit specifically to get that dark gray and its not gray. Just trying to make some Ohio State color-themed shirts for some friends (with red and black from another kit), and teal does not fit that profile. Its a beautiful color, it just isnt gray. Also, Tulips red often comes out pink (and I let my shirts batch much longer than the directions indicate to try to get the deepest colors I can). So frustrating, and wasted the money I spent on those shirts and dye, and the time spent.

No more messy tubs of different colors, this was so easy to use I will definitely be creating more tie dye things!

Better than expected. Able to to dye 3 men adults size Medium shirts with original kit (not including refills) with some dye left over. Quality dye- wonderful instructions- it was my first time tie dying and it was very easy- also includes instructions for different methods of tie dying. So much fun- would highly recommend! Order this (I got the mermaid colors- beautiful!) you wont regret it!

Good combination of colors even though the lavender was on tye gray side.

As I was filling the bottles with water as instructed one of the bottles had a hole in it, it leaked and ruined everything.

nice colors, tulip dyes never fail in quality.

Everything was alright, but the bottles have been used before and not cleaned very well