Forgot to add the soda ash!

[SMPH]

I was doing a little dyeing today and completely forgot to actually put the soda ash fixer in the bucket of water that my projects soaked in. Doh!

What does this mean for my items?

They've already been dyed and are setting at the moment.

[ma2maya]

Oh...sorry I am seeing this so late. If you r things are still sitting in the dye bath, you can just add the sdoa ash solution and let it set for the recommended time.

If you have removed them already, just rinse them and redye.

Kathy

[SMPH]

Thanks Kathy.

I'm actually tie-dying so they aren't in a bath. Guess I'll just re-do them today. Will they just fade or will the dye not set at all?

Thanks for your help!

[ma2maya]

You'll probably get staining. Unless you used softened water your water probably has a slightly elevated Ph(slightly above neurtral) so some reaction could have occured, but the Ph was probaly not sufficient for a full reaction.

So yeah, just re-tie and dye Oh and add soda ash

Kathy

[SMPH]

We do have soft water but I'll re-do them anyway to make sure. Thanks for you help!

soda ash, soda ash, soda ash...

[SMPH]

OK...sorry to be a pain here but what happens if I rinse the dye then soak them in the soda ash?

I just rinsed most of them and they're still pretty bright. The red/orange faded a bit but I dyed some prefolds and a playsilk and they're all for my private use so I'm not terribly concerned about perfection or maybe I wouldn't have missed a step

Anyway, if staining other things is the main concern then I could just wash the dyed prefolds together and not with my FB.