bleaching colored fabrics to white?

[ChristmasGirl]

please enlighten me! i never use bleach, so i'm wondering...if i take my old light blue couch slipcover and bleach it, is it possible to get it completely white? :think

[ozmummy]

/i don't know. I wonder if it would considerably weaken the fabric?

[Auroras mom]

It will seriously degrade the fabric.

[backtobasicsmum]

I saw a tutorial on Pinterest the other day about bleaching blue jeans to totally white...so she could redye them pastel. Let me see if I can go find it...it might give you some hints.

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Here you go (http://www.thelittlegiggler.com/2012/08/bleaching-101-dark-jeans-to-pastel.html).

[ChristmasGirl]

probably no way i can do it easily, but that tutorial looked cool for smaller items. oh well. just trying to be resourceful and safe money where possible :-)

[Lily]

RIT makes a color remover that is much gentler on fabric than bleach. I don't know if it would take it all the way to white but you could at least lighten it enough to overdye or get it to a better color.

[Tandem mama]

I've been researching this but I am heading out the door for the night. I'll come back :)

[Teacher Mom]

I had asked this question last year wanting to "recycle" come curtains. I tried the rit

and the bleach

and nothing.

The curtains looked AWFUL and ended up going in a landfill. :mad

[Lily]

I don't think you'll be able to bleach to white, but I've been able to RIT and bleach a black shirt to a soft creamsicle orange. It really depends on what color you have, what the under tones of it are and what you want the color to end up being.