Ok basically im in a tight spot. My favorite blue shirt got all fuabred in the wash with some other colors. Needless to say its a mess. Im considering dying it white but when i google how to dye your clothes white, all it talks about is removing stains. Has anyone tried anything like this? Im considering using bleach but I want it to be a crisp white not a faded version of what i have now.
Wasnt sure where to ask this and its kind of wierd but..
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you dont dye-in white
white is lack of dye
a good drycleaner can often remove dye bleed in materials. i do it pretty often. shirt should look like it was before you screwed it up
whast the shirt made of? natural fibers (cotton, linen etc) should bleach well and turn white; but man-made fibers (polyester, rayon) can often turn yellow when exposed to bleach.
white is lack of dye
a good drycleaner can often remove dye bleed in materials. i do it pretty often. shirt should look like it was before you screwed it up
whast the shirt made of? natural fibers (cotton, linen etc) should bleach well and turn white; but man-made fibers (polyester, rayon) can often turn yellow when exposed to bleach.
Well actually the shirt was sent to the drycleaners and they couldnt get the stain out (It was a wine stain that spread into my shirt and some underwear and socks). My GF in all of her wisdom put some bleach on it (i guess she thought it was the color safe kind) and now it has spots on it where the stain used to be even though there is a faint outline. Thats why im thinking of just dying it white to remove the stain and make it wearable again. So how would i do that? BTW its 100% cotton
Good 2 know cuz I was jsut gonna let it sit in a vat of bleach for a bit. Then the common sense kicked in.
Anyway so how do I go about safely removing the color from this shirt? I would like to wear this thing on vacation coming up and havent done a DYI project in a while. Is a color remover that works? What about dissolved bleach?
Originally posted by: jpark932
oxyclean?
It worked for all the people on the commercials
I was thinking that too. As for pics I dont have my digi cam at the moment. Any other ideas? Someone must have an idea of what to do!
Is there such a thing as fabric safe bleach? If so who sells it and whats the brand as that seems to be the best way to go.
well i think your only choice now is to bleach it since theres no way to put the colour back in the spots that have already been bleached.
i think you're gonna need a new shirt dude
so why not dye it a blue thats a bit darker than the original....hopefully it woudl hide the stains..or just go for a black shirt
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Say your goodbyes, mrgoblin, it is time to let go. If you can't overcome your grief on your own, may I reccommend the book Death and Dyeing by Elisabeth Marshall's Ross, published by Korean Strip Mall Starch and Press.
It outlines the five stages of grief that underly apparel loss. Congratulations, you have already completed the third step, Attempts at Dry Cleaning.
Just remember, you are not alone. Death and dyeing are integral parts of the very fabrics of our society, and you are far from the first person to lose his shirt in an ill considered scheme.
It outlines the five stages of grief that underly apparel loss. Congratulations, you have already completed the third step, Attempts at Dry Cleaning.
Just remember, you are not alone. Death and dyeing are integral parts of the very fabrics of our society, and you are far from the first person to lose his shirt in an ill considered scheme.
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