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Bleach Designs on T-Shirt

I want to make t-shirts for my sister and myself to wear to see Harry Potter on Friday night.  I purchased 2 new 100% cotton shirts and washed and dried them.  Then I put the design that I wanted on them using a brand new bleach pen.  One tutorial that I read online said a new shirt could take up to 2 hours for the bleach to work...well I let it sit for 2 hours and nothing happened!  I rinsed the bleach off, washed and dried the shirts and they still look brand new!  What am I doing wrong? 
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Re: Bleach Designs on T-Shirt

  • Some shirts are pretty colorfast and bleach might not affect the dye.  The cheaper the shirt, the better :)  Bleach pens are diluted and straight bleach works MUCH better (trust me, I have first hand experience). 

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  • imageJustinlove:

    Some shirts are pretty colorfast and bleach might not affect the dye.  The cheaper the shirt, the better :)  Bleach pens are diluted and straight bleach works MUCH better (trust me, I have first hand experience). 

    I was planning on trying again with straight bleach tonight but thought I would post this just in case I was doing something wrong yesterday.  Thanks so much for your help!

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  • I use to distress/bleach jeans with Cascade dish washer soap. Works great if you put it out in the sun. :)
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