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Cushing's Perfection
Acid Dye Color Card
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and select your color)
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Acid dyes for wool, mohair, silk, other
protein based fibers, and nylon available in pre-measured
1/3 ounce packages to dye approx. 1 pound (dry weight) of
fiber. The Acid Dyes are packed in 1/3 ounce pre-measured
packages. One package dyes one pound of wool to the
specified shade.
ITEM: DYE1
PRICE: $2.75
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Cushing's Perfection
Direct Dye Color Card
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and select your color)
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Dyes for cotton, linen, hemp and other plant fibers
including basket reed. The Direct Dyes are packaged in 1/2 ounce jars, formulated to dye 2
pounds (dry weight). $2.95 each.
ITEM:
DYE2
PRICE: 2.95
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ASHFORD DYES
The dyes can be purchased in three ways:
1. ALL COLOR PACK Contains 11 colors. 10gm pots.
2. RAINBOW PACK - 3 PRIMARY COLORS 10 gm pots. This
contains red, yellow, blue and one pot dyeing recipe.
3. SINGLE COLORS 10gm or 50gm pots.
The Rainbow One Pot Dyeing technique using the Rainbow
Primary 3 Color Pack.
The Fleece Wool
We selected a high luster long fiber 6 - 7". The fiber was superb - that strong Romney type with a beautiful crimp
31-33 micron. This type of fleece wool is easy to wash clean
for dyeing without so much danger of felting or matting
during the process.
Washing
Using a mixture of detergent and hot soapy water take a
portion of the fleece wool and gently squeeze it through the
water until it is clean. Rub the tips of the staples to
remove the dirt. Next rinse the fiber in clean hot water and
place it in the dye pots.
The Method
This is the exciting part.
Large dye pots with the capacity to hold 1lb so you are able
to put three layers of the wool into each dye pot.
Results!
tip each pot out onto a large piece of plastic mesh to
drain.
WOW! - Each pot is so beautiful.
The most exciting fact about the batch of dyed wool is each
pot - all the colors are dyed in the same hue so they all
look perfect together! One lot is bright and vivid, one very
rich Persian shades, others variations - wonderful!
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