Damaged with bleach - any hope?

debbym

What are they made of - if cotton tracksuiting then you could go with some fabric dye, if "plastic" then using the permanent marker pen each time you wear them is your only hope.

[Deleted User]

Yes I would buy some perhaps doggy type motifs from a sewing shop and sew them on.I have a beautiful soft maroon velvet jacket that some kind person brushed against with their cigarette end, and as its not only my favourite but it cost a bomb, anyway I found some pretty very tiny butterfly motifs and sewed them in a line of three the middle one covering the tiny hole and everyone says how pretty my jacket looks It a really nice one that only gets used on high days and holiday if I am going out somewhere special

Larumbelle

You can get those fabric colouring pens quite cheap from some haberdashers, I have a black Dylon one that I bought once to colour over a bleach mark, and it worked fine. The colour might not be exact, but close enough if you're not looking for it. Online the going rate seems to be £2-3 but I'm sure I paid £1.49 locally.

SomersetSaver

Hi

I'm a long time lurker coming out of the shadows to ask a question!

I've managed to spill bleach on a favourite black linen skirt and its gone all brown in several places as a result. Does anyone know that if I dye the skirt this will repair the damage?

Or is there any other way around it, please?

Thanks
SS

BitterAndTwisted

Dying it is your only option. Dye won't "repair" the damage but it could cover it up

jackieglasgow

Dying won't work either, and its a waste of money, I have done this many many times and still haven't learned. Use a black permanent marker to colour the stain in, it may well wash out but after a few goes it will match in pretty well.

[Deleted User]

Try black felt tip and see how it goes or if possible sew a motif over it if its not too big.

jackyann

Linen - such an expensive & lovely fabric, but behaves weirdly around dye. I would try the above, but suspect they will only work temporarily.
If it was an expensive skirt I would then try:
washing with bleach (measure amount carefully or you will ruin the linen) and probably Dygon. Then look at your skirt - it will look a strange colour - try to find a dye colour as near as you can.
This will cost you about £8 (haven't bought Dylon recently so not sure) so you may be better to write it off to experience.
A friend of mine once salvaged some lovely cotton by "tie-bleaching" it but I am less sure about linen.

Bitsy_Beans

I also vote with permament black marker pen. A work colleague has similar issue with one of her work skirts and would sit colouring in her fabric spots at her desk LOL

esmy

Another vote for permanent marker. I did this with my black linen trousers this weekend. Colour the patch with a series of dots rather than lines - seems to blend in better.