Comments on: Still More Adventures in Dyeing: Saturation Point http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/ Stuff I do with my hands Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:49:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: jen http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/#comment-2163 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:00:58 +0000 http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/#comment-2163 I found your blog because I bought Wilton dyes yesterday & wanted to find instructions before jumping in willy-nilly. I know this is an old post, but my experience with reds/pinks is that they require a LOT more acid to become saturated than other colors. Powdered citric acid works best, but a friend has had luck with a few packets of emergen-C added to the mix, and another friend uses extra vinegar. A lot of the commentary I'm finding about Wilton dyes (I have yet to find a good tutorial, just keep finding people talking about it. May have to make a tutorial myself at this point) say that the colors separate, esp. the blues, causing uneven shading. Have you found that to be true? And how is the best way you've found to avoid it? I found your blog because I bought Wilton dyes yesterday & wanted to find instructions before jumping in willy-nilly. I know this is an old post, but my experience with reds/pinks is that they require a LOT more acid to become saturated than other colors. Powdered citric acid works best, but a friend has had luck with a few packets of emergen-C added to the mix, and another friend uses extra vinegar.

A lot of the commentary I’m finding about Wilton dyes (I have yet to find a good tutorial, just keep finding people talking about it. May have to make a tutorial myself at this point) say that the colors separate, esp. the blues, causing uneven shading. Have you found that to be true? And how is the best way you’ve found to avoid it?

]]> by: Chris http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/#comment-1145 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:42:39 +0000 http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/#comment-1145 You so should be teaching classes. You so should be teaching classes.

]]> by: Kim http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/#comment-1132 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:00:04 +0000 http://www.almostrandom.com/needlesnhooks/2006/06/05/still-more-adventures-in-dyeing-saturation-point/#comment-1132 Gosh, what beautiful colors! And it is great to see the refinement of the dying process. Gosh, what beautiful colors! And it is great to see the refinement of the dying process.

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