I'm pretty sure it's the acid - the madder was very light. Does one cup of white vinegar to 12 quarts of water sound correct? I don't want to damage the yarn. TIA Anita -------------------------------------------------------------- --- Anita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having the very devil of a time getting some dye > to set - stop crocking or bleeding. The fiber was > unsatisfactorily dyed with madder, spun and then > dyed with an acid dye. June wrote: If you think the acid dye is not set, then put it back into a vinegar (or whatever acid you use) bath and heat set for 30 min at low simmer June To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
