Incline Dye Test

Elizabeth's sister recently sent her an idea for incline dyeing that she thought was doable.  While fascinated by the technique she otherwise wasn't willing to go through all the steps for the set up to make it work.  This idea needed only a milk jug and a container.  Elizabeth used a 1/2 gallon milk jug since she was going to practice on a toddler t-shirt which had been treated with soda ash.   The dye was Midnight Blue by ProChem and Dye.

First, was to cut off the bottom of the milk jug and pull the hem of the shirt through the opening in the jug.  Then bunch up the top of the shirt inside the jug.

Next was to put on powdered dye followed by snow or ice, but you could use liquid or you could put the dye on after the snow

Once the snow melted she let the jug and shirt sit undisturbed for 48 hours and then followed a standard wash out of cold water followed by hot water and a wash with synthropol or Blue Dawn dish detergent.

Here is the result, you can see that the bottom of the shirt looks different from the top.  The bottom has streaks where the dye was allowed to run or flow with gravity into the bottom of the container and the top was scrunch up so the dye flowed around the scrunches producing a different pattern.  

This is a technique she will definitely try again.

Front of the shirt.

Back of the shirt.

If you give this technique a try, please let us know if you like your results.