Thursday, July 24, 2014

Bleach Pen Fail

I decided that a shirt would be fun to try Clorox bleach pen on and I didn't even think about the fabric content.   Using a piece of foamcore cut to size and popped into the shirt I started painting with my bleach pen.  It's crazy but I'm sure this is exactly what they mean by this being a moisture wicking fabric because after getting about halfway through the design I could see the fabric pulling the moisture away from the main line of bleach.  I didnt think a whole lot about it thinking it could add a cool effect to the shirt.  When I came back to it the next day you can see in the last photo it was totally bleached out and no pattern was left under the bleach pen and I ended up with a huge yellow blob.  Oh well no huge loss but I would suggest that you stick with cotton fabric for future bleach pen projects.

Below is bleach pen failure #2, this is a 100% cotton mid weight shirt that I tried and it's the same exact Clorox bleach pens that I'm using on the denim but it bleeds way to much on t-shirts. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong because I see others bleaching t-shirts and they turn out fine. 


2 comments:

  1. Oh no! It's started out so wonderfully! Well, I'm thinking that if you add to more sections of the shirt, it will still look pretty cool--just like you intended it that way all along! I've not heard of a "bleach pen" before, but this looks like fun!

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  2. Oh no! And your design was so awesome. I really appreciate the tip. What kind of fabric was this shirt?

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