I did a bit of 'research' (ie. bloghopping, heh heh) to find out more about using bleach, but in the end I scrunched up the jeans with some rubber bands, and chucked them in a big bucket of water with about 2 cups of laundry bleach. I turned them over a couple times during the 4-5 hours I left them in there.
Then very carefully using my rubber gloves I tipped them into the sink and rinsed them a million times. I think they rock!
Although if anyone has any tips for getting the bleach smell out of clothes it would be much appreciated :-)
Laura
I bleached some jeans recently and I washed them straight away and they don't smell at all.
ReplyDeleteI did the same kind of 'research' as you and some people had recommended soaking in a vinegar solution after bleaching but I think that was more to stop the bleaching than the smell, and I can't remember if I did that or not.
Hang in the sun to get out the bleach smell...it might take a couple days if they're really bleachy!
ReplyDeleteLove how these turned out! They look so cool! Kudos :)
ReplyDeleteI've always fancied trying this too, but bleach puts me off. They look so good though!
ReplyDeleteErica, EOD