Comments on: what home items could i use to dye or bleach clothes?(diy stuff)? http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2 Answers to all your questions about DIY. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: iowasongbird http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2/comment-page-1#comment-1504 iowasongbird Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:39:25 +0000 http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2#comment-1504 Tea or coffee are good choices for a nice light brown or beige color. Onion skins (the dry papery ones on the outside of yellow onions) will give a very nice yellow. Same drill as the tea or coffee - boil the clothing with the skins and salt (1 c. or so) until you get the intensity you're looking for. The salt is necessary to set the color. Tea or coffee are good choices for a nice light brown or beige color. Onion skins (the dry papery ones on the outside of yellow onions) will give a very nice yellow. Same drill as the tea or coffee – boil the clothing with the skins and salt (1 c. or so) until you get the intensity you’re looking for. The salt is necessary to set the color.

]]> By: Steven W http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2/comment-page-1#comment-1503 Steven W Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:16:41 +0000 http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2#comment-1503 Regular, straight lemon juice has bleaching qualities, and as one other stated coffee or tea can stain, as can any berry juice or even Kool Aid I can't really determine if the Q is rhetorical, or you're looking through your pantry right now for an emergency bleach agent because you've got a load of laundry running. Steven Wolf Regular, straight lemon juice has bleaching qualities, and as one other stated coffee or tea can stain, as can any berry juice or even Kool Aid

I can’t really determine if the Q is rhetorical, or you’re looking through your pantry right now for an emergency bleach agent because you’ve got a load of laundry running.

Steven Wolf

]]> By: jntt_bnks http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2/comment-page-1#comment-1502 jntt_bnks Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:05:38 +0000 http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2#comment-1502 Tea and coffee will dye clothes. You would need to boil the clothes in a solution of either, with some salt in the water. The more tea or coffee, the darker the colour. Also, gum leaves boiled in the water will also dye clothing. You could experiment with various leaves from the garden to see if colour will leach out. Tea and coffee will dye clothes. You would need to boil the clothes in a solution of either, with some salt in the water. The more tea or coffee, the darker the colour. Also, gum leaves boiled in the water will also dye clothing. You could experiment with various leaves from the garden to see if colour will leach out.

]]> By: kjcedits http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2/comment-page-1#comment-1501 kjcedits Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:00:20 +0000 http://diyquestions.org/diy/what-home-items-could-i-use-to-dye-or-bleach-clothesdiy-stuff-2#comment-1501 Concentrated sunlight will actively fade clothes to the point of looking bleached. It takes some time though. Works best with a window that gets a LOT of sunlight. Concentrated sunlight will actively fade clothes to the point of looking bleached. It takes some time though. Works best with a window that gets a LOT of sunlight.

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