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starshine 11-05-2010 08:24 AM
Originally Posted by cjk
does that mean the cows would have given strawberry milk? LOL sorry I'm feeling silly today.
many years ago when my son would have the nestle quick's strawberry mix in his milk he called it "bunny" milk cause of Nestle's having a pink bunny on the canister.;-)

OmaForFour 11-05-2010 09:13 AM
Thanks for posting this!!!!! I just ordered a bottle from Amazon.com


Originally Posted by BettyM
OK, well maybe mini-disaster. I was recently asked to make twelve quilted placemats for a lady. She had the fabric and wanted me to get a red backing. After reading about Kiwiquilters problems with her backing bleeding, I decided I'd better check my red. And sure enough, after many, many rinsings and dryings it was still bleeding. So I went online and ordered Retayne. Voila! After treating the fabric with Retayne, it no longer bleeds. I don't think I would have thought to test the fabric except for reading the warnings on here. The lady's fabric had Holstein cows on it (black & white ones) and she would have ended up with pink and black cows!!

Ladybugnana 11-05-2010 09:48 AM
How cool. I have never heard of Retyane either. The website tells a lot about the product. I haven't had problems with bleeding fabrics of any color and yes, I use the Shout color catchers and they have really helped on any color transfer - especially when my son hides a white sock in with my colors! LOL

BettyM 11-05-2010 10:19 AM
Originally Posted by rdupuis
How do you use it?
The bottle directions say to estimate the amount of HOT water it takes to cover the fabric in your washing machine. Fill the machine to that level and add a teaspoon of Retayne for each yard of fabric. Put in your dry fabric and wash for 20 minutes. Rinse with cool water and dry at one. I have a front loading washing machine, so I just put hot water in a stainless steel bowl and put the fabric in there and let is soak. Then did a rinse and spin cycle in the washing machine and dried.

kriscraft99 11-05-2010 10:24 AM
this is great information ~ thank you so much for sharing :)

OmaForFour 11-05-2010 11:30 AM
I just spoke to the owner of my LQS. She looked this product up online and said that if you are displaying the quilt in an area where a lot of light and/or sun will reach it, don't use this product.
It seems that it spreads the threads/fibers apart more and that does something to the fabric which makes it fade in bright light/sunlight.
Just a friendly warning.

tuesy 11-05-2010 11:31 AM
YAY!! I'm glad all this info helped! I get so much info from the forum...just have to remember it all is my problem!. :lol:

Qwiltylady 11-05-2010 12:56 PM
White Vinegar in the washer (1 cup) will eliminate all excess dye and prevent it from settling into other fabrics! I buy it by the gallon and then use it when I prewash my fabrics and nothing runs!

lab fairy 11-05-2010 02:10 PM
Originally Posted by OmaForFour
I just spoke to the owner of my LQS. She looked this product up online and said that if you are displaying the quilt in an area where a lot of light and/or sun will reach it, don't use this product.
It seems that it spreads the threads/fibers apart more and that does something to the fabric which makes it fade in bright light/sunlight.
Just a friendly warning.
Can you post the information on that?

Lori S 11-05-2010 02:40 PM
Originally Posted by lab fairy
Originally Posted by OmaForFour
I just spoke to the owner of my LQS. She looked this product up online and said that if you are displaying the quilt in an area where a lot of light and/or sun will reach it, don't use this product.
It seems that it spreads the threads/fibers apart more and that does something to the fabric which makes it fade in bright light/sunlight.
Just a friendly warning.
Can you post the information on that?
This information is readliy avaiable on the products web sight. It does indeed make the fabrics treated more reactive to sunlight.... but I would rather not have the bleeding of fabrics ruin the quilt.


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