How Do I Dye a Shirt?

I have dyed shirts several times. I got the truest color with a big pot on the stove using rit dye. Boiling water and using a bucket, I got a very faded color. Be sure to add salt like the directions recommend. You can get on the Rit dye website and read the directions. They are easier to read than the tiny print on the box and they give you good tips. Also, I found the best selection of colors at Michaels but Walmart carries it too.

Good luck! Cute idea, BTW!

I would go ahead and use the RIT. Tea can be unpredictable and more likely to go yellow-y in my experience (like old lace). I don't know about front loaders (I have a top) but you'll use less water in a bucket and still get good results.

Tea & Coffee work well on 100% cotton for that Khaki color, but not so well with the polyester...

Don't use your front load washing machine. Just a large bucket or tub or laundry room sink. Boil water, add your tea bags, steap a few minutes, add your shirt and soak overnight. Wring out and rinse with cold water. Don't wash with other clothes. If that doesn't work, then resort to the RIT Dye in a box.

GL!! Cute idea!

if you can find the color go with the dye. do it in the sink or in a bucket. Coffee might be a good back up but I'd stay away from the tea. just follow the directions on the dye box.

i'd get the RIT and just do it in the sink with boiling water.

I'm dyeing white underwear red as I type this -- so my son can be Superman for Halloween. I bought the RIT dye. It has machine dyeing instructions AND sink dyeing instructions. I think the bottle cost $2 or $3, so I'd probably go that route instead of the tea. In your case, you'd have to dye it in the sink. Instructions on the RIT bottle say basically: get HOT water in washer, add dye, add clothes. So the front-loader wouldn't work with those steps.