Recipe to Keep Colors from Running
 

Not sure where exactly to post this:

After soaking deep reds and even washing them with a Color Catcher, my fabric kept bleeding. (It was from the Kansas Troubles line, not a cheapo). I called and asked my LQS owner what to do.

She gave me this tried and true Amish "recipe" (minus the Color Catcher--which she adds because it makes her feel better). She uses it and it has never failed her. I tried it and no more bleeding fabric!

To keep colors from running:

2 Tablespoons salt
1/2 cup white vinegar
2 Tablespoons detergent (brand doesn't matter)
1 Color Catcher *by Shout

Is this recipe used in the washing machine or just for soaking the fabric?

Looks good. How many gallons of water?

I guess I need more details too. I'm sorry, but I am just full of questions. Hope you know the answer for me. Also, I am going to Google your solution. Maybe someone has already given us the info.

Does this mixture go into just a few gallons of water, as in a bathtub soak, or does it go into a washer as a part of a normal wash? Or should you mix this up with water and soak the quilt, then wash it in the same solution? And, do you have any idea if it will work in the new front load washers.

I have one of the new type front load washers and probably won't have another one unless that is all that is available. I don't think they get my clothes as clean as the old tub type ones did. I, also, don't like the way you can't fill it up with water and soak something that got really dirty, and we have those things at my house.

Happy New Year to All!

Thank you for this recipe. I have 7 yards of a red fabric that I did not use because I could not get it to stop running. Now I may be able to use it.

Curious as well....washer or bathtub soak????????

Thanks!

I saw this recipe a while back. I mixed everything into a large measuring cup (sans the color catcher)the after some water in the machine I added the mixture. I had some fabric that I spilled water on and luckily it was on paper and bled. I had already pre-washed once. Did another washing with this mixture and no more bleed.

I have been using lots of reds lately and will have to give this a try. Thanks

Thanks for this. I got a couple of metres of a red fabric in my Christmas present and I need to find a way to stop it from running.

Thanks for posting..