I’ve started using this material and like it alot. I was wondering if any of you have bleached, then dyed, this fine material. If you have, would you mind letting me know how to bleach this material? I don’t think I’ll have any problems dying it. Would you use a water/peroxide solution or something else? Thank you.
I have found bleached then dyed colors by searching google. Its easier and safer to buy it already done.
If you want to try bleaching yourself go to Sally Beuty Supply. You can also get some pretty wild colors to dye your hair too. The ladies in our local store know me pretty well by the way. Get a tub of Clarrol(sp?) Whitner and a jug of 20 volume H2O2. Hydrigon Peroxide.
Wear rubber gloves to handle the stuff and do the job outsied because it will smell like amonia. The directions tell you to mix the whitner into a paste but you need to mix with more H2O2 to form a mixture more like thin cream. Wash the hair and then work the mix into the wet hair. Agitate occasionally for the next 20 - 30 minutes. Go much longer and you will make the hair brittle. Rinse well with clear water then wash with a cheap shampoo with conditioner added.
I have also used just the H2O2 and household amonia 1 cup each but the whitner does a better job.
Even though this stuff is used to bleach human hair in salons you need to be carefull with it.
enjoy
fishbum
Thanks fishbum. As soon as I can get some of the whitener I’ll give it a shot, in a well ventilated area, probably outside. Thanks for the help.
Hi gqualls,
I have bleached moose with a 50/50 mixture of household ammonia and household hydrogen peroxide. Both are realatively low strength, ie: 3 to 5 % or so.
The advantage of this approach is that you may already have the materials, and that it will not make the material brittle. In fact, I have never seen this approach ruin any material. It may not always be effective, but it does not ruin anything.
In the case of moose, it bleached the hair to an ivory/ginger color. It did not go completely to white. It is also possible that some materials may not bleach completely white no matter what you use to bleach it.
The disadvantage of using the weaker stuff is that it takes quite a bit of time. The moose I bleached took 24 hours.
Regards,
Gandolf