This process uses Reactive Dye or Penetrating Stain. Do not use paint, latex-based ("rubbing") stain or stain mixed with urethane ("One-Step") in batch-dying.
RGT Shingle Dye
Dye-1 or Dye-3
Protect your hands
This slideshow is using Dye-1 with 1¼ cup of water
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A gallon jug cut in half, 1 to 2 cups of mixed Dye in a half-quart bowl, and 1000 shingles
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Set the drain (jug top) in the bowl, dump in the dyed shingles
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Let the shingles drain completely - save the left over dye for touchup
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Make a shallow heap of the wet shingles on cardboard
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In an hour separate stuck-together shingles but re-form the heap.
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Fresh cardboard on day two. Mix them once a day for 3 - 4 days
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Q: I just finished dyeing all the shingles; my fingers are all colored too. Water and soap are not working at all... any idea on how to remove the color from my fingers?
A: A wash of water and bleach will get everything except the cuticles and cut the “let the skin grow out” time by a lot. I always do some level of bleaching – mild if I am just going to work, but with more bleach if I am going out.
I particularly enjoyed the color of my feet when I wore sandals to a tie-dye workshop and had cerulean blue and golden yellow toes. I did not bleach that out, and wore it for several days until it faded by itself.
Hands are more difficult to leave colorful. ;^)
Comment;
Google said to use toothpaste. I put some on, then I rubbed for 15 minutes or more; the dye is all gone!
A: Well, that’s a great trick and I will post it for others… It sounds gentler on the skin than bleach!
Thanks
