Cool Tie Dye - Washing Instructions

Washing Instructions

Everything you wanted to know about how
to take care of a Cool Tie Dye

Machine wash your new Tie-Dye shirt separately with cold water the first time you want to launder it. Turn your shirts inside out to reduce pilling and fading. Please do not hand wash. There may still be some residual dye in the shirt and the machine will do a good job of getting it out of the shirt without allowing it to rest back on the white areas of your design. Please do not hand wash your new Black, Red and Grey Explosion Tie-Dyes or your Red, White and Blue Tie-Dyes. This is true for all designs that have red as a major color. If hand washed, the red dye could rest on the white areas leaving you with a lot of pink in your shirt.

If you have many new, like-colored, Tie-Dyes that are made by Cool Tie Dye, you may wash them together during these initial washings, as long as there is room for the shirts to agitate freely in the washer. It is not a good idea to wash Tie-Dyes, which are hand-made from places like Indonesia, with my Tie-Dyes. They have an extraordinary amount of residual dye that takes a long time to wash out. They use a different type of dye than I do.

Use detergent that is especially gentle on colors, or a regular detergent without bleach alternatives.

Check the rinse water during the rinse cycle of the first washing. If dye is in the rinse water, then wash separately again after next wear. After this process, you can wash your shirt with like colors in cold water.

Remove shirts from washing machine as soon as they have been washed so that backstaining, or dye transfer, does not occur from sitting damp against each other. If you see dye transfer, wash immediately again before drying.

Dry your shirt according to instructions for cotton, cotton blends, or rayon. I prefer to hang dry my cotton blends, women's rib knit shirts, and sheer weight cotton tops. Or, I will dry them until just dry. Experienced Tie-Dye customers prefere to hang-dry their Tie-Dyes. The dryer beats out a lot of colored lint from the shirts, thus producing fading.

I hope you enjoy your hand-made Cool Tie Dye!

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			Washing Instructions
			Washing Instructions
			Everything you wanted to know about how to take care of a Cool Tie Dye Machine wash your new Tie-Dye shirt separately with cold water the first time you want to launder it. Turn your shirts inside out to reduce pilling and fading. Please do not hand wash. There may still be some residual dye in the shirt and the machine will do a good job of getting it out of the shirt without allowing it to rest back on the white areas of your design. Please do not hand wash your new Black, Red and Grey Explosion Tie-Dyes or your Red, White and Blue Tie-Dyes. This is true for all designs that have red as a major color. If hand washed, the red dye could rest on the white areas leaving you with a lot of pink in your shirt.

			If you have many new, like-colored, Tie-Dyes that are made by Cool Tie Dye, you may wash them together during these initial washings, as long as there is room for the shirts to agitate freely in the washer. It is not a good idea to wash Tie-Dyes, which are hand-made from places like Indonesia, with my Tie-Dyes. They have an extraordinary amount of residual dye that takes a long time to wash out. They use a different type of dye than I do. Use detergent that is especially gentle on colors, or a regular detergent without bleach alternatives. Check the rinse water during the rinse cycle of the first washing. If dye is in the rinse water, then wash separately again after next wear. After this process, you can wash your shirt with like colors in cold water. Remove shirts from washing machine as soon as they have been washed so that backstaining, or dye transfer, does not occur from sitting damp against each other. If you see dye transfer, wash immediately again before drying. Dry your shirt according to instructions for cotton, cotton blends, or rayon. I prefer to hang dry my cotton blends, women's rib knit shirts, and sheer weight cotton tops. Or, I will dry them until just dry. Experienced Tie-Dye customers prefere to hang-dry their Tie-Dyes. The dryer beats out a lot of colored lint from the shirts, thus producing fading. *I hope you enjoy your hand-made Cool Tie Dye!*