"New Zealand! ah yes! Land Of..Pardon? Now you mention it yes that's right but..Oh you do? Yes that's right 'down the bottom' although technically there's really no top or..um okay then, bye".
I was hunting for someone
to dye my garments naturally, asking around I got this response from one person:
Hope they are of help...HELP!
New links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_dye
Vivienne Williams
Well looks like we have both been down the same road! I have an interesting email from Colour & CHemicals who supply GOTS approved dyes if you would like me to forward it to you. I decided against dyeing my own for now due to the huge set up costs and minimums of dye powder I would have to purchase first off. Having said that it would be cool to have ones own unique colours, that alone would be a great unique selling point.
I vaugely remember reading something somewhere about a joker who had invented a natural oil based mordant and uses it on natural dyes...will try to dig up this info out of my bottomless pit of favourites...they were in the US of course.
Bye for now,
Viv
May 7, 2010
David
Have you been dyeing to source your own custom t-shirt colours but the minimums in China made you want to crawl up and dye? Well you don’t have to dye wondering because AS Colour is now carrying stock of the AAA5601 prepared for dye t-shirt so you can colour your own t-shirts right here in New Zealand.
Bad puns aside, we figured if you can print your own t-shirt here why not dye them as well. Controlling the dye process here in New Zealand has a lot of benefits, you can ensure that all dye chemicals used are ecologically friendly and will be recycled in a sustainable way plus you can dye to order on small runs without having to commit to large stock orders.
So if you’ve ever thought you could create a better t-shirt colour than us please read the information below to find out all there is to know about garment dyeing, I’m sure you’re dyeing to. Sorry, I just had to slip that in there.
All you need to know about PFD t-shirts and Garment dyeing:
Prepared for dye t-shirts are the perfect option for matching an exact fabric colour when you can’t source it from a stock service t-shirt range. Our AAA5601 PFD t-shirts are made by in our friends in Thailand and are supplied by Alstyle Apparel, one of the world’s leading t-shirt companies. They are made from 100% cotton including all stitching so the garment will dye completely and consistently. The weight of the shirts before dyeing is 130GSM and after the dyeing process they bulk up to about 150GSM. PFD shirts are designed to shrink one size down after the dye wash and there is only minimal twisting on the finished garment. An enzyme wash is included as part of the process which gives the shirt a soft feel and a fine print face.
Garment dyeing is generally charged by weight. We recommend North Shore Dyers in Auckland who charge $9.15 per kilo with a minimum order charge of $112.50 which equates to about 70 t-shirts per dye run, smaller amounts can be dyed but the minimum charge will apply. There are roughly six shirts per kilo so the cost per unit on a run of 70 shirts will work out to be around $1.60 excluding GST.
All the Reactive dyes used by North Shore dyers are free from harmful chemicals like Pesticide and Formaldehyde and they have been approved to the highest ecological standards of the Oeko-Tex standard certification.
For Pricing please contact me.
Regards, Dan Bycroft
AS Colour
May 12, 2010
Anthea Marie Grob
Sep 29, 2010