I have limited dylon cold fix, but plenty of dye. if I can soak with cold fix, what's the ratio of water to cold fix?

Dylon Cold Fix is sodium carbonate, also known as soda ash or washing soda. It's easy to buy sodium carbonate locally. Look for "pH Up" or "pH Increaser" at a swimming pool supplier or in the swimming pool section of a hardware store or Walmart. You can also buy it labeled "washing soda" in the laundry section of the grocery store. (If you get washing soda, make sure that the label promises that it is free of dyes and additives. Arm & Hammer washing soda is fine.)

I usually use one cup of sodium carbonate per gallon of water as a presoak for tie-dyeing, but you can get by with half as much. The goal is to use enough to bring the pH up to 10 or 11, assuming that you are using a fiber reactive dye such as Dylon Cold Dye. (Sometimes people try to use it for Rit all-purpose dye , but it does not work with that kind of dye.)

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[This answer was first posted, by me, on Yahoo answers, on June 4, 2008.]