Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye Kit Carousel Colors Tie Dye, 59 Piece Set

Ordered this kit for a Christmas present project and it was perfect! We were able to tie dye a full size sheet, 5 shirts, a twin sheet, and 7 bandanas, with this kit. The colors turned out beautiful and we had so much fun! Will definitely be ordering more!

Good product did the job

So far Ive made 3 shirts and I love them ! The colors are very vibrant which is what I was looking for . Ill definitly be able to make a bunch more and you cant beat that price

I love this kit! It was very easy to use and turned out to be a lot of fun. After the first kit, I bought several more to practice the art and share it with my friends through tie-dye parties. Having gone through 3 full kits (and made a few mistakes), I have some tips to share to maximize your success: Wondering what kit to buy? If you get just 1, I would recommend carousel because this has the darkest colors that give the most vibrant results. If you get 2 kits, carousel plus rainbow gives you 10 different colors, therefore the greatest choice when you are making your shirts. Unfortunately, you can only get orange if you buy the luau or neon kits. For some reason, the 5-bottle kits are the cheapest per gram of dye (cheaper than the refill kits that dont even have bottles). Wait for them to go on sale, the price on Amazon varies a lot from one week to the next. Can you really get 30 shirts from one kit? Yes. But they wont be 30 adult 2XL. And you have to plan ahead--use all of the colors in the kit, dilute some of the colors, and catch the drips in a basin to re-use. I usually dye a half-and-half mix of adult and child shirts together and end up with 30 from a full kit. Can you dilute the colors? Yes, some are very amenable to dilution. Some of the best looking items I have made are serial dilutions of just a single color. These colors tolerate dilution very well: black, purple, turquoise. These colors tolerate a modest amount of dilution: blue, fuchsia, violet, lime, royal blue. These colors dont dilute well (dont bother trying): red, orange, yellow, teal. I do the dilutions in glass jars and use a plastic funnel to get the dye back into the bottle. Best dye technique. Put the tip of the bottle in contact with the shirt before you squeeze. Put the tip in between the folds. After you think you are finished with the piece, check between the folds to make sure that you dont see white; if you do, go back and dye the insides of the folds. After wrapping in cling-wrap, squeeze the piece--this also reduces excess white. Dye should not be dripping off of the piece or staining your gloves--if so, you are using too much dye. Finishing the piece. The directions on the kit say to wait a couple of hours to let the dye set. This is not a good idea. If you only wait a couple of hours, you will lose most of your dye down the drain and you will be shocked at how light and faded your piece looks. Much better to use the basic principles of chemistry to your advantage: remember, time and concentration drive the reaction forward, so wait as long as you can, and then lay the piece out to dry without washing. I wait a week, then spread the pieces out on the lawn to dry in the sunlight. After that, I run the whole batch through the rinse cycle in the washing machine about 6-8 times (until the water looks clear), then line dry, then wash in a normal wash cycle (with soap). This way, the finished piece comes out almost as dark as when you dyed it. And you can skip the hand-rinsing that you see in a lot of YouTube newbie videos, that is just too painful and there is no advantage to it. Be creative and have fun! There are some very good YouTube videos to teach you how to do this, just hunt around, you will find them.

A bit messy but great value. Granddaughters had fun

I dyed 5 shirts for 8 year olds with all the colors (no white left on the shirts) and had a ton left over. I still have the extra packets left over. The colors are still vivid after many washings.

It seems to keep the color when doing the shirts but we have not washed them that many times. Easy to use if you have done Tye Dye shirts before

Saw this on facebook so I just had to get a kit. Now everyone will get a tie dye for Christmas.

Great dye to use for products with 100 % cotton

Great kit. Easy to use and comes with everything you need. We ended up just squirting right onto damp, folded items and it came out perfect. You can also free hand designs right onto your fabric. We are amateurs and everything turned out perfect!