You're the man dude, thank you for answering my ungoogleable question

@TheSciencePirate

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@hungrytigers4089

4 жыл бұрын

Right

@Ppooppoobbutthhead

4 жыл бұрын

U N G O O G L E A B L E

@sexhaver420

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ppooppoobbutthhead _adj._ *unaskjeevesable, unyahoosearchable, unbingable*

@Blessedislitt

4 жыл бұрын

sexhaver420 😭😭😭

Synthetic fabrics must be heated up for them to take dyes or for bleach to strip their color. Putting your fabric in hot water and then adding bleach can work but be careful and follow a tutorial. LaurDIY has a good one.

@perlaheredia9892

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! A year later and still helpful

@chwinggum1310

2 жыл бұрын

Whats the video called??

@terrahbruner

2 жыл бұрын

@@chwinggum1310 it’s called Transforming my Boyfriends clothes by LaurDIY

@dinafried4512

Жыл бұрын

can you point me to which LauraDIY video?? I'm looking but not sure which one has it.

@blackmarya

Жыл бұрын

There is a product called colour run remover for this exact situation, carful it doesn't react to embroidery on the clothes though, removed the flocked lettering on a t shirt when I used it

"to make your cosplay come out the way you need it to" I feel called out

@lostillusion1300

4 жыл бұрын

I want to bleach one sock, to be honest

@puzzelgeo

4 жыл бұрын

yo fr

@salf.7484

3 жыл бұрын

Me trying to fix my blue fabric for a sailor mercury cosplay : 👁️👄👁️

Important points not mentioned: 1. The bleaching process will continue until you remove it, or neutralize it. Bleach is usually sodium hypochlorite. 2. Rinsing in large amounts of water will remove it. Inexpensive but slow at stopping it. 3. Hydrogen peroxide will neutralize sodium hypochlorite. It is fast and safe, and the byproducts are harmless. (4. >>>Do NOT use vinegar as a neutralizer. It will turn into hypochlorous acid and then potentially chlorine gas.

@ivermectin3191

11 ай бұрын

Any tips on achieving a fade that doesn’t look bleached ? Been searching to no avail…. Don’t really like the red brown type fade

*Person walks in to him inserting liquids into vials using syringes:* Is this a drug lab? Him: nope I'm bleaching shirts

@mandygirouard2372

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂...

Keep up the good work, the KZread algorithm will eventually catch up to a channel of your quality.

@TheSciencePirate

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@andiceni24

5 жыл бұрын

Right?! Freakin youtube....

I came here to learn how to bleach fabric into a lighter shade. But this channel seems cool!!

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thanks for sticking around!

@menacingduke2415

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I have a navy blue jacket i want to make normal blue and the hood grey.

I feel called out that you know its for cosplay

Why do I feel like this dude does a *fantastic* Jeff Goldblum impression?

Impressed by your approach and scientific method. I applaud you, sir. 👍🏼

Is that Vsauce Jake but older?

You deserve more views

I’m making a Ghostbusters 2 cosplay and the uniforms are a charcoal grey, but the flight suits in the brand I use don’t come in grey, just in black. I have been searching everywhere for how to safely and carefully fade my flight suit to a more charcoal color!

Well, that explains why my bleach-dyed t-shirt worked in minutes, while my synthetic hoodies are only lightly faded after an hour...thanks!

@TheSciencePirate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

THANK YOU!!! This is priceless information. thank you so much =D you did the long annoying testing for us

Wow! Thank you so much for the information. Keep spreading the love ❤️

Ok-great informative video....just one thing missing as far as I can tell.....what TYPE of fabrics did you use? It very much makes a difference if it is a synthetic fabric vs. natural fabric. Do you know or remember what types of fabric they were?

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

The blue and off-white were linens, and the brownish was a synthetic, like the stuff a suit lining or vest is made of. The other (grayish) fabric I don’t recall the composition, but I believe it was a synthetic blend of some sort. Hope that helps! Can’t believe I didn’t mention that in the video. Thanks for your comment!

Doing the hard work for us. 🙏 Legend

Commenting on every video I see part 87

thank you dude! i have this fanny pack i needed to turn white and you just helped me

@SteppingStonevlogs

4 жыл бұрын

As a brit the combo of your username and the words 'fanny pack' is just funny hahaha

this is the most helpful video like ever :))))

Very informative video indeed.. Pl keep it up..

Just what i needed, thx!!❤❤❤❤

Great B-Roll!

Length of time is a factor. How long did you leave them in?

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t recall exactly how long, but I would say approximately 2-4 minutes... maybe 5 minutes at the most. Looking at the results, most of those fabrics certainly would have benefitted from a longer soak. I have a couple other “bleaching fabrics” video ideas and hope to get them published soon. Thanks for watching!

Interesting video!

I was looking up inspiration for a shirt idea I have, and this was very helpful so thank you! also, this was the first video I clicked on in my search, and when you mentioned Naka at the beginning it caught me off guard. fellow Kansas Citian? ☺️

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! I’m about an hour or so from KC. Are you going to Naka Kon in March?

@queenofsevens

4 жыл бұрын

The Science Pirate small world! I hope I'll be able to go, but it depends on if I have money at the time 😅

thanks. im planning to lighten the color on my fitted sheets. love the name. Thanks for the vid

@TheSciencePirate

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you thank you thank you! So usefull

Did you come up with a good way for bleaching synthetics. Trying to bleach a fabric headrest to match the blue of my chair.

@The Science Pirate do you think I can bleach my natural color waffle thermals into crystal white with how much bleach and time on the fabric??Just curious

You need to add heat (boil if possible) to the polyester and polyblend fabrics with the bleach.

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

Good info! Thanks for sharing!

Doing a little mac cosplay but can’t find a matching pink hoodie and sweatpants online so I ordered them. The pants are too dark. Trying to lighten them with bleach :)

This is amazing dude!!! Can you experiment different colours and what happens when they’re bleached?? Try light colours and some unexpected colours and see the difference??

Thank you papa

What would be the best ratio for 4 pink t shirts (sizes girl 7, adult medium, large, 2x) that I would like to be lighter?

How long were the fabrics dyed for in the bleach?

Can I turn a very dark purple to a lighter purple? The fabric is like a jacket lining type

Thank you!

so if i end up bleaching a navy blue will it just come out red pink? :/

Subscribed 👌🏻

Do you know how to get white colour back from white clothes? I gave old clothes that the colours are off, already bleached it without adding water but failed. Dunno anymore

can someone show me the chemical equation involved in this reaction.... need it for my homework😓😓

I have a multicolored 70% acrylic, 30% wool sweater that I’d like to lighten overall.. I know bleach melts wool, is there another way I could achieve this?

would dyeing the fabric after bleecbing work or would it be patchy ?

Do you know what types of fabric this is? Jean poly blend? Cotton?

You discovered by random bleaching something leather workers learn. Dying leather black REQUIRES a under color like red or blue.

Tysm I needed somw info for a cosplay I'm working on, just wondering if dye will stick to my bleached fabric well..

@TheSciencePirate

5 жыл бұрын

Just make sure you wash the bleach out very well before the dye. Should be fine!

@menacingduke2415

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSciencePirate thank you.

I was waiting until the end to see the costume …and how it turned out. 🥳

@wildwestwindows7077

Жыл бұрын

But thank you for a superb tutorial and experiment…and I really enjoyed the entire process.

I have this cute red tank top but it is RED. Im hoping this is gonna help...

Amazing video and had to dance a little at 4:30.

I have a navy blue jacket. You had same color fabric and it turned red. All i can think is 1. It gets to be a brighter blue Or (most likely) 2. I turn it white wash it then dye it.

@menacingduke2415

4 жыл бұрын

Also you are awesome.

Seamster maybe?

Just Fyi: A tea soak can age fabrics in a Natural way and smells much better than bleach. What I can't Seen to find an answer to is: how Long to soak fabrics in bleach and how to neutralize it, without putting too much again in the fabric... Great Video though, i didn't expect the synthetic fabrics to be so extremely resistent. 😮

Not sure why... maybe it's the editing of the video or something...but I'm lost! lol

can i use bleach for drawing on a viscose shirt?

This doesn’t matter in the least for the outcome, but I must insert my geek into this. Your concentrations aren’t really correct IF you did as you said and just added the bleach to 100 ml. You have to subtract the amount of water for the bleach you put in. So if you put in 5 ml of bleach, you would use 95 ml of water. The equation we use in chemistry is C1 x V1 = C2 x V2 where C = concentration and V equals volume. Also, The bleach straight from the bottle isn’t 100% bleach. Most bleach is about 7.5% bleach, so it’s important to look on the bottle and get the concentration, then use to the equation to know the exact concentration of bleach. Your solutions are probably around 1% to 5% bleach.

I used bleach but the fabric was red. at what rate should it be mixed with water to make the fabric white rather than red? My fabric is denim

@savannahkirnon9192

4 жыл бұрын

Amirhosein Imani same someone help ! 🥺

@bennibarletta

3 жыл бұрын

Have you guys found out?

@momed9040

2 жыл бұрын

Wash and rince it till there s no red

Ugh I have navy blue fabric I'm going to try and incredibly watered down solution and see what happens. If I have to dip multiple times I will lol

how to make cotton grey fabric in full white

So how would you bleach synthetics then?

Hey! I have a question about bleaching some 100% cotton twill dickies carpenter pants that are a light brown.( the classic carhartt color) I’m trying to turn them like a cream/off white color. Will bleach do the job?

@eartherinfire

3 жыл бұрын

Cotton will bleach. If there is any poly, that’s questionable and you might get really inconsistent effects.

is there anyway to bleach polyester?

Are the different molecular structures of bleaches. That would be weird if this is one of the only things in the planet that doesn't have different structures. But other than that you could add additives or synthesis it to alter it to change how they act . right? that's how everything works?

hey cool video, i got a White jacket like polyester or something plastic like all these days. and the black nylon inner lining of the jacket turned orange and discolored the white outside. to a spotty orangy ish, looks stupid... what do you think will work to get the outside white again? i tried baking soda, doesnt touch it!.. Thanks!

@TheSciencePirate

2 жыл бұрын

A weak bleach solution should restore the whiteness of the jacket. You can paint it on or spray on with a squirt bottle.

I'm sorry but this is way too cinematic than it needs to be. Have fun by all means, but oh my goodness the number of angle changes makes me lose interest.

@Cococupc4ke

5 жыл бұрын

Pander agreed the cutscenes are too much, but it is very informative.

Im trying to bleach my chekerd vans to white because i want to paint on them cause i dont really wear them anymore and preferably i would like to use one black fabric marker so it doesnt break because of the paint, which happened to all my hand painted clothing. Do you think this method would work?

@johnyingling5379

8 ай бұрын

Better to use color remover sold by Rit dye.

What are the fabrics?

Hey man I know this video is a little older but, I’m trying to bleach my black hoodie (100%.cotton) exactly the way your shirt is. How did you do that??

@eartherinfire

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried ice dyeing? You could try ice bleaching- in the concentrations suggested?

I want to just make the seams of a tshirt look sun bleached or worn. What would you suggest?

@TheSciencePirate

2 жыл бұрын

I would suggest a very weak solution of bleach and try painting it onto the shirt with a paintbrush!

How about if I have the yellow color

Can i please contact you to show you my fabric and to tell me how much time and amount i need your help

Shout out for nakakon! lol

Can I bleach/dye blue or black polyester/spandex blend into white?

@johnyingling5379

8 ай бұрын

No, synthetics do not bleach to lighter colors, and the bleaching chemicals destroy elastomeric yarns.

Can i try it on yellow l crepe fabric to make it baby yellow

Okay, I need to bleach a dark grey woolen fleecy type fabric. Will that ruin it??

@TheSciencePirate

2 жыл бұрын

I would recommend starting with a very weak bleach solution. You can always add more bleach if it doesn’t do what you’re wanting.

Does it occur or will it happen to fake furs? Like brown colored fur turn to white?

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

I have my doubts that it will work with fake furs, but you could test it on a small scrap?

You said nakacon and i immediately subbed! I went this year lol

@TheSciencePirate

5 жыл бұрын

I had so much fun again! You should check out the vids I made from Naka-Kon!!

How to dis color 100% silk ?

let me get straight to it: I'm trying to bleach a black hoodie to brown

i have this lovely silk pink nightgown,,, would bleach destroy it or turn it into sort of a baby pink? because i’d love for it to be a lighter pink but i’m very scared i’ll destroy the material:(((

@luci02

3 жыл бұрын

i have the same question, did you bleach it?

@eartherinfire

3 жыл бұрын

Try some silk that is not your precious nightgown.

@TheSciencePirate

2 жыл бұрын

I would definitely test it on some similar material… start with a weak solution. You can always add more bleach!

I was just looking for a way to bleach 98% cotton 2% spandex jeans cause the newer batch from the store is poor quality control and I need to make do for now but cool stuff lol

@johnyingling5379

8 ай бұрын

Bleach destroys Lycra

@johnyingling5379

8 ай бұрын

Bleach destroys Lycra/Spandex. But if you’re determined to try, get a pair of thrifted jeans with the exact same fiber composition and do the same bleaching experiments as in the video. You could get some bleaching with minimal elastomeric destruction .

Can I bleach a pink dress?? Will it come out white??

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

That depends on what type of fabric the dress is made from. Synthetic fabrics are more difficult to remove color from using bleach. Ultimately you would need to test it to find out what effect it would have on the dress.

Can I change the color of a bright red sweatshirt to a light pink color. How could I make it look faded?

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! You can always drizzle the solution onto the sweatshirt (which gives me an idea for a video...) rather than soaking it to give it a different look. Using bleach to remove the color will give a faded look for your sweatshirt!

Boil it for synthetics

Seamster?

Wow that intro

could you test synthetic fleece please?

@alexandrabarrett9587

3 жыл бұрын

I tried bleach/water 50/50 on synthetic fleece and after a couple hours I saw no change at all.

@loucathwil86

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrabarrett9587 That's the same as me, thank you so much for trying! wishing you the best, and happy holidays!!

I need my red shirt to be orange do you think bleach would make it orange

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately bleach tends to turn reds to pinks, so I don’t think you could achieve orange...

what if i have powdered bleach????

@ightwack2220

4 жыл бұрын

Powdered bleach?

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never worked with powdered bleach... I would likely make solutions of varying concentration by using different amounts of the powder. You’d want to reference the packaging or do a google search for how to prepare the bleach and adjust from there. Hope that helps?

Ok camera man... with the fancy advertising effects. 🙄

@janabod9041

3 жыл бұрын

Hahha😂

Ahh I dont know if you'll reply but I have a dark blue jacket, and I want to make it pink or white, could you help?

i need to lighten black cargo pants they show everything

Vsauce3's brother

I’m just watching this to bleach my ex boyfriends black hoodie white so I can dye it pink and write shit on it

@juice6803

4 жыл бұрын

Blu Fire give his sweater back

Can we change the colour from red to white of a dress by using bleach?

@TheSciencePirate

4 жыл бұрын

Depending on the material, it could be feasible!

@FinMurmeli

4 жыл бұрын

Did you find out?

Content is super interesting and exactly the information I needed, but to be honest the music is super fucking obnoxious. Lol

video starts at 2:00

Didn’t even do cotton 🤦🏻‍♀️

1:31 try to play speed 1.25x