Darn...I just ruined my favorite t-shirt

15 years ago

I've had it forever but have always taken good care of it...

I was just cleaning up dishes. I'm a clorox freak. I just noticed it has tiny bleaches splashes on the front of it.

Guess I'll have to get out my box of permanent color markers and see if I have an avacado green...I think I do...see if I can cover some tiny spots.

patti

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glenda_al
15 years ago
Have a favorite t-shirt, with a hole on the side, but I WILL NOT throw it away. Way too comfortable!
grammahony
15 years ago
Seems like those are the ones that always gets a tiny hole by getting caught on something. Or a stain that won't come out. Always your favorite one.
Leslie
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jannie
15 years ago
I've ruined so many things with bleach. I had a pair of beautiful black velvet slacks that got a huge yellow stain from bleach. I had to throw them out. I feel your pain!
kayjones
15 years ago
Can you buy an applicate of some sort and sew it over the booboo? Also, maybe paint a flower or cat or some such thing over the spot with fabric paint.
donna_oh
15 years ago
Patti, you sound like me--have this one top that I dearly love & it has a drop of something on it & I always have to get out my marker & try to blend it in! LOL

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nodakgal
15 years ago
Yep done that before too!
I had a favorite black sweatshirt years ago got bleach splattered on it. Black markers are easier than trying to find the right color! LOL Hope it worked for you.
pattico_gw
Original Author
15 years ago
My avacado green was too dark...But maybe it will fade out in the wash.

patti
sjarz
15 years ago
Tie dye is back in fashion - why don't you tie a few knots in it and dip it in some bleach for a few minutes....
Suzan J
pattico_gw
Original Author
15 years ago
Susan I've thought about that before.

Another cute thing is to stamp the shirt with a rubber stamp and bleach...

And I would if it were a plain t-shirt, but it has a v neck with little flowers embroidered all around the neck.All in the same color...So I don't think it would look good.

I 'spose it's time to let it go...I've worn it so much I noticed the shoulders are a little different color from sun fading. But I still loved it. I felt good in it. Ya know what I mean?

For me it's not what other people think of my clothes, it how I feel in them.

Hummm...maybe I'll try re-dyeing it..

patti
Kathy_TX
15 years ago
Sorry about your favorite shirt Patti. I've done the permanent marker thing on t-shirts also. In fact, the one I have on now is navy blue, got one little bleach spot on it, used the permanent marker on it, but the marker washed out in the laundry, so much for the word "permanent".

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