This coat is only a year old! It’s heavy canvas and I love it, any ideas on what I can do about the bleach? They’re not huge but they’re right in the front of the coat.
Waaaaaaaaa!
What color is the coat? I have heard that it’s possible to remove bleach stains by soaking the garment in a mixture of 1/2 cup of cream of tartar per quart of hot water. I’ve never tried it so I can’t verify that.
You might be SOL. If that’s the case, splash bleach on the rest of the coat and make a fashion statement 
It’s a reddish-brown. Think burnt sienna.
Does anyone know if the tartar sauce mixture really works?
No, but I do know that tartar sauce is a very different thing than cream of tartar. I suspect tartar sauce would not help at all.
As for the cream of tartar, I’ve only ever heard that to remove those yellowish bleach stains you get in white material. Have you thought about getting a pen and coloring in the marks?
Whoops, I meant cream of tartar. (They’re not the same thing?) I am going to do the coloring-in thing no matter what, since this was a gift!
I guess I just have to suck it up. 
I’m no home remedy expert, but I fail to see how you can remove a bleach “stain.” The fact is, it’s not a stain, in fact, it’s almost the opposite, the bleach removed the color, which itself was staining the fabric. I don’t know how long ago it got bleached, but odds are, the actual bleach really isn’t on the coat anymore. The only way to fix it that I can think of is to get some cloth dye that matches the coast and use it on the spots.
Or, bleach the whole thing white and then dye it the color you want.
I assume you’re joking, but on the off chance you’re honestly curious, no, not at all alike. Cream of Tartar is a whire powder that is a by-product of the wine making process. It’s quote acidic, and used to get a proper amount of CO2 in baking. Tartar sauce is mayonaisse and relish.
- For the moment, I will use some pen/marks and color it in, and then I will look for cloth dye to dye it in.
- I had a vague realization that cream of tartar and tartar sauce were not the same thing. However, I kind of thought cream of tartar was used to make tartar sauce.
So - ignorance fought, twice over!
Oh, and it only got bleached this morning. Blah.
Tartar sauce is good with fish; cream of tartar is a powder you use to make meringue whip up stiffer.
Sorry about your coat.
It’s not tartar sauce, Mika. Cream of tartar is a mild acid found in the spice aisle. It is often used in whipped-egg dishes to keep the froth from collapsing. If you use a copper bowl, you can skip the cream of tartar.
As far as the bleaching effect, yes, you’re SOL. The damage is done. However, rinse the spot with lots of water to keep the bleach (which I assume was straight) from eating a hole in the cloth. :eek:
I have laughed for several minutes at the mental image of 'Mika speading tartar sauce over her coat.
Sorry, Anaamika!
Seriously, I am sorry about your coat. I believe the best option maybe to “color in” the bleached out spots. In some department stores your can find color/dye pens made specifically for touching up knicks in wood and leather furniture. Perhaps those types of pens might have something closer to the color of your jacket.
As bouv stated, bleach is not really a stain. It’s the removal of the coloring on the fabric, and there’s really no good way to reverse that aside from a re-dye.
I had a summer job cleaning carpets and upholstery and would see this a lot. There is no way to undo this by soaking it in anything. You will have to redye the area. Trying to do this yourself with a marker will probably make the problem worse. Take the coat to a high quality dry cleaner. They will probably be able to fix this by matching the color and redying the area.
Hey, I didn’t even think of the dry-cleaner idea. Maybe they can help. I’ll start with them.
Glad I could amuse.