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Okay I saw this on Rachel Ray weeks ago and keep forgetting to try it. Thought I would post if anyone else wanted to try it. You know how you see all the hollywood types wearing neat t-shirts that look tie-died with patterns like a peace sign etc. Well you can do it yourself.
Take a colored Tshirt
Throw whatever patterns you want on the shirt (ex: stars, peace signs etc.) and place them where ever you want them.
Then lightly mist BLEACH over them.
Wait 30 seconds
And then mist/spray with vinegar.
Then I think they said let it dry really good before washing a couple of days.
Do both sides etc. however you want the shirt to look.

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Julie2763

Sounds really cool, but I don't understand what you actually put on the shirt before you mist bleach on them. Can you explain? I would love to try this.

Julie

jasmine

I've never tried them that way.
But when girls were little I use to get a plain white fruit-of-the-loom t-shirt, get the color dye that I wanted, tie up the shirt in rubber bands, then put them in the die. When they were done dying then you would have those circle pattens on the shirt. I use to wrap the front of shirt with a rubber band, back of shirt then each sleeve. And sometimes around the neck.

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Like shapes of what you want. For instance cut out in card board a butterfly or whatever. Or if you have stencils etc. Does that make sense?

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sunflowers

out of Curiosity how does it get the tie die look from just misting w/ bleech?

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Surfergal

It doesn't look tie dyed exactly, but sometime you get levels of color -depending on amt of bleach - example: a red shirt can go white, light pink to dark pink, - a black shirt can go white, grey, tan, orange or green even - plus you get a neat droplet effect from the misting

some photos here - they say to use sticker paper or ink jet window clink "paper" to cut out you stencil designs. You could probavly also use freezer paper and iron it on to get a good seal. be sure to put plastic, foil or wax paper inside the shirt. I think family fun showed tees where you just put shape stickers on the tees and sprayed over them to get the reverse effect.

http://www.techimo.com/forum/imo-com...etty-cool.html

here a tut

http://www.bladediary.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=408

Airbuswife

i've done this but opposite! i would buy a plain colored t-shirt and wrap it like to tie dye it and then pop it in a bleach solution then you get the same effect but with no messy dye.

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Airbuswife

i've also done this many times, i use freezer paper, ironed on works great! yes, make sure you have something in between the layers of the shirt (if you want to) to make sure it doesnt bleed thru. i've also used wax. i melt it then paint it on like paint,let it thoroughly dry, then tie dye the shirt and when its done dying, the colors would bleed thru some of the cracks in the wax and its such a cool effect! remove the wax with an iron on low setting and rags.

another cool thing to do is get a plain colored t-shirt and lie it flat in your garage or other flat place out doors. clean off one of your tires and put paint on it and run over the t-shirt! it looks so cool! then move the
t-shirt so its on the back or a different way, you know what i mean!

again a way cool thing to do is put freezer tape in a brick pattern on a shirt and paint it red. let it dry for 48 hrs, then remove the freezer tape and your t-shirt looks like a brick wall!

i've been into t-shirt and sweatshirt painting/ art for many years! i've learned many techniques, i usually go for the easy ones. i still have a couple of sweats/ t's that i painted back in the 80's, lol! i keep them just as momentos. its been a while since i've done anything, but this may just inspire me to do more so many ways to spruce up an old t-shirt

thanks op for the memories and inspiration!

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The second one is more like what they were doing ONLY lsess detailed on tv obv. He was just showing a quick and easy way to do it. But It looks so cool and like you paid a ton of money for them.

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