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| Woud you purchase Tie Dye ktie fabric? |
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cbl527
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
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 Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:31 am Post subject: |
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I'm going to order some of the disperse dye and try to apply the dye paint to pleated and folded paper using a sponge brush. I should be able to replicate a tie dye pattern, then iron the image on.
And yes I will read the MSDS!
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wdrwilson
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
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Location: Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I found this article online... not sure if the same process can be used to tye dye or not...
http://www.sportkite.com/dye.html
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Kitesquid
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 1549
Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Chuck,
You will probally need some die carrier too....if you want to dye Polyester.
And maybe some citric acid crystals
You may also combine their direct application of dyes to polyester procedures to your attempt.
I dont know it ironing the dye will work. Not enough heat for long enough, but please let us know if it does..
You may want to call Pro's pros  and descrbe what you want to accomplish to see what they think....
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KiteSquid
AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA
P.S. Yet another long winded post by the Squid..... 
P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.
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Kitesquid
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 1549
Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| wdrwilson wrote: | I found this article online... not sure if the same process can be used to tye dye or not...
http://www.sportkite.com/dye.html
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That is silk painting techniques on Nylon. It is what I used on my Iris Edo but I built a stove pipe steamer like at Dharma's web site describes.
But I did vat dye the purple border and the black.
The kite is 98" tall by 65" wide
It is only 6 pieces of fabric. 4 pieces of purple for the border because the kite is wider than the fabric comes in so I had to piece the border
1 piece of black so I could get a stainded glass effect to hide the white left when i removed the gutta
and all the green, yellow and Blue is on one piece of fabric that I dyed using silk painiting techniques. 
That kite took me 2.5 years of reasearch that I have mostly passed on to you here and 6 months to build as I had to make a frame to hold the fabric, hooks to streach the fabric, a steamer
Oh and I also painted and thread wrapped the spars... and made all the marshmello fittings, but Kite Studio made some custom pushers for me too.
It was my first EDO so I had to figure out how much to bow it and how to cascade bridle too.... UGH what a lot of work it was, but rewarding in the end...
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KiteSquid
AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA
P.S. Yet another long winded post by the Squid.....
P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier. |
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cbl527
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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In my book...
The hard won knowledge you pass along to the rest of the community is worth that 0.5 points!
I say give Kitesquid his final star!! 
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Kitesquid
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 1549
Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:40 am Post subject: |
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I missed Smithsonian 2003 by 0.5 points...
Nationals was by a WIDER margin.............
But it is one of my long term goals, Grand National Champion, and Members Choice would be nice, but I will have to work harder at it... My skils need improving.
Attention to detail at ALL times
etc....
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KiteSquid
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AKA Harold
King George VA
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