Several weeks ago I purchased Clorox Bleach Crystals
hoping that they would work better than liquid bleach
in my front load washing machine...
I have not tried them on my laundry yet,
but I have decided to try them out today
on Kona Black Cotton Fabric:
I so enjoy ice dyeing, so thought I would try
ice discharge with Clorox Bleach crystals.
After several hours of watching the ice melt:
I am just not seeing a whole lot of discharge of color?
Not in my second discharge container either.
After the ice was completely melted...
I couldn't stand it...
I sprinkled the ice crystals directly onto the wet fabric.
Then I let it sit overnight:
The ice crystals worked wonderfully well on wet fabric.
I didn't have much luck with the ice discharge method,
but they worked directly sprinkled on the fabric!
I found the crystals to be a mild bleach...
Waiting overnight was the key to my success.
This is an image of the entire 1 yard Kona Black discharge:
I love the red discharge color in this section.
I also discharged 3 black cotton tote bags:
The crystals discharged in places like salt on painted fabric.
Can you see the specks?
I am ready to discharge black hand dyed fabrics,
as well as dark navy, purple, etc.
More to come!
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
I have never seen the crystals before. now I will have to look for them. I use a bleach pen though. I once discharged a random piece of fabric hat had been in my mother's house for so many years it had been forgotten. It discharged a most beautiful orange and deep red. Never found anything like it again.
ReplyDeleteYours look like fire.....they are incredible!
this is an experiment fantastic. I do not know the produc in Spain, but i will look for. Thank you for the idea :)
ReplyDeleteThe Clorox Bleach Crystals are fairly new, not all of the grocery stores are carrying them.....yet. I used 1 full cap of crystals on 1 yard of wet fabric and let them sit overnight. I also soaked them in Bleach Stop for 15 minutes, rinsed, then a regular hot wash.
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Love this!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! (pun intended)
ReplyDeleteVery nice effects! Look just like ice dyeing! Love the black and white vs the rust color. There used to be a black fabric that would bleach white...thought I had tried Kona before but will try again. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I am always amazed at the magic of black discharging. You just never know what color you will get and its all very exciting.
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