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Old 10-21-2012, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider View Post
The above link is bad, Try this instead.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/m...view/index.htm

I don't use color catchers; waste of money as far as I'm concerned, invented so people could wash all their colors together and not bother separating them. I'm not in that much of a hurry with regular laundry and I prewash all quilting fabrics (like colors together and never with regular laundry) until any excess dyes are gone. If they still bleed after two washes, they get treated with Retayne...end of problem.

I'm very surprised to hear Tashana's red sheets are still bleeding after being washed twice a week every week for 10 years! That has to be some kind of record.

Vinegar has NO effect on today's dyes. It will NOT set colors used to dye cotton. Salt will not do anything either.
I have a set of red towels that have been bleeding dye for at least 12 years. I just don't wash anything else with them and it's not a problem.

The problem fabric is the one that picks the dye up!
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