Thread: RIT Whitener and Brightner

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Could someone give me a brief how-to regarding white sheets and RIT W&B? Im going to throw the sheets over my furniture but I cant remember the procedure? Soak? Wash and Dry? Help!

What's RIT and W&B?

Soak, Line Dry, Display. Don't wash after soaking or much of it will wash away... I use it on my spider web every year.

Originally Posted by Junit

What's RIT and W&B?

RIT is a name brand of fabric dyes. The W&B is for whitener & brightener - not bleach - does just what the name says.

Using the W&B it is possible to get stuff to glow under backlight.

I personally just use really cheap detergent or fabric softener that has the phosphors and don't rinse (same technique - soak, and air dry) but the Rit stuff works very well.

FG what brand do you use?Is it anyone that is blue out of the bottle?I have a fcg that is a few years old needs to be brightened up does anyone have tips on how to do that?

I bought some generic woolite from the dollar store, mixed it up into a half/half with water and put it in a fine mist spray bottle. I mist my FCG with the blacklight on to see the coverage in action and touch up spots I missed.

The RIT stuff would be better, but I'm not wanting a super-duper glow.

Thanks fg I will try that.

I used the stovetop-cooking method of W&B on my store-bought rope spiderweb & got a great glow from the blacklight. This is good for small amounts of fabric, large impact (glow). Not sure, but would probably have to use a pretty big pot for standard bedsheets I think.

you can even paint this stuff onto props. Just mix the whitener/brightener with a touch of water to make a gravy consistency... paint on any place you want to glow.

Can someone help me with how much Rit is needed for something like an FCG?

How much cheesecloth can one box of RIT dye?