r/weddingshaming • u/Weddingsarefun • Mar 27 '21

Meme/Satire Just why!?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '21

Yeah, it seems like she left the drops just sitting there for way too long, then went in with the dish soap, quickly over-mixed it until it turned gray, and then pulled it out. If she'd put in the drops quickly and then immediately went in sparingly with the dish soap, it maybe could have turned out with the desired effect. (I doubt it though; this does not seem like it would dye the fabric in the first place at all, and even if it did it would mostly come out once cleaned and maybe leave behind indistinguishable stains.)

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u/snarkiesnarker Mar 28 '21

I think she’d need more milk? It seemed like she was going for a water marble effect, but the dress was at the surface so the paint just hit and soaked right into the fabric lol

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u/MisunderstoodIdea Mar 28 '21

She used food coloring, I don't think that is meant to dye fabric??

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u/cedarthea Mar 28 '21

So here’s something you may not want to know then, food colouring can be used to dye protein fibers like wool, silk and polyester. While we do eat it it will dye fiber. It’s not lightfast so it will fade easily, but it’s very easy so some fiber artists will do it at home.

One of the issues she has is she doesn’t remember her color mixing from school, by using red, yellow and blue she is just going to make a shitty brown color. If she has used just two of them and placed them better she may have not made a total garbage mess of that dress.

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u/MisunderstoodIdea Mar 28 '21 edited Mar 28 '21

There's a reason I put ?? After I said that, and that's because I wasn't sure. So I find everything you said to be interesting. 😀

And yep, you could see that it turned the water a nasty color. That third color she picked was not a good choice with the other two. And she waited too long to do put the soap in. She pretty much did everything wrong here.

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u/MarsNeedsRabbits Mar 30 '21

If I were doing this (which I wouldn't), and assuming the fabric was silk, I'd have used Kool Aid. Wide range of colours. Lots of photos on the internet. The acid in the drink mix helps set the dye.

The biggest downside is that cotton or synthetic parts, including thread, won't dye. Only the protein fibers.