Originally Posted by
gramquilter2
I made a red and white Batik quilt and when finished I washed it using 2 Shout Color Catch sheets and put Retayne in the washer. The red did not bleed on to the white and the finished top looks great. Retayne is a color fixative used to stop the bleeding in fabrics.
Directions on the Retayne bottle says to use HOT water, when prewashing. What temp of water did you use? I'm going to be making a batik quilt (10 purples, 10 greens and a lite mauve background) and the directions that came along with the kit, says to NOT prewash the fabrics and to use SHOUT color catchers in the wash when the quilt is finished. I've ALWAYS used RETAYNE to prewash quilt fabric, so this is a new ballgame for me. Glad I found this thread.