Has anyone ever heard of....
#11
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Location: Illinois
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One year while vacationing in Florida at the beach I did see four women who had on lovely brightly printed loose fitting dresses walk into the ocean, immerse their outfits, and then coolly walk out and away......saltwater theory I guess....interesting sight to see!
#12
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Thanks for posting this very interesting subject. So many things that our Grandma taught us are still quite useful today. I lived near the ocean for half of my life and never saw anyone take a quilt into the Pacific Ocean!! I have seen other things done on the beach that are not mentionable on this site !!!
#17
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Dawn acts like Synthrapol to suspend unset dye particles in water so they can be rinsed away (instead of settling as a bleed into other fabrics). This is not the same as setting color. Retayne is what home dyers use to set color; Dawn is not a substitute for Retayne.
#20
I had to go back and read it again. Yes Twenty cups of salt for every pound of fabric to be dyed.
This is about dying fabric, not setting the dye in already dyed fabric. But very interesting.
Tewnty cups of salt!!!!
peace
Last edited by ube quilting; 12-06-2013 at 04:54 PM.
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