Bleaching clothes

Anyone ever bleached any clothes white? I have a abundance of French Resistance black jumpers and i wanted to try bleaching one totally white for a kitbash i am doing? Any advice, suggestions or help would be greatly received.

I would think soaking older uni's in bleach for as long as it takes to turn them white may be to harsh for
the older fabric???
See what others say...

It won't go white more like a light grey. I've recently bleached both brown and green uniforms and they went a more yellow/orangy colour. However I dyed them all a dark brown and they are quite uniform in colour now. See my WW1 Tommy post.

Be careful with bleach. I have a white adventurer jumper that was discoloured and stained, so I decided to put it in a jar containing a diluted water and bleach solution.

The pen mark and stains have gone, but the jumper isn't white, it is now a yellow tinged shade. I must have used too much bleach in the mix.

It is at present drying as I only bleached it last night and fished it out of the jar this morning. When I get home tonight I will see it it has dried paler.

Fonnezz save yourself the trouble mate. The black jumpers will NEVER go white in a month of Sunday's. I tried this once with the yellow Geyper jumper & it remained yellow no matter how much bleach I threw at it. Brian is correct , All vam clothes that aren't white already go a yellow / orange tone . You will not bleach back to white , So buy the white jumper it's quicker & easier.

REMEMBER: After bleaching fabrics, they must be inmersed in water with a couple of effervescent false teeth cleaning tablets. They will neutralize the bleach, avoiding the tellowing, that will ALWAYS appear (even after a few months)

Even with the lightests colors, is nearly impossible to get pure white from bleaching.

ghost recon wrote:

Fonnezz save yourself the trouble mate. The black jumpers will NEVER go white in a month of Sunday's. I tried this once with the yellow Geyper jumper & it remained yellow no matter how much bleach I threw at it. Brian is correct , All vam clothes that aren't white already go a yellow / orange tone . You will not bleach back to white , So buy the white jumper it's quicker & easier.

Spot on, don't put yourself through it, all you will end up with is a house that smells of bleach
And some tiny yellow clothes!

Ok, i will take your advice and not waste my time,

So where do i get a white jumper from then......................?  

eBay is your best bet.

Yes try ebay...


Project ARE here in the USA has these jumpsuits...

http://project-are.com/

Type in adventurer in you're search upon Ebay. These tend to go the highest price wise so do be prepared for a bit of a wait bid wise .

inntruderr61 wrote:

Yes try ebay...


Project ARE here in the USA has these jumpsuits...

http://project-are.com/

Very nice but it's a Jumper he wants?

Be very cautious of bleach! It will rot/weaken the fabric if it's left submersed for too long.

Never mix Bleach with other bathroom cleaning chemicals, it is very hazardous = harmful Gas!   

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I believe our American cousins refer to jumpsuits as jumpers.Translation sweater = jumper   

clivvers wrote:

Be very cautious of bleach!  It will rot/weaken the fabric if it's left submersed for too long.

Never mix Bleach with other bathroom cleaning chemicals, it is very hazardous = harmful Gas!   

There`s quite a few harmful gases in my bathroom    

ak615 wrote:

clivvers wrote:

Be very cautious of bleach!  It will rot/weaken the fabric if it's left submersed for too long.

Never mix Bleach with other bathroom cleaning chemicals, it is very hazardous = harmful Gas!   

There`s quite a few harmful gases in my bathroom    

   Probably due to a bad diet!   

Senior moment there Jim?  

koenig wrote:

REMEMBER: After bleaching fabrics, they must be inmersed in water with a couple of effervescent false teeth cleaning tablets. They will neutralize the bleach, avoiding the tellowing, that will ALWAYS appear (even after a few months)

Even with the lightests colors, is nearly impossible to get pure white from bleaching.

Thanks for this tip. I tried it on my white adventurer jumper with a couple of sterident tablets, it has now gone from having a distinct yellow tinge to a pale off white. Like you said, not pure white, but definately a vast improvement.