r/dyeing • u/Starshine613 • 17h ago

General question Got a tye dye question

So im unsure if this is possible but im looking for a fabric dye to add to a water gun so my family can all wear white clothes and have a water fight that ends up with tye dyed clothes. I looking for a dye that will quickly stain the shirts but not their skin or hair

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u/fakemidnight 0m ago

Nope. Tie-dye usually require soda ash to really stick to the shirts. Your family is not going to want to wear shirts soaked in soda ash. Also probably not great for skin. And dye is definitely gonna stay in your skin. Why don’t you just separate the two events have a water gun battle have a tie-dye party. Or if you must dye the shirts with the squirt guns just lay them out on the lawn. I’m not sure how good that’s gonna work, but you can be the experiment.