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Damaged with bleach - any hope?
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badgermonkey wrote:Sorry to tell you this, but the point of bleach is that it bleaches things, i.e. strips the colour out of them entirely. It's not 'on' the clothes, it's more like it's taken the dye out.
You could re-dye the clothes, I suppose. Or if you could find a permanent marker of a similar shade, you could use that.
I tried permanent marker on jeans after getting bleach on them....... it was alright at first but cam out in wash. I had to apply every time!! The were ok for about the house but were never good jeans again.....then the jeans became thread bare...(I think it damaged them too!!). I seem to think dye wont work either but cant think why I think this!!!0 -
mah_jong wrote:I tried permanent marker on jeans after getting bleach on them....... it was alright at first but cam out in wash. I had to apply every time!!
Ah ah... so I'm not the only one.
Worst thing was to findthe right shade of grey for a stain on the carpet one day.... resorted to kids coloring pen. Not permanent, but the carpet doesn't get washed very often!!I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying “I don’t want to bore you with the details”.Milton Jones0 -
It sounds to me as if something pink or red might have been washed with these two things, and the colour's run. It sometimes happens if you leave wet things of different colours touching. If that's what's happened, then some DyGone might work? No promises ...Signature removed for peace of mind0
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My dad left a bottle of bleach out, and my inquisitive parrot wanted to play with it. Whilst trying to rescue him, the bleach went on my top!
It was a navy blue colour, but it now has orange blobsIs there anything I can do to save it?
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The only thing you can really do is to re-dye it I'm afraid, and even then, the bleached spots may still come out a different shade to the rest as the dye will be going onto raw material rather than pre-coloured, if you see what I mean.
First thing's first though, you need to get the top into cold water to rinse out the bleach before it has time to actually rot the material, but other than that I can't think of anything else, unless anyone else has any good suggestions?"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
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Or get some sandals, and have a Tie Die top free of charge0
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I would recommend if you try re-dying it that you bleach it all before you start, so that the colour will absorb in similar quantities. Not a great help I'm afraid!0
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Trow wrote:I would recommend if you try re-dying it that you bleach it all before you start, so that the colour will absorb in similar quantities. Not a great help I'm afraid!
The only problem with doing that is bleach will actually rot the material so the top will end up falling to pieces :doh:
I can't remember which materials it reacts worse with ... maybe cotton? ... but I know I've ended up with massive holes in jeans etc before now where I've splashed bleach down them :wall:"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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Bleach = ruined. I have a very nice T Shirt that I wear for decorating now.0
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I;ve soaked it, and the orange blobs are getting smaller
So I'm continuing to soak it and hoping they disappear totally!
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Total debt [STRIKE]£4578.27[/STRIKE] £0.00 :j
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