HELP! Anyway to reverse a bleach stain??

Senior Member Joined: Mar 13 2010 Posts: 204

I wore my new top once, it's blue and white stripes, and very cute, I might add! Laughing

Well, I got a little stain on a white stripe, so I used my bleach pen to get rid of it. But the bleach pen leaked and spead to the blue. Now I have a bleach stain! My top is ruined! Crying or Very sad

Anyway to reverse it?

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 10429

No, because it's not a "stain" in the conventional sense. It's the reverse--the bleach has removed color, not added unwanted color.

You can do one of several things:

1. relegate the garment to work around the house.
2. soak the entire garment in bleach and enjoy your lovely new white top.
3. put some diluted bleach in a spritz bottle, spray the garment in random patterns (an oxymoron), and revive the "splatter look" from the seventies.
4. Get a blue Sharpie and color over the bleached spot. You may not want to wear your garment on Shabbat any more, or to a job interview, but for everyday you can probably get away with it. Reapply color as needed.

Permanent markers rock! Aside from a broken heart, is there anything you can't fix with permanent marker and duct tape?

Senior Member Joined: Mar 13 2010 Posts: 204

Thanks! While I waited for a reply, I tried the top on, and when it's tucked in to my skirt, the stain barely shows! Whoopee! Surprised

Thanks again for the suggestions!

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 10429

Oh, darn, I rather like the splatter look myself.