How do I bleach pine cones?

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Bleaching pine cones. For Christmas decor

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Mary Munsch on Oct 07, 2014
Why bleach them? The purpose is???

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Jennie on Oct 07, 2014
Well, I have no experience with this but the first related post below was this: http://www.hometalk.com/2523689/bleached-pine-cones Good luck!

Bleached Pine Cones

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Andrea Reed on Oct 07, 2014
I did this last year, I wanted to have gold and glittery mantle, they came out nice I think...I put the puce cones in Clorox and water make sure they are completely under the water fir a couple of days, they will be bleached out.....then I dried them off waited a few days and spray glue on them and put gold glitter, I did leave some just plain with no glitter...will try and attach a pic...

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- Vibiki on Nov 10, 2014
  @Andrea Reed Very pretty. They also look nice mixed in with unbleached glittered pine cones.
  
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- Andrea Reed on Nov 10, 2014
  Thanks. Yes maybe I'll put a few in between thanks
  
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- Pirate on Nov 16, 2014
  @Andrea Reed These look very nice. 2 questions: Did they still smell of bleach and how long did it take to dry them after they were bleached? Thanks
  
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- Andrea Reed on Nov 16, 2014
  Thanks. No they don't smell from the bleach. I don't know exactly how long it took to dry just a few days. Good luck.
  
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Anna @Annabode on Oct 07, 2014
Why don't you just spray paint them white?

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Vibiki on Nov 10, 2014
@annabode because the bleached pine cones have a different look than a painted one

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- Andrea Reed on Nov 10, 2014
  Yes they really do, never would have thought they would get like that....Iam doing oer right now...
  
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