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    Bleaching/dying advice?

    Hi all, I found me a turtleneck from $avemart today, but it's like a greyish colour and I would like it white. It's 100% acrylic, or so it says, any tips on how I could dye it or bleach it?

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    Probably impossible, I'm afraid (used to be a chemist in a dyehouse). You won't be able to overdye with an optical white unless it is a VERY light shade of grey - even the n you'll end up with an off-white. And bleaching grey is unlikely to work, especially on an acrylic. Anything vicous enough to pull the grey out will ruin the garment.

    Best to keep looking. Sorry.
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    awesome turtlenecks rock...

    grey's gotta beat white, can dribble on it a bit more then hah

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    Damn the c*nts for not selling white turtlenecks.....pricks

    Na it has to be white, I'm Nautical baby

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    It can't be my old turtle neck,grey would be just one wearing...if I wore it more than once it would be dark grey,verging on black.

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    That's why I don't like white for clothes.

    Shows every little grease mark and oil stain. Then it's "Why did you wear your nice xxx to work on that horrid dirty motorbike. Now you've got it all covered in grease - how do you think I am ever going to get that out. You men are so inconsiderate and messy".

    Doesn't matter that I point out that I didn't INTEND to have to adjust the chain, if I'd KNOWN that was going to be needed I'd have worn something different. Doesn't make a bit of difference , but.

    Whereas black, nothing shows.
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    This is a bike site not fashion for gays!
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    Bikers wear black -
    "The vast majority of the mass population at large imagine that Bikers and other so-called 'undesirables' and 'social misfits' usually wear black attire to make some kind of social statement. Many think that the adoption of a black wardrobe is done to reflect the horror of Hitler's infamous Schutzstaffel, the SS, who wore black uniforms with lightening bolts and skulls as the units hallmark Others think that black clothes are deliberately adopted to make one look tough and sinister. Where conventional straight society sees white shirts as a sign of success it is supposed that the 'underclass' adopts black in opposition just to be different.
    Well it may surprise many, including a lot of bikers, to learn that the adoption of black clothing goes way back in time and has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with social statements. It was just an adaptation to environmental conditions.
    People who worked with 'dirty' machinery wore black (or dark) clothing to hide dirt and grease.
    The common term 'blacksmith' referred to a smithy, one who works with metals, and 'black', specifically meaning ‘iron’. It was the common practice for smithy's to wear dark clothing to hide the soot, slag and grease deposited on their clothes over the course of their everyday work.
    Nothing has changed much over time and even today it is quite common for metal workers to wear dark work clothes such as the dark blue and sometimes black worn by maintenance workers in industrial plants.
    As the matter of dark clothing relates to bikers who don't do any metal work the practice of dressing 'darkly' was popularized because old motorcycles were notoriously 'dirty' machines slinging oil and grease in all directions when they were ridden so light colored dusters were definitely not the thing to wear on one's bike. In addition it was not uncommon for those who rode motorbikes to be campers and if you've ever spent any extended time camping out you'll no doubt understand that white 'undies' or 'outies' aren't the ideal thing to be wearing for days on end.
    Dark clothes are simply a matter of practicality when one works on or operates machinery that generates a lot of oily dirt. It's as simple as that. There is no social statement being made and there never has been except in the minds of those who believe wearing black means something special which it doesn't.
    The Hollywood crowd however loves the black Tee-shirts with all of the anti-social chopper logos printed on the back side and black leather chaps are just gay."
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    Quote Originally Posted by enigma51
    This is a bike site not fashion for gays!
    He's not gay dude, he's just a time traveller from the 80's stuck in the 21st century...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drunken Monkey
    He's not gay dude, he's just a time traveller from the 80's stuck in the 21st century...
    That right!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    Bikers wear black -
    "The vast majority of the mass population at large imagine that Bikers and other s****SNIP****ather chaps are just gay."
    from "The Chopper Builders Handbook"

    i wear black because thats the only color the concert t-shirts came in...

    Quote Originally Posted by Drunken Monkey
    He's not gay dude, he's just a time traveller from the 80's stuck in the 21st century...

    no dude .. he's gay
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    the fact that you actively went out and bought a turtle neck FOR YOURSELF scares the hell out of me
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    Turtle Necks only have one definition..... a turd just poking its head out!.

    Turtle neck as clothing...... don't exist and or gay!.

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