Thread: best results with rit Whitener?

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Hi folks. having a blast building stuff for my 1 st "real" haunt so far.

I bought some cheesecloth at Home Depot for dressing my FGC, and got some rit whitener. i was just wondering what I should do to achieve optimum results under blacklight (yes, a real blacklight)? I realize that following the directions on the box (throwing it all in the washing machine) is a BAD idea with cheesecloth.
I'm thinking just soak it in a bucket and hang it up to dry.
- does the amount of time I soak it make any difference?
- will the whitener still be useful later, if i save it for something else (like spraying on spider webs or soaking more cloth at a later date)?
- how much water should I use to mix the whitener? (it's a standard size box...quite small, really)

Any/all advice would be greatly appreciated.

btw: if it matters at all, this haunt will be indoors (in the garage).

OOOOOWWWEEEEEEEEE I can't wait till halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd set the whitner off to the side and use liquid laundry detergent. Get a bucket, fill it with warm water and add a generous amount of laundry detergent (4oz) and mix it in. Let the cheesecloth soak for a half hour or so and the remove it, sqeeze the extra water out and toss it in the dryer. Shold glow nicely under a blacklight. I did all 2 of my FCGs this way.

Cool. thanks for the tip. ANY liquid laundry detergent, or is there one that works best?

I think I used Tide when I did mine, What you can do is test the detergent first. Hold a blacklight up to it and see if you get a reaction. I believe most of the main brrands will work......not sure about the budget brands.

excellent idea. Thanks again!

I used Rit on mine. Mine came in a box with 2 packets in it. I opened both packets, threw them in a bucket and added a bit of water.

Then I stirred it up to help it dissolve. I added my cheesecloth and stirred it around and pushed it under the water for a couple mins. Then I threw some small clean stones on top of the cheesecloth to keep it under.

I let it sit for about 2 hours. Wrang it out and threw it in the dryer to dry.

Here is the result:



Very easy and glows amazingly bright under the blacklight.

Hmmmm....decisions, decisions....
Think I'll test a small bit of cheesecloth in both and see which is better.
Thanks for the help, peeps!

I used RIT also. I mixed up both packets in a 5-gallon bucket ( less than half full though), and soaked it for a few hours. Then into the dryer (on gentle!), for a bit. The dryer did make the cheesecloth change texture, so I'd use caution with that.

If you already have the RIT, go ahead and use it. It's great!

My result:

Yeah found out not all laundry detergent works. I have one that has no additives and it didn't do anything to my chessecloth. Where do you guys get RIT at? What section of the store would it be at?

I think I got mine at Walmart, it was in the same isle as the detergent. There should be a small section with all the RIT clothes dyes, it's with them.