Grey Tie Dye Shirt

The process of dyeing a shirt with low immersion, for a crinkle dye pattern.

Corky pulling a grey shirt out of a bin of dye.

Process

This shirt was dyed with fiber reactive procion dye, from Dharma Trading Co.

The shirt was pre-soaked in soda ash water, and then spun out before adding dye.

This is a cotton shirt since tie-dye requires natural fiber, fabrics. You can also use this kind of dye on fibers like rayon, hemp, silk, and linen.

Colors: seafoam & better black

1/2 teaspoon of dye powder per color

Results

I prefer the way the results look on the inside of the shirt. Next time, I don't turn the shirt inside out before dyeing it, and I would use more dye powder.

Video

See the full process in the YouTube video.

Corky Lorenz

January 29, 2026