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Bleached Shirt - Black Die

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Inspired by the other discussions around here about cool bleached shirts, I ran out to my nearby Ben Franklin's, which has t-shirts in a small selection of colors. Today, the options were orange, black, red, and blue - I suspect orange might get swapped out as it becomes less seasonal.

I cut out three kite-shaped templates from ordinary printer paper and laid them on the shirt, to verify the rough size and shape. I was pleased with the results, so I proceeded to mix up a 50/50 bleach/water solution and spray it on the shirt.

A few things I didn't think of:

- a black shirt doesn't bleach to grey or white. In this case, it ended up orangey-brown. Not terrible, and I should have known better.

- I made something like 25 ounces of bleach solution. That's a lot. The spray bottle warns you not to store bleach in the spray bottle, as it can corrode metal, so I rinsed out my spray bottle with clean water, and stored my solution for my next few shirts in a canning jar.

- It doesn't take much bleach to get the effect. A little bit of spraying and you're done. That said, make sure you hit all the edges - I'm not entirely satisfied with the bottom of the shirt.

- even out the wrinkles of the shirt before spraying, unless you want some unevenness in the coloration.


Still, for a first stab, I'm very pleased with how it looks.

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