Detail of Tutu hooping

10″ long steel dye rack

Showing a piece of hooping in the rack

As it is Polymer based (nylon) it can be dyed to blend with your skirt. Use an acid dye. A liquid dye works better than the powder dye.

Rit dye alone does not dye Black and dark colours. Use a combination of Synthetic dyes and an Acid dye for Black or dark colours. RIT liquid acid dye and RIT Dyemore are suggested but experiment first.

Dye racks are available for holding the hooping to then dye in a pot.

These are 10″ (25 cm approx.) long. Made from Industrial grade steel.

Small racks to hold hooping for a Tutu skirt.

Your hooping can match the Tutu netting if so desired.

Sometimes a matching colour to your net will show more, so experiment with a slightly paler colour.

Detail of hooping placed in the rack

You will need around 2.0 – 2.30 m for a 14″ skirt depending on hip size. ( this includes an overlap of about 4″)

Around 1.80 m – 2 m for a 10 year old skirt—measure first as different size hips make the skirt smaller or bigger.

A 15″ skirt could use about 2.5m hooping depending.

To join overlap hooping by about 4″ (10 cm ) and bind with strong electrical tape.

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Off white

Flame Retardant. UK made

Mid Grey, Dusky Purple, Blue, Red, Yellow

PVC Insulation electrical tape which can be used for joining Tutu hooping.

Overlap your hooping by 4-6″ and secure by wrapping the Tape firmly around it.

The tape needs to have pressure applied to secure it–firmly wrap the hooping from just before two pieces overlap to after the two pieces overlap.

The hooping will not be secure if the tape is not pulled gently but firmly to join and wrapped securely.

Colour in stock of 20 metre lengths – Off White

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