Damaged with bleach - any hope?

Legacy_user · 27 March 2005 at 11:52AM

My sons navy blue hoody has got bleach on it. The blue on the hood has gone a funny shade of pink/grey. Hubby has come up with the idea of re dying the bleached bit navy but i am unsure as to whether it will dye properly once its been bleached. Have any of you attempted a recovery of this sort? Did it work out ok?

Quackers · 27 March 2005 at 12:02PM

I used to be a regular 'bleach blotter' before I discovered that putting on an old top whilst cleaning would save my nice clothes :rolleyes: I dyed several different coloured tops that had blobs of bleach marks to black and they looked fine. I used one of those dyes that you chuck in the washing machine.

If it's quite a big patch it may be more noticeable.

System · 27 March 2005 at 12:14PM

Ta for the response, i cant dye the whole garment though as there is white writing on the hoody but will give it a go as its his favourite top, can you give me an estimation on cost of this dye?

Js_Other_Half · 27 March 2005 at 12:19PM

I think the small dylon dyes are only about £2 - £3?

Quackers · 27 March 2005 at 12:24PM

I'm sure they are a bit more than that - about £4.50

Judi, this was on the dylon website if it helps :

QUESTION:

Can you cover bleach marks by dyeing?

ANSWER:

Bleach can burn the fabric and so the area cannot be over dyed, unless the bleach had been washed off straightaway

chocomonsta · 27 March 2005 at 2:32PM

to hide the bleach marks get a permanent magic marker in the same colour and colour it back in. It will eventually fade out after several washings but then just colour it back in again. I have tried to dye but it never covers the bleach marks

elona · 27 March 2005 at 3:24PM

I was going to suggest navy ink (permanent).

:):)

crana999 · 27 March 2005 at 4:08PM

I dyed a whole top dark green to cover some browny bits where I got bleach on it (it was previously pale green) - worked fine.

I'm not sure how well it would work just to dye part of it though. maybe he could live with having the white writing go blue?

carly · 28 March 2005 at 6:29PM

I used fabric paint ( from an art supplies shop ) to cover up bleach marks. It worked quite well , and was permanent. Cost about four quid a pot and I had alot left over for futher use or just to jazz up other items.

stuartw101 · 3 July 2005 at 4:36PM

Is this possible? I have some dark jeans and they have pinky marks on them, i think it is bleach, is there a way to get rid of this?

Also i have a blue jumper and it has pinky red marks on it, i think it is where the sun has dyed it? What can i do to get it back looking blue?

Thanks, hope you can help.

badgermonkey · 3 July 2005 at 4:47PM

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.

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