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04-26-2009, 01:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Massachusetts
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Bleacher pants?
Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make bleachers? Ones like this:
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04-26-2009, 03:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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Throw bleach... on some jeans.
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04-26-2009, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Yeah...I don't see where the problem in understanding comes from, haha.
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04-26-2009, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Use a 50/50 vinegar/water mixture as a "stop bath", to halt the bleaching when you have the desired effect.
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04-26-2009, 03:45 PM
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There are various methods, that's why. I've read a method where you fill a spray bottle with a bleach solution, and a method where you put the jeans into a tight ball and hold it under a bleach solution.
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04-26-2009, 06:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maggot
There are various methods, that's why. I've read a method where you fill a spray bottle with a bleach solution, and a method where you put the jeans into a tight ball and hold it under a bleach solution.
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I'd put them in a tight ball and then spray.
Try a quarter bleach and the rest water.
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04-26-2009, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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I just use straight bleach. I've got effects like the one in the photo from using a syringe to splatter it onto pants laid flat in a bath.
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04-26-2009, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Earth
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
I'd put them in a tight ball and then spray.
Try a quarter bleach and the rest water.
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That is a good mix. Get a like a gold color, or a rusty yellow.
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04-27-2009, 05:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cicero
I just use straight bleach. I've got effects like the one in the photo from using a syringe to splatter it onto pants laid flat in a bath.
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The syringe method works quite well, but I find straight bleach usually results in holes...
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04-27-2009, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
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I've used it straight on tshirts and some jeans, no holes so far. How long did you leave it on for?
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04-27-2009, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Uranus ( Luxembourg )
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raptor
I've used it straight on tshirts and some jeans, no holes so far. How long did you leave it on for?
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Somewhere around 10 minutes.
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04-27-2009, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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I've left un-diluted concentrated bleach on plain cotton t-shirts for hours with no holes.
It really must depend on the fabric.
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04-27-2009, 10:36 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Massachusetts
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I did it using the spray bottle method, using undiluted Clorox cleaning solution (so it's already diluted.)
I'll post pictures in the DIY thread later today after I get home from school.
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06-16-2009, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Georgia
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T-a-c-k-y-.
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