Recently, a favorite t-shirt of mine got a large, brownish bleach spot on it. The spot is about 6" wide and is near the bottom of the shirt. This shirt has a pattern on the chest, so I am leery of dying the whole thing at once. Is there any way to cover the design, or can I just dye the bleached sections alone? I am worried that the color might come out wrong, as the shirt is slightly faded. Will I need to bleach the affected areas white before I start, and will this damage the fabric? This is your average cotton t-shirt.

Clara, April 2007

You'll have to Re-dye the area, heres a link on home made black dye we humans have been making since god knows when, carefull, wear latex or rubber gloves because it's powerful.

http://www.primitiveways.com/black_dye.html

Use a sponge an apply to the area or dunk the whole thing in the vat if you can, it'll all even out unless it's a multicolor shirt........then you'll have to sponge just the areas needed.......if the bleach took out multiple colors on the same shirt (like my underwear), then you'll have to either dye it ALL black........or make some more dye of the same color........depends if it's worth the time N effort, I say just go one solid color, damage done is done........unless it's a $100+ piece of clothing, not worth the hardship.

Darren, May 2007