Today I learn't how to dye plastics in a hot water dye bath. It was really easy, quick, effective and fun. I put colour onto every day plastics such as packaging, frosted acetate, white PVC, acrylic tubing etc.
I mixed a liter of water with 20ml of carrier and 1 gram of disperse dye pigment powder. I then boiled them to 80 degrees, let the pot simmer and added my substrates. The items can be left in from 1 minute to 10 minutes or even longer but need to be rinsed with cold water after. This is a good method to do dip dye. Just hold one side in with tongs in one colour then the reverse in another colour. Quite effective.
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