[fluxcapacitor]

Ok, so I have been doing the research and using the search function to no real avail. I found somebody who says they did it successfully but no response from him yet. I am trying to take an Olive Drab Rothco flight suit and get it to lighten up as close to GB 1 as possible with what I have to work with. I have so far done two stove top Rit Color Remover cycles with a lot of purple coming out but not a big change in the overall color. If I continue this process over and over and over will it eventually come out? Do I need to change up the process a little with additives or something? I don't want to try the drastic things and ruin the suit so any help from all the veterans would be greatly appreciated.

[fluxcapacitor]

Ok, so no responses yet and that sucks. So, i'll just update with what I have tried.

I have done about 2 more stripping sessions one of which I used 2 packets. Still only fading a little at a time.

I then went ahead and got a little desperate and tried straight up bleach. I filled a bucket a little ways, put in the flight suit and mashed it and moved it and stirred it all into the bleach and did this for maybe 2 minutes only as I didn't want to ruin the fabric more then I prob was. Upon taking it out and rinsing off the bleach it looks lighter again but no drastic changes.

I am puzzled as to how the member here used what I think was the same suit and got it to near khaki color.

[xlxxtoolxxlx]

I used the same flight suit for my son's costume. I used an entire gallon of pure bleach and 2 packs of rit dye remover and it didn't effect the color at ALL!! The suit says it's 60% cotton but there is no way that's possible. Here is the thread with my sons suit: http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... 43&t=29319

Had to just stick with the Olive color because it just wouldn't change.

[fluxcapacitor]

Thanks for a reply and some feedback on your luck. I have a interesting update on my luck. I think I have gotten it to lighten to the khaki color that I was hoping for. It took a bleach soak for a few hours and the material might be really thin now but it looks to be a ton lighter which is great! I'll try to post pics if requested as there doesn't seem to be people dying to see a kids suit.

[xlxxtoolxxlx]

I'm very interested in seeing your results. My son is growing like a weed and I'll soon have to get a larger size olive flight suit for him.

[fluxcapacitor]

I think I got the most color to come out just letting it soak in bleach. Sounds bad but it worked for me.

[JayM]

It is so much harder to go from dark to light. Even if you were to get the suit lighter, you have to worry about color warping from the bleach. I have a charcoal suit I made from black with bleach and dye and I still see reflective brown patches from the bleaching in certain light.

[fluxcapacitor]

There's def a few areas you can see are bad from bleach, but barely. I just don't get why kids suits don't come in a litter color.

[JayM]

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Here are all the places I could find. I know a Tru-Spec khaki one exists for kids somewhere.

[BahamaBuster]

If you do a bleach soak, when you are done rinse it out very well, then submerge it in a bucket of hydrogen peroxide for 30 seconds. Then just a quick rinse and toss it in the washing machine as a normal wash cycle.

The peroxide neutralizes the evil bleach so it doesn't continue eating away at the cotton. (Yes even after you wash it, bleach is some strong stuff)

[JayKing]

i know this thread has been dead for some time, but any updates or pics? i think i'll try bleach for a few hours and follow up with h2o2

[thischickistoast]

Hello all. Just checking in on this old thread. Does anyone have any pics of the final outcome? Or maybe a quick step by step on what was successful for you? I was going to try this over the weekend on my 3 and 7 year olds Rothco suits and I could use some helpful hints. I'm trying to go from olive drab to khaki. I know that Finnbuster was pretty successful with the color removal but I'm unsure of the step by step process. Thanks so much!

[BigGeek]

In the middle of a kid's GB1 build myself. Also purchased an olive drab flightsuit for him and will be anxious to figure out the best color-changing process. Thanks to one and all who provide feedback here to help us noobs out!

P.S. Also building my own GB1, and my wife a GB2016.

[Finnbuster]

Here's my color experiment thread and a brief rundown on how I did it. YMMV though.

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