Bleaching a Black Dress

RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post by gddyup2 (2) | (07/14/2007) Contact If you want to dye it because it's faded then just redye with black RIT. If you want a white one take it to a seamstress and ask for a duplicate white dress. Try to bleach it and it's toast. RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post By Claudia-MD (Guest Post) (10/30/2006) I agree that this would likely be a disaster. Even Rit Dye remover would not get this black dress to any attractive shade and would probably ruin the fabric. I wouldn't waste the time, money or aggrevation on trying this. RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post By GrammySheila (Guest Post) (10/26/2006) I dyed a cream colored satin, lace & pearls dress a beautiful burgandy for my sister's wedding and had no problems with holes or anything. The dress was worn by my Granddaughter as the flower girl in my wedding 6 years ago. My sister's wedding was a year after mine. The only thing that didn't actually dye well was the lace part...it was just a bit lighter than the rest of the dress. It was beautiful, though. I used Rit dye on it and what I did was put the dye in the kitchen (stainless steel) sink full of water. I used regular bleach to clean up the sink afterwards. If I remember correctly, my daughter went from black satin to white one time using Rit color remover on a satin dress...it didn't go white, but rather a really pretty silvery gray. I say, if you don't like the dress (for whatever reason) and don't care what other color it will go, why not try it? RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post By utahyogini (Guest Post) (10/26/2006) I have to agree with the other posts. The type of fabric matters when doing a home dye. Cotton is usally best. Synthenic fabrics are tricker if not impossible to dye. Hope this helps. RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post By (Guest Post) (10/26/2006) Sorry - you can't do anything with a black dress - unless you want to apply bleach in a tie dye fashion and make a pattern - but doesn't sound like it will go with a satin/lace dress RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post By txcatlover (Guest Post) (10/26/2006) I honestly don't think it's possible to get good results with such an extreme color change. Just can't go from black to white. RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post by starlight2007 (61) | (10/26/2006) Profile | Contact I'm not really for sure, but if it were mine I'd leave leave the dress as it is. You might be disapointed in your end result. It seems that (BLEACHING SATIN) would distroy THE SATIN Fabric. I could eat holes in it. Hope this helps, Sherry. RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post by Persnickety Paula (384) | (10/26/2006) Profile | Contact I agree with Grandma Margie and if you try to bleach the dress you will not be happy with the results. It will probably turn out to be a "dirty gray" color when you are finished, or worse, come out looking like a bad tie-dye attempt. If you still are determined to try this, I would call a dry-cleaner and ask them if they have experience in this, or try calling a bridal shop and see if they know of anyone that they could recommend to you. RE: Bleaching a Black Dress Post By Grandma Margie (Guest Post) (10/26/2006) I've experimented over the years, doing things like this and my experience is screaming "Don't even try this"!!!!! You are NOT going to get the end result you want..........PLUS you're going to totally ruin (what sounds to me is) a perfectly good dress. This is just my opinion, but I can tell you that doing something like that is NEVER as easy as you assume it will be and the end result will be a total trainwreck!