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Old 11-10-2013, 05:40 AM
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The key step that is missing from the Modern Quilt Guild blog posting is the stop-bath (anti-chlor or hydrogen peroxide mixed with water). If you skip that critical step, your fabric will rot through over time. Simply washing the fabric with water will not stop the corrosive action of the bleach, it has to be stopped chemically.

Some much more experienced references on this subject than the ones previously cited are:
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/dis...hemicals.shtml
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/...leach/page/all
http://www.emich.edu/textiles/PDFs/bleach.pdf
http://www.dharmatrading.com/techniq...scharging.html
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