I am a fashion designer who makes custom dyed clothing. I use the washer machine for each individual order. Each batch weighs about 2 lb. of cotton jersey. I have been experimenting with dye formulas using Jacquard dyes. But now I have ordered ProChemical equivalents in bulk. I can't seem to achieve the same colors from my formulas. Below is a list of dyes that I bought from ProChemical to replace my Jacquard dyes.
jacquard--- prochemical
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lemon ylw--- sun ylw
med. blue --- basic blue
cerulean blue --- intense blue
rust orng --- burnt orng
brill. orng --- strong orng
carmine red--- mixing red
warm black --- new black
br. golden ylw --- golden ylw
My mixtures are just turning out wrong. I use 2 1/4tsp. dye per gallon of water. My washer fills to about 8 gallons. I use 1/4 cup salt per gallon, and 2 1/2 tbl. of soda ash per gallon of water.
Please let me know if you have any advice. Are the dyes drastically different from company to company? Should I return my ProChemical dyes and order bulk Jacquard? (i didnt know I could do that until after ordering ProChemical) Is G&K Crafts ProChemical? Please help!
Thanks!


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