Buttered JortsJun 3
Sounds like I may get off my ass this year and finally do the #Pride flag fishing shirts I’ve been planning for 2 years now.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 3

I should mention they’d be #tiedye too.

I think I can even pull off progress pride, plan below.

I kinda want to go for broke and attempt intersex inclusive.

Show threadButtered JortsJun 3
Shirt acquired. Need to map out the colors of Rit DyeMore I need to pull this off.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4

Looks like the magic mix is:

Super Pink
Kentucky Sky
Chocolate Brown
Graphite
Racing Red
Apricot Orange
Daffodil Yellow
Peacock Green
Sapphire Blue
Royal Purple

Walmart had everything but Royal Purple, Michael’s had everything but Kentucky Sky. Hobby Lobby was an oh fuck naw

Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
Picking the Michael's order up today, and I'll backfill anything they couldn't get (some were limited stock) at Walmart.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
So for the test shirt, I'm planning a gradient of dots made by placing 2 (or maybe 4) drops from a dropper. In one axis the line would be all colors at the same dilution ratio, and the other axis would be all dilutions of the same color. Just not sure which I want to orient on rows vs. columns.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4
(Secretly posting this here so that somebody else will check my math)
Show threadButtered JortsJun 4

Project #Pride Flag Tie-Dye Fishing Shirt status: 9/10 colors obtained!

Poll here, do y’all think this would look better with colors on the horizontal axis and dilutions on the vertical (one color per column, same strength per row) or vise versa (same strength per column, different color each row)? Making it approval voting 😉, this is not a FPTP safe space. Keep it open a week, but I may act before then.

If you’ve voted (or not) see the visualizations below!

Responses and boosts for visibility appreciated.

Edit: results here https://infosec.exchange/@ajn142/114650008867964305

Colors change horizontally, strength vertically
72.7%
Strength changes horizontally, colors vertically
27.3%
Poll ended at .
Buttered Jorts (@ajn142@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 2 images After rinse and 2 washes.

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Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Well, only one vote but I’ve secured all supplies. Probably making this happen tonight, strike while the hyper-fixation is hot.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 5
Correction, not tonight. Kiddo dragged out bedtime for an extra hour, and I burned too much energy on the visualizations while that happened. Instead I grabbed a dial grill thermometer, calibrated it, and added it to the lid of my steamer pot. Now I can more accurately maintain chamber temp while steaming/setting the dye in the material.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
So it begins…
Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
I dunno, whady’all think?
Show threadButtered JortsJun 8
After rinse and 2 washes.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
Since I made one, my kiddo wants one. Hers will be a more ambiguous rainbow spiral, and she did about a third of the dyeing.
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
This one is polyester, so it’s getting the same dye strength as the nylon, but steaming between 212 and 200 F for an hour instead.
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And results!

The more saturated photos are straight outta the steamer, the less saturated ones are after a rinse. Wash still pending, and I expect more color to fall out. Probably could have lost less by holding right at 212 F for the hour and flipping the rolled up shirt to ensure both sides heated evenly.

Jun 12 at 2:16amWeb
Show threadButtered JortsJun 12
And on our model, after washes. Cropped because I’m not putting my kids faces up here, but you can just see the massive smile she has, because she got to help make this.