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Oct 16, 2007 14:24

To alter a T-shirt for a costume I need a jean/denim wash, in order to fade out some of the T-shirt's color. I have called assorted places around town--Joann's, Michael's, even Wal-Mart and Target--but no luck. Anyone have an idea where to find it? Have also Googled but typing in "jean wash" and "denim wash" mainly gets me listings for stores ( Read more... )

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hopeless_scitz October 16 2007, 21:33:21 UTC

Can't you just bleach the shirt to lighten the color? Or RIT sells a color remover that may work for you, you can buy it at walmart:) Hope that helps:)

cawingcrow October 17 2007, 02:54:38 UTC

Check out this thread: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=332582

cawingcrow October 17 2007, 02:57:37 UTC

This one has lots of stuff as well: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000099919&tstart=0&mod=1138303263387

emeraldus October 17 2007, 03:34:45 UTC

Thanks for the links but don't think these will do what I want. Will probably end up making do with the shirt!

mavin October 17 2007, 14:17:57 UTC

Here is a picture of a t-shirt I aged:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevencrows/239608244/in/set-72157600099205397/

I aged the shirt by first soaking it in salted water and 1 tsp of bleach for 3 days. Decided it needed more and put it back in a fresh batch of salted water and 1 tsp bleach for another couple of hours. Washed it twice and put in the sun to dry. You don't want to use too much bleach.