If I rubbed some shoe polish (brown or black) over certain parts of my clothes to dirty them and then run them through the wash, would that create a convincing dirt/muck look?

Has anyone else done this before?

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To my knowledge the polish wouldn't stain the material enough....it would just come off in the wash.
Best you'd get is some slight discoloration.....thats about it.

I could be wrong, I've never tried it but I've had polish on clothes before and it came off.

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After you wash them with varying degrees of bleach, I used an antique with an airbrush. It dulled the colors and thus made them looked worn. You can take some sandpaper to the garment.

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Wow, I got a brazilion for this?