How do you bleach denim to create a fashionable look?
There is a product called Easy Bleach. I saw it in a catalog called Home-Sew but it`s not cheap.It`s around $9. I'm sure someone out there has a cheaper solution.
try domestos i did and it worked
I saw a clip on TV for decorating denim and they used one of those bleach pens to create different shapes, etc on jeans, jackets and shirts. I would think a template or stencil would work to help with the lines, unless you are very artistic.
Rit Dye offers a product called Fast Fade. It works great to lighten up denim. It's hard to find in stores, but you can easily get it at the "Rit Dye" online store. - Jennifer
The bleach pen for drawing shapes on denim is so unique I'd like to have more ingenious ideas like that.
Toss your denim into the bathtub or out on the sidewalk. Pour the bleach slowly onto your item while standing above it. Let it soak in for about two minutes, then rinse it in cold water.(Be careful not to splash the bleach while pouring.) After that, wash it separately.
i must speak up here. DO NOT bleach denim on the sidewalk!! the bleach will seep into the ground, the water table, the ecosystem and the drinking water.
So when you pour bleach down the drain it doesn't go back to the water table?
im trying to bleach a denim jacket. soaked it overnite in domestos, but instead of it bleaching all the jacket its all patchy. any suggestions would be most appreciated
If you put one fourth water to three-fourths regular bleach in a container as big as what you are bleaching; lay the object down evenlly and let the denim sit from anywhere from 30 sec. to 5 min. depending on how bleached you want it to look, itshould come out pretty good!
im trying to bleach my denim backpack for school, but i dont know how i could bleach everything but the back, because the back is polyester and the bleach would weaken that. puleeez give me some ideas!
im was sitting in my room and filled it with bleach now everything in my room is sparkly
Editor's Note: This may be a joke but bleach in large amounts is very toxic. You may have chlorine poisoning, get out of there now!
I WANT ALL INFORMATION ON BLEACHING DENIM PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE BEST RESULTS
I found a lot about bleaching denim on here, hth
sewing.about.com/
I found a lot about bleaching denim on here, hth
sewing.about.com/
ok so i just bought this wonderful jean denim jacket. But the color is too dark for my taste. Is there any way i can bleach it to lighten the color ?? but not ruin the jacket?
Editor's Note: Put 1 cup bleach in the washer while it is filling and before you put in the jacket so it is well diluted. (DO NOT pour bleach on the jacket or you will have bad white spots and then be wanting to know how to redye it.) You should be able to let it sit in the water for a while and it will lighten it. Basically, though, just washing the jacket and hanging it out in the sun a few times will lighten it quite a bit.
how can i bleach black denim to white? or grey? if anybody has any ideas please! post them or send me an email (amy-bush at hotmail dot com) thank you x
I create my own destroyed jeans and putting mixtures of pure bleach or bleach and water in a mist/spray bottle and spraying even layers on jeans, then washing them works very well. So if you want that faded look you just spray the top and bottom with a 3:1 ratio to the middle based on what you want. DO NOT DO THIS INDOORS!
I got a bleach pen for valentines day. I thought it would be cool to decorate my jeans! :)
Hey I have a bleach pen and i am going to draw on my jeans but if I want it white, how long do I leave the bleach on? if yall know, please comment!! thnx
my daughter got dishwasher detergent on her new denim shirt so it's faded in one spot. How do I make the rest of the skirt match?
tiana, $9 is not that bad
Hi there! Could anyone tell me how to bleach denim but have the spots come out antique (sepia) looking instead of white? I just watched Project Runway and Korto did this to a pair of jeans. It appeared she just bleached them, but the spots aren't white; they are more of a brownish color.
Bleach is a carcinogen is not actually true. Yes it may have a lot of power. But harmful to the environment it certainly is not. In fact it is more help to the environment it's not. On Domestos, it says (or used to say) add a few drops of bleach to a vase of flowers, and their blooms will last much longer.
I was once of the opinion that bleach was a killer. Having nothing to hand I bleached some weeds. They flourished.
Yes it goes down the drain which leads to a wastewater treatment plant. From there it is treated with biological activity then, it is treated with sodium chloride {which is a strong form of bleach} to incapacitate the pathogens,, before it is released to the ecosystem.
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I want to bleach designs onto jeans for making a blue jean purse. Has anyone done this and if so which kind of detergent did you use? How well did it work? I am thinking of making a retro jeans purse for the kids for Christmas. Thank you.
By Robyn Fed from Hampton, TN
This is called discharge dying. You can use clorox gel with bleach from the bottle to control where the bleach gel goes. Then rinse well in water when you've reached the desired effect. You can also apply the gel with an old paint brush, too, just don't expose the gel to air too long.
I have read where people lay the jeans in a bath tub and do the bleaching there. You would lay them flat and the bleach would go through both sides of the fabric. What they have done is cut designs out of self adhesive paper and stick the paper with the pattern cut out of it onto the fabric and to the areas that you don't want bleached.
Another idea is to use one of the bleach pens (like this one www.clorox.com/
Several years ago I saw a lady on an HGTV craft show use dishwasher gel detergent to write on jeans and said it was much safer on the fabric then using bleach. Her designs came out perfect.
It was on a Carol Duval segment, try searching this link:
www.city-data.com/
I use the bleach pen, works great to put initials on the dark colored socks!
I am looking for directions on how to use a tide stain pen to decorate denim.
Thanks,
Randi from Vacaville, CA
Here's one page, Randi :) www.craftbits.com/
Martha Stewart did this on her show with stencils on t-shirts, so I'm sure you can adapt it for denim. One thing that was apparently important was to neutralize the bleach so that it would not eat on the fabric. Anyway, here's the link to the page where she did the t-shirts.
www.marthastewart.com/
i've not heard of the tide stain pen bleaching out fabric dye but the clorox bleach pen will.
just draw on the design let it set a few minutes and wash as usual. don't let it set too long or it will spread out as the fabric absorbs the bleach. it may take two or three washings to finish a project depending on how detailed it is.
They made stuff like this on DIY's Creative Juice show.
www.diynetwork.com/
This is a page about fading dark jeans. You can fade dark jeans for an overall lighter look or spot bleach for a reverse tie dyed appearance.
