How to Tattoo Fabric With Bleach

The Bleach Guy, Phelyx, has offered up a tutorial over on Stencil Revolution that'll blow your socks off. He uses stencils and bleach to achieve a tattooed effect on fabric. Warning: It's a project not for the faint of heart! What he uses to do it:

50/50 cotton and polyester tee, or other garment (how cool would this technique look on jeans?!)
cheap, grocery-store-bought bleach
a respirator or a well-vented area or both
a plastic spray bottle
Dura-Lar (.005 thickness) for stencil construction OR transparency film, like they use for overhead projectors
reposition-able spray adhesive
paper towel
a Sharpie, for 'cheating'

To see how Phelyx puts it all together, follow this jump to Stencil Revolution.

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tattoo, bleach, stencil, fabric, fabric-tattoos

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August 18, 2009
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