Fabric bleeding...
#32
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
retayne, then synthropol, and always cold water. salt, vinegar or heat never worked for me.
#33
Originally Posted by Moon Holiday
Originally Posted by Rntraveler
I bought some "Gee's Bend" fabric that is burgendy red. I have washed this stuff several times and dried it in the dryer... it won't stop bleeding.
I can't use it for any project like it is.. any suggestions on how to set the color or stop it from bleeding?
Thanks!
I can't use it for any project like it is.. any suggestions on how to set the color or stop it from bleeding?
Thanks!
#34
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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I would try to take it back and absolutely would not use it.
I know it is never good to "assume" - but I do assume that the recipient of a quilt will probably not have retayne, synthropol, or a color catcher "on hand" when/if that person wants/needs to wash a quilt.
Especially a child's quilt.
I know it is never good to "assume" - but I do assume that the recipient of a quilt will probably not have retayne, synthropol, or a color catcher "on hand" when/if that person wants/needs to wash a quilt.
Especially a child's quilt.
#36
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: La Verne, CA
Posts: 794
Originally Posted by CBquilter
I also bought the red Gee's Bend fabric and had a horrible time. It didn't just bleed it was like cutting an artery. I took it back to the shop, got my money back and the owner said she used vinegar and a tumble in a hot dryer and got it to stop bleeding. I won't trust it in a quilt.
Usually works.
Good luck.
#38
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by grandmaquilts
I have a question. I have a kit I purchased from Keepsake Quilting. It is all precut strips of batik fabric. Should I prewash these strips and how. Should I soak in Retayne?
To make sure, however, it's a good idea to take a scrap of fabric (an inch or two off a selvedge is good) and drop it into a glass of hot water. You don't want to see dye bleed into the water. After a few hours in hot water, take the fabric out and rub it against a white fabric; you don't want to see any dye rub onto the lighter fabric. If it passes these two tests, the fabric is fine to use without prewashing.
As a safeguard, I always wash a quilt in Synthrapol the first time it is washed. After that, regular washing is fine.
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