Cold Water Dyes - Microwave Dyeing Some stuff about microwave dyeing...

• Microwave dyeing is only compatible for use with Cold Water Dyes.
• Small volumes can be dyed easily in a microwave
  • Note - this makes microwave dyeing a particularly good method to use when tie-dyeing a small item, such as a t-shirt, as the weight is often quite small when tie-dyeing).
• Microwave ovens can not have metal put inside them, so you will need to remove any metal clasps or other accessories incompatible with microwave oven use before dyeing anything in a microwave

Follow the normal preliminaries...

• Prepare the fabric. Note that the fabric still needs to be wet & clean for microwave oven dyeing
• Make the dye bath in the normal manner.
• Add the fixative to the dye bath.

Dyeing the garment

• Transfer the dye bath to a microwave compatible bowl.
• Add the wet fabric, ensuring it is fully submerged.
• Place the bowl into a large plastic bag, and seal it with a rubber band.
  • This is so that if the pressure builds up inside the bag during heating, the rubber band can stretch and release the excess pressure, like the valve on a pressure cooker.
• Put the bowl inside the bag into the micro-wave oven
• Set on high for three (3) minutes.
• Leave to stand for a further three (3) minutes inside the microwave.
• Allow to cool.
• Remove from the microwave oven
• Remove the bag
• Move the fabric about to ensure an even distribution of the dye mixture (and thus shade)



• Place the bowl back inside the bag
• Return the bowl inside the bag into the microwave
• Set on high for a further three (3) minutes.
• Leave to stand for a further three (3) minutes inside the microwave.
• Allow to cool.
• Remove from the microwave oven
• Remove the bag



• Pour out surplus dye
• Rinse until the water runs clear.
• Wash with warm water and washing powder.