While cleaning out the garage, I discovered a box of old clothes that got packed away several moves ago. One of the treasures was several unopened packages of brand new underwear. The bad news is that they are black. I must have bought them in my goth period.
I am considering bleaching them to see if I can lighten the color. I'm hoping for gray. Is this possible or will I get green?
If so, how much bleach would I use?
Success would depend on what the fiber content is. I would start with one pair and Rit Color Remover (it's NOT bleach)
They are 100% cotton.
OK. I can get it at the grocery store, right?
Yeah, but you gals look sexy in black. At my age and shape, I'd just look dorky -- not that anyone would ever see... ;-)
Thanks for the tips.
Same here. Black is so useful under dark colours, and it may fade a little in time but never goes lost sock grey or dead dolly beige with age. And if you drip hair dye while doing your hair, you do not end up with a greenish purple leperous-looking left boob!
Hm! Prolly least said on that score...
At 54 and somewhat chubby, I look less sexy and more utility pattern in mine! If you are the only one looking, who's to care?
That is good, cotton dyes pretty well if you really HAVE to dye them. However, I still would not 'bleach" them, as that shortens their useful life substantially..
Probably. Or at a fabric store.
ROTFLOL!!! I'm 71-going-on-dead . I gave up being "sexy in black" a couple of decades ago. I wear black undies (some with lace!) under dark clothing, mostly for my own enjoyment. ;->
You're welcome.
Exactly!
LOL! Might you consider dying you hair in the buff and save the frothy black undergarments for when you dress to go out?
Black frothy underwear is not for going out, its for staying home ;-)
Lizzy
On 1/8/2011 1:55 PM, BEI Design wrote:Personally, I would leave
I would second this. You don't have to be Goth to wear black, or there wouldn't be black socks, black jeans, black t-shirts, black dress shirts, or the ever-popular "little black dress." Color in underpinnings has many advantages. Not limited to that sinking pit of stomach feeling when you wash the new burgundy sheets with the white undies, which are now pink for eternity. (Which recently happened to my
30-some-year-old son.) Advantages to dark colors, other than not showing through light-colored outerwear, include the lack of stains, of not blinding you when you open the drawer, of being soothing to the nerves...well, that may be a stretch.....but color is good, and black is a good color. After all, they aren't going to last forever, are they?And I just had my # 79 and I enjoy wearing black undies; there is nobody around to see them, but me, either. Emily
Yay! Go Emily! What a delight to learn that the elders "here" are not a bunch of prissy prudes. ;->
Maybe it's for both? ;->
I have lots and lots of black and navy in my closet, I love the fact that my dark Ts don't show stains nearly as much as the lighter ones do. Yes, I'm at that stage in life where I should be wearing a bib at all meals...
Frothy? Not frilly? I had no idea this was such a racy ng.
You're still likely to have black elastic, and grubby grey (or maybe sick orange or brownish green) undershorts after bleaching, even with sodium hydrosulfite, which is what Rit Color Remover is.
Chances are the elastic is polyester and spandex, and won't bleach.
I vote for avoiding the trouble and expense and stink of Color Remover or chlorine bleach (which will probably kill the elastic) and wear them as is.
Kay
I think the vote is unanimous. ;->
That's what ties are for... I just wish silk weren't so hard to clean.
How long does one have to be a participant here before getting the vote? I think I'll start a men's suffrage movement. ;-)
Well, I went to that page and read the reviews. One person recommended getting more than one box. Then I noticed another source for a dollar less.
I see that it is also available from Ace Hardware. There's one near here, so I'll stop by.
Thanks
Well, I seem to have developed a hole in my mouth..... Plaids are good, too.
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