Re: dyeing small amounts

[Kim Thuesing <k.thuesing@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you thought of reducing the percentage of your dye stock solution?  Rather than making up 0.2% which seems to be the standard (at least when we were being taught!), make up 0.1%, then the quantities you'll need to be measuring out will be larger and therefore you can achieve greater accuracy (smaller margin of error). 

 

Equally, I suggest *increasing* the percentage of dye stock solution for dyeing bulk: the quantities required can be quite large which can then wreak havoc with your attempts at maintaining a particular temperature!  (...unless you're extremely organised and heat your dyes up to the required temperature *before* adding them to your dye bath!)  So if you have a higher concentration, you'll need smaller amounts of stock solution = less impact on temp!

 

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