How to Remove Bleach Stains from Black Clothes

         You might have used bleach frequently to get rid of annoying stains from your clothes. Yet did you know that bleach itself can be a very infuriating stain which has the tendency to discolor your clothes, particularly black clothes for good? 

          Removing these stains is possible to a certain degree, only if you take swift and prompt action to treat them. However, you need to keep yourself prepared for your black clothes to turn grey or green because this is what bleach does.

           The best bet for you in such scenarios is to dye the entire fabric again so that it can attain a uniform color throughout. Given below are certain tricks and tips which shall help you to get rid of bleach stains.    

Method One (For Large Bleach Stains)

               Sodium Thiosulfate appears to be your best bargain when it comes to bleach stains. This is because it can successfully counter the disastrous effects of bleach. Furthermore it acts like a patrolling agent, preventing bleach from discoloring your clothes any further. Though, to restore the already affected area to its original or some other uniform color, you will probably have to re-dye it.  Follow the steps below for successful bleach stains removal.

Things that you will require:

·      Bowl

·      Clean cloths

·      Absorbent towels

·      Warm water

·      Liquid laundry detergent/ powdered detergent

·      Warm water

·      Colored dye

·      1 tablespoon of sodium thiosulfate

·      Color remover

Steps that you need to take:

1.  First of all, you need to make a sodium thiosulfate solution. In order to make this solution, you need to take warm water in a bowl and then mix 1 table spoon of sodium thiosulfate in it.

2.  Next, take hold of a clean cloth/ rag. Soak the said cloth with this sodium thiosulfate solution and then use it to blot the stain.

3.  Keep blotting until this solution is satisfactorily absorbed by the stained cloth.

4.  If the bleach stain has not faded visibly, then your next option would be re-dying the black fabric.

5.  Before dying the fabric, you need to treat it with a color remover so that after the dye, there is a uniform color all over.

6.  Afterwards, dye the bleach stained fabric according to the instructions given on the dye packaging.

7.  Finally, you can wash the previously stained fabric with a liquid laundry detergent to ensure that there is little or no bleeding.

Method Two (For small Bleach Stains)

         The following method is simple and quick and it can be taken as a last resort if nothing else seems to work. It only makes use of a single ingredient which can work wonders, particularly if the bleach stains are small or inconspicuous.

Things that you will require:

·      Permanent marker

Steps that you need to take:

1.  Get hold of a permanent marker which closely resembles the color of your bleach-stained fabric.

2.  Use this marker to color in the bleached/ faded spots.

3.  This quick-fix color might fade after washing; therefore you will probably have to re-do it.

Tips and Warnings

1.  You can also try bleaching the entire cloth if bleach has faded away one patch. Of course the resulting color wouldn’t be the same black that you began with; therefore you will have to live with the newly emergent color, whatever it might be.

2.  Another option is patching the bleached spot with another piece of fabric resembling the same black color.

3.  Sodium Thiosulfate also comes with the name of Bleach Stop and is commonly available at pool supply and photography stores.