Yellow duster trick - Has anyone done it?

[Bettyboo222]

Has anyone done the yellow duster trick where you wash a cheap yellow duster with a white shirt to turn it a cream colour, has anyone done this? How did it turn out?

 

[[59851]]

I did!! looked like tye dye - very odd and patchy!!! So I raided a charity shop and got some bargain yellow shirts.

 

[Goldenstar]

Well when I do it with white tea towels it does not turn out well .

 

[dafthoss]

Mine turned out fine I left them in soak together though then washed them.

 

[Bettyboo222]

I left them in soak together though then washed them.

Do you mean in a bowl of water? I only have 1 shirt you see and really don't want to destroy it!

 

[dafthoss]

Yeah just chucked the shirt in with a few dusters untill it went the right sort of colour.

 

[Lilyhead]

I've done it, works perfect! I did mine on the hottest cotton wash, but I did do 5 shirts with 5 dusters and they came out fine. Asda school shirts and smart price dusters are the future!

 

[Carefreegirl]

As Lilyhead. I did it on a normal wash first and nothing happened so did it on hot and worked a treat . Stitching didn't take but as you can see only a tiny bit of the shirt you don't notice.

 

[Feathered]

Ooohh I might give this a go, have got a pack of 3 white school shirts from tesco but want a yellow one!

 

[rockysmum]

I do it to get cream show shirts.

3 dusters and 1 shirt on a 60 degree wash with salt in the final rinse (think thats to fix the colour)

Always worked well for mine but might fade after a few washes and you have to do it again.

 

[Janette]

I did it with a pair of breeches that had faded from 'Corn' to 'vanilla'......

It worked, but they went a bit of a stnger yellow than I had hoped for

 

[Bettyboo222]

Thank you all Does anyone have any photos of their shirts?

 

[YorksG]

Even easier is a British Home Stores boys cream shirt, fits well and is the right colour

 

[cob&onion]

I planned to do this, but came across a cream shirt on eBay - so depending on the colour i might not need to now

 

[minimex2]

Ive done it a few times and have found the cheaper the shirt and dusters you buy the more yellow you get.

Eg a primark shirt went bright and a M&s one went a more subtle cream.

 

[ponypilotmum]

I've done it. 1 white (cheap) shirt to about 4 dusters. I also did it to a pair of derby house beige jodhs to make a canary pair for a first ridden class. That took 5 dusters on a hot wash, but worked really well.

 

[Loopypony]

Yep, did it with 3 Tesco value dusters and a cheapy shirt. Worked a treat!

 

[CinnamonChristmasCookie]

I did it and it worked super well. I only did one shirt and it came out beautiful!

 

[Bettyboo222]

Saw somewhere about putting salt in on final wash, does this work?

 

[Feathered]

Just wanted to share my results!

Really pleased, did this today with a white tesco kids shirt and 3 tesco value dusters on a hot wash.

So, thanks for the tip guys!

 

[Feathered]

Ps hope the pic isn't huge, am on phone!

 

[mandwhy]

Wow it looks really good! I had never heard of this, love a bit of DIY!