How to Bleach Khakis White

Wool or Cotton-Wool Blend Khaki

• 1

  Dip the garment in a pot of boiling hot water with 1/2 a teaspoon each of the dye pre-wash and soda ash.

• 2

  Mix 7 1/2 tablespoons of soda ash, 3 cups of hydrogen peroxide and 1 teaspoon of dye pre-wash in another pot with 2 quarts of tepid water.

• 3

  Add the garment to the pot until it is white. It will take between 16 and 24 hours to change color.

• 4

  Mix a gallon of warm water and 1 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar, and immerse it in for 10 minutes.

• 5

  Rinse the garment and dry.

Pure Cotton Khaki

• 6

  Mix equal parts of bleach and warm water in a pot big enough to hold the garment. The solution cannot exceed 50 percent bleach, or it will damage the fabric.

• 7

  Add the garment to the bleach mixture, and let it sit until it is white. The fabric will turn white in the bleach and water mixture almost immediately.

• 8

  Remove the garment from the bleach mixture, and neutralize it in a mixture of warm water and bleach stop.

• 9

  Rinse the garment and dry.