Gail White wrote:
> I've had trouble with turquoise not setting. I called Pro Chem and the
> chemist suggested I wasn't getting the water hot enough and keeping the heat
> high enough for a long enough time. I now dye at 180+ degrees and keep the
> heat there for at least an hour. Turn off the heat and let
> the fiber/dye mix cool down on its own. That has usually exhausted the dye
> bath. When I was in hot soapy water to clear excess dye, not much comes out.
Thanks!
I think you're right. I haven't done any great degree of dyeing and
wasn't differentiating between blue and turquoise--but now that I
look closer, I think the one skein is losing the turquoise.
Now I'm trying to imagine what overdyeing with turquoise will do to
the brown sections...
Shirley
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