How do you make the dye for tie dye shirts?

How do you make Tie-Dye Shirts? I need help!?

• I was planning to make some home made tie dye shirts but Google has let me down and i am unable to find a reliable source. Some guides say to use soda ash, while others said to just use salt. Most sites i found only showed you how to make different designs instead of what you will really need. If anyone could help me out that would be great!

• Answer:

  The real secret to making good tie-dyes is to use a good quality dye. If you use Rit dye, the colors will be dull and will fade rapidly. If you buy a good tie-dye kit, then the colors will be bright (or you can mix them for darker colors), and they will last at least twenty times longer before fading. Look for a good tie-dye kit at your local crafts or sewing store. Soda ash is used only with the kind of dyes used in the good tie-dye kits. In the Jacquard or Funky Groovy tie-dye kits, the soda ash is used as a separate presoak. In the Tulip or Rainbow Rock tie-dye kits, the soda ash is mixed with the dye, so all you have to do is add water, but you must use the dye right away in that case. Soda ash will not do any good at all if you use it with Rit dye. Neither will salt: none of these treatments will keep Rit dye from fading. quickly. If you get a good tie-dye kit, and just follow the easy instructions, you will have great results that last a long time.