I'm trying to figure out what color(s) of fabric would turn out gray when bleached? I've had some experience, on purpose and on accident with bleaching, but I'm really looking for gray and hoping someone can help!
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This process, called discharging, will work on black natural fabric like cotton or wool. It won't work on synthetics like polyester. Put bleach in a spray bottle and spray on the fabric directly.
You will need 3 large storage bins. Combine 1 part chlorine bleach with 10 parts hot water in the first bin. Fill the second bin with cold water. In the third bin, mix a chlorine neutralizer with water, following the manufacturer's instructions. The neutralizer stops bleach from continuing to fade fabric.
Is this just an experiment or are you actually wanting to bleach a certain material that you have?
Almost any type of bleaching carries dangers of changing the final color to a different color according to the type of dye used to make the original color - and also the different methods of "making" the original material.
In other words - take 2 pieces of blue material in different types of cotton; put them in a "bleach bath" and most of the time you will end up with 2 different colors.
If you want something gray it would be much easier to dye a white material with something like iDye in a nice silver gray; so easy to use and usually works great.
well, I would imagine black would do it well.
maybe dark browns/blacks as some material is colored..
this woman had great effect using Rit Grey dye, but she preferred the result through using a product called iDye in Silver Gray - www.lovelyetc.com/
this is the link for the successful grey dye - www.amazon.com/
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