how do i remove a bleach stain on my white vans?

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i washed them with too much bleach and it turned them yellow… i have asked this before, but i was hoping i might get some different answers.

no i don’t want to buy new ones, so please don’t suggest that.

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  1. MaksMom says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    That’s probably not a bleach stain, sounds like the adhesive they use to attach the rubber sole. (Did you use hot water or dry them in the dryer? That will dissolve the glue and it will leak onto the surrounding fabric.) If that’s what it is, there is nothing you can do about it. If you don’t want to buy new ones I guess you’ll just have to wear them like they are and hope to start a new style.

  2. mathieu s says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    u cant its the worst i hate bleach so much i wood get powered bleach next time so its easily wiped off but their is no cure 4 the liquid stain

  3. fBaByr0 says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    lol.theres no other way to clean off a bleach stain.sometimes it happens to me when you have clothes and a another diff…clothes with the white and a fur jacket or a yellow shirt with a fir jaket it will happing to turn stains on the shirt so you will always have to sperate the clothes you will have to wash.

  4. tree squirrel says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    pressure washer ,,believe me it works just don’t hit your foot
    hot water preffered<<

  5. Staley08 says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    They have this blueing agent that you can use to counteract the yellow. I think you can get it where the RIT dye is.

    Good luck!

  6. spooky_goes_squeak says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    There isn’t anything you really can do. The bleach has physically destroyed and removed most if not all of the colour from the fabric.
    Yellow is what is left behind from the bleach’s chemical components.
    You say you don’t want to buy new Vans. Okay.
    The reality is, you’ll either want new ones or you will have to do something with your old ones, like colour them or something.

  7. 55yrsnholdin says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    The thing about using bleach is that it removed color and stains. You actually damaged the fabric by using too much bleach. You cannot unbleach it and make it white again.

  8. cilh says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    I have spray painted shoes before and they turned out fine. Take the shoe strings out first. Instead of putting one thick coat on them it will turn out better if you put on several thin layers, letting it dry good between layers.

  9. Heather says:
    November 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

    You dont! Just make those your work shoes or whatever and go get a new pair and stay away from bleach!

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