I have been wanting to try Soft Scrub as a discharge agent and this month gave me a good reason to finally get around to it. I also have been wanting to try discharging on a patchwork piece of fabric. I like the idea of the material being different but the discharge pattern going across the different fabrics to uniet them.
I used a block leftover from this quilt.
And here are my results.
I am underwhelmed. It is much more subtle than I would have gotten from either bleach or Decolourant. This actually shows two attempts. The first time I stamped the dry fabric and let it sit for about 15 minutes before washing it out with water. I could see very little change. So I stamped the wet fabric again and let it sit for about 30 minutes. Still when I washed it out, there did not seem to be much change. To neutralize the bleach, I put the fabric in hydrogen peroxide--more expensive than anti-clor but still not expensive and I had it on hand--and let it sit for a couple of hours.
Here are two detail shots. I do plan to use the same stamp with some thickened dye before calling the block finished.