efarley
Active Member
Hey guys,
I just finished my first costume and now I want to distress the fabric before the con on saturday but I don't really know how. I've done some research and it seems the main ways are to wash the outfit a few times, use some sand paper to rough it up in certain spots and to add some stains where appropriate. I am okay on the sand paper and stains, what I'm a bit worried about is washing the costume.
I didn't prewash the fabric since I didn't realize I should with this being my first costume, and it's a lot of blacks so ink running is absolutely an issue. Since there is a mix of hand sewn bits, and lights colors sew into the darks I can't just go about washing it like I would my normal cloths. Any tips on ways I can distress this would be awesome!
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I just finished my first costume and now I want to distress the fabric before the con on saturday but I don't really know how. I've done some research and it seems the main ways are to wash the outfit a few times, use some sand paper to rough it up in certain spots and to add some stains where appropriate. I am okay on the sand paper and stains, what I'm a bit worried about is washing the costume.
I didn't prewash the fabric since I didn't realize I should with this being my first costume, and it's a lot of blacks so ink running is absolutely an issue. Since there is a mix of hand sewn bits, and lights colors sew into the darks I can't just go about washing it like I would my normal cloths. Any tips on ways I can distress this would be awesome!
![Untitled-16.png Untitled-16.png](https://therpf-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/141/141491-0ed3d9bbe7cfa48c004079106ea27a81.jpg)
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