21 August 2010

Bleached top

I really liked my black and white top:

Photobucket

But did you notice accidental the bleach spots? Aargh!

Photobucket

So I chucked the whole thing into a plastic tub with some water and a whole lot of bleach for a few hours, agitating it with a plastic handled scrubbing brush now and again. The whole top bleached to match the bleach spots - voila, a new orange top!

Photobucket

It's not perfectly evenly bleached but I don't think anyone will notice when I'm wearing it.

13 wonderful readers have commented:

  1. That's pretty cool!

    ReplyDelete
  2. WHOA! I would have tossed it out.......great idea!!

    Loving the orange too.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I never would have thought to try that--what a great idea!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thanks, I thought it was worth a try since the top was ruined anyway.

    ReplyDelete
  5. What a great color! It looks like it was meant to be :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. Very clever! I love it!

    ReplyDelete
  7. What a great idea!! it looks fab!! :D xxx

    ReplyDelete
  8. That is genius! It's like having a new shirt.

    ReplyDelete
  9. I like both colours...shame you had to find out the hard way though...but its like a totally new top now! :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. That is too cool! I would have never thought of doing that.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I thought about doing this to a top that I have. I love it and it killed me when it got splashed with bleach. Now, I'm not afraid to bleach the whole thing. Thanks for an awesome post.

    ReplyDelete