Drying after rinsing question.

[chazmo]

Has anyone ever tried rinsing a tie-dyed shirt and letting it dry before washing in a machine? Still a little slow and would like to batch a few to wash together. All of the tutorials that I have seen recommend washing immediately after untying and rinsing.

[ktaltre]

I can't think of a reason not to dry the tiedye after rinsing and then wait for a full washing machine load to wash out.
I have never done it, but you should try this and report back.
I've certainly let the batching go on for days because I couldn't get back to the project.
k. taltre

[tiedyejudy]

For my tie-dye, I usually wash after batching and rinsing, but if I don't have a large enough quantity for a washing machine load, I sometimes wash out in a bucket with a small amount of synthrapol.  Also, for items where I am using surface design techniques (painting with thickened dyes, screening, stamping, etc) I might not get to the laundering step for awhile, so I just leave them after 'batching' until I'm ready to wash out.

Judy

[zeppenwolf]

Has anyone ever tried rinsing a tie-dyed shirt and letting it dry before washing in a machine?

I take the question as meaning, "rinse just a little bit first, then dry", in which case Yes, I've done that, sorta.

One thing's for sure-- if you hang it up, the dyes will bleed down as it's drying.  So if you have sharp black lines at first, you may not have them when it's done.

I dunno how it would be to just lay them flat to dry... perhaps the colors would bleed into each other a little bit?

[pburch]

If the dye has fully reacted, with more time than necessary allowed for batching, then any dye that bleeds will wash out if you use hot enough water (140°F or higher).

Paula