What you Need:
- cotton sweatshirt (be sure it’s 100% cotton, I can’t guarantee the result if it’s not cotton)
- bleach crystals
- cooling rack or foil
- ice
- Don’t do it in the room without a good airflow. Be sure you can leave it where it is for at least 10-12 hours, preferably with a window cracked! Unlike dyeing with dyes, you should start with a dry sweatshirt. Lay the sweatshirt over the rack or foil – twist it and crumple it up. You can even twist it up in rubber bands. Just don’t leave it flat!
- Cover the sweatshirt with a layer of ice. My advise: use bigger cubes of ice, because they melt slower.
- Shake the bleach crystals onto the ice. And like ice dyeing, you want to deposit bleach only in a few areas in order to get nice contrast. The more bleach you pour over, the more color will be lifted. For the best result put about 1 heaping tablespoon in one area at a time.
- After about 5-6 hours, most of the ice will have melted. If you want it to lighten up a bit more, let it sit for as long as you can before washing.
- Enjoy the result!
