/r/bleachshirts
Make shirts, share them, have fun
A place to post your home made shirts where you have applied your design using a stencil , as well as tips, techniques, and info. We started with a focus on bleach shirts but please feel free to include shirts that include bleach and/or other embelishments ink/dye/fabric paint or pasta sauce.
If you report something please explain why. something pissed you off is not a good reason to report it
If you post someone else's shirt it will be removed, The only content you should post is your own. TLDR: OC only
Spray on, my friends.
VERY IMPORTANT DO NOT MIX BLEACH WITH VINEGAR OR ANYTHING BUT WATER. Here is why
Basically, yes vinegar will stop the bleaching process but it also releases very toxic chlorine gas.
Instead use a bleach neutralizer! Like this
Linkflair is now automatically added if you use the appropriate tag.
Please tag with
* [FP] = Finished Product
* [Q] = Question
* [S] = Stencil
* [T] = Tutorial
THIS IS REQUIRED! You must add a tag!
Got a great tutorial about making designs including something other than bleach? Let a mod know and we will put it here.
Tutorials
Best tutorial to start with combines a lot of information Provided by leenybird
I would suggest printing this out for your first round and keep refering back to it as needed. Great job leenybird.
And Here we have an AWESOME video made by Psychvol
Another great Video Thanks u/torrentspy
How To make your own freezer paper replacement Infographic
How to make a multi-layer stencil
process from start to finish thanks Airith
A wonderful collection of all things stencils
USE A BLEACH NEUTRALIZER TO PROTECT YOUR WORK like this one here A suggestion for posting information:
We love the work you have done and thanks for sharing. If you could provide some additional information in your comments or imgur gallery we would all greatly appreciate it.
- What process did you use to make the stencil? did you draw it? Photoshop? carved from the flesh of your enemies?
- What ratio of bleach to water did you use?
- What t-shirt was used? what fabric? did you get a good deal on them? from where?
- If you are comfortable maybe even provide a download of the image file?
None of this is required but we love more info.
Be sure to show off your relevant work in other subreddits, /r/mylittlepony /r/pokemon /r/gaming for example, let everyone know we exist.
Buddies:
/r/stencils
/r/stenciltemplates
/r/IWantThatOnAShirt
/r/DIYClothes
Your subreddit here? Ask us nicely!
- Welcome to bleach shirts, don't forget to check the sidebar and read through the FAQs and tutorials
See the winner of this week's 'shirt of the week' competition
Shirt of the week
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[FP] Shirt I made
What do yall think?
18:31 UTC
Successful-ish blank to grey [FP]
Logo blurred out because it's a local store. This is a 60% cotton, 40% polyester t shirt. I've been wanting a black/grey tie dye shirt for a while but they always come out orange and I thought this one would be too. I sprayed it with a 50/50 bleach solution and left it for 20min. Put it in the washing machine and it was orange but it came out like this!
01:23 UTC
[Q] how to go about bleach dyeing 80/20 cotton poly hoodie?
Hello!
Never bleach dyed before so this will be my first project. I'm making a custom hoodie for my boyfriend for our anniversary so I really want to get this right. I have not bought a hoodie to dye yet so if this is a horrible idea there is still plenty of time to find a different hoodie to buy.
I'm currently looking at this hoodie from Old Navy. I will be using a stencil of a music artist's logo that he likes. I'm thinking of using a method I saw another user suggest in the comments of a different post here a while back that uses freezer paper ironed onto the hoodie as the stencil.
I've looked around and I haven't found definitive (as definitive as it can get) answers on whether or not the 80/20 blend is a good idea, and if it is, what concentration of bleach to use, how long, etc. I'm already planning on cutting off the sleeves and replacing them with green sleeves from another hoodie so I'm thinking I could use the sleeve fabric to practice on. Any advice is appreciated!!
Thanks!
16:23 UTC
[Q]
Hell with this pikachu please? I want to do clouds and thunderbolts but i have noooo idea how to do clouds they intimidate me badly
22:39 UTC
[FP] My bleached dinosaurs patches!
18:24 UTC
[FP]a wee hoodie I’ve just finished😊
09:19 UTC
[FP] first try
hey friends! this is my first try bleaching an old crewneck i had. it’s my favorite pokémon Jolteon :) Just wanted to ask the professionals, am i good to throw it straight in the wash? with detergent or just to rinse? i don’t have hydrogen peroxide but i can definitely get it if it’s absolutely necessary for longevity. thanks !
20:45 UTC
A reverse bleach shirt. [FP] [S] Star star!
14:53 UTC
[FP] inspired by sepulturas album cover
took some time, love it tho
23:31 UTC
[FP] VEGETA
17:37 UTC
[FP] Metal Militia
02:18 UTC
[FP] My best so far, Gojira tshirt. just found out this subreddit exists
17:35 UTC
[FP]some snakies
22:37 UTC
[Q] Can we have other color tones while painting with bleach?
Does someone know if we can ad some color or other tones to the bleach while we paint?
Idk maybe like if a add acrylic or other pigments to a portion of bleach will it stain differently or it wont do anything at all
18:05 UTC