Originally Posted by ckcowl
if you put some synthropol in the water and re-wash the fugitive dyes should come out-
it is a detergent that keeps fugitive dyes from getting on other fabrics in the wash water---color catchers may catch any more bleeding- but i don't think they will help remove what is already there- for that you need the synthropol.
good luck---
and hopefully lesson learned-
ALWAYS PREWASH OR AT LEAST COLOR TEST ALL REDS!!! THE ALWAYS BLEED
I agree with the ALWAYS prewash or color test -
but not ALL reds ALWAYS bleed. Just enough of them do bleed or have excess dye in them (or of of any color - other than whites or light pastels) so one can't make any assumptions that the fabric will NOT spill color.