Tip to keep fabric and quilts from bleeding when you wash them.....
#1
I use 1 cup vinegar to each load - mine have never bled! Knock on wood.
I do this when washing new fabric also, and again when washing the finished quilt.
Vinegar is very cheap, I buy the 2 gallon bulk pack at Costco or Sams Club and they are about $3.
I do this when washing new fabric also, and again when washing the finished quilt.
Vinegar is very cheap, I buy the 2 gallon bulk pack at Costco or Sams Club and they are about $3.
#2
It's a waste of vinegar. Vinegar might help set some old fashioned organic or vegetable based dyes. Vinegar doesn't do anything for modern chemical dyes.
The best thing vinegar does is kill the detergent in your clothes so that it actually rinses out.
The best thing vinegar does is kill the detergent in your clothes so that it actually rinses out.
#10
I know that there are lots of people who use vinegar because their mothers used it, their grandmothers used it, and it "has always worked". Vinegar does have its uses, including in the laundry to combat odor. The problem is that it doesn't set dyes in cotton fabrics. It's the washing that's getting rid of the excess dye, not the vinegar.
This article explains the principles involved:
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/settingdye.shtml
Yes, you can still find multiple sites on the internet that claim that vinegar works. It's an old wive's tale!
This reminds me of a story that Bob of Superior Threads tells, which can be found here: http://www.superiorthreads.com/educa...dition-or-myth
Just because it's always been done that way doesn't mean it's effective.
This article explains the principles involved:
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/settingdye.shtml
Yes, you can still find multiple sites on the internet that claim that vinegar works. It's an old wive's tale!
This reminds me of a story that Bob of Superior Threads tells, which can be found here: http://www.superiorthreads.com/educa...dition-or-myth
Just because it's always been done that way doesn't mean it's effective.
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