Dye Progress
i o nBundled my pants, then soaked in warm water for a few moments, squeezed out the excess, then placed into my dye bath.
Pants were in the dye for 50 minutes total, with me stirring and agitating the pants every ten minutes or so.
I re-heated the original dye bath in the microwave, and put the pants in again with no bands. The point was to color the remainder of my pants green, while saturating the original green streaks to a darker hue.
Pants soaked around 20 minutes, then I took them out and rinsed in cool water. I know this means the dye didn't have much time to set, and the recommended course of action is to actually microwave the entire garment which really heats it through. Because these pants have a metal button, zipper, and rivets I chose not to put them in the microwave. If my pants start to fade I don't have a problem overdyeing them and heat setting with an iron right away.
After letting my garment dry to the point of still-damp-but-not-dripping I wrapped them in bands again and applied the black dye using a brush.
The next day I twisted my pants lengthwise and dyed black again. Then I folded them accordion style and dyed black a third time.
After letting them dry for a little bit I set up my iron on the hottest setting and went over the front and back of my pants three times.
Rinsed again, let dry, put on my body.