Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
I know this has been discussed much and am sorry to subject all of you to this again. But....I have a finished quilt ready to be washed and have a couple questions. I didn't wash the fabrics beforehand (was pieced before I became educated) and don't want issues with bleeding fabrics. I read somewhere much earlier to use synthrapol but can't find it anywhere but online. I also read where someone posted that the original Dawn dish soap is almost identical to synthrapol and will accomplish the same thing - keeping the dye particles from settling into the fabrics. Am I correct? I really don't want to screw up this quilt.
Dharma Trading is where I get things like Synthrapol, etc:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/
They have a DT branded knock-off of Synthrapol that I prefer to Synthrapol because it smells better to me.
The key to keeping dye particles suspended is to use as much water as you can and the shortest wash cycle possible.