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Originally Posted by quilting cat
Yesterday I was given a large sack of fabrics to use for a charity. The first two loads through the washer came out fine, but the third load :roll: :x ...
A beautiful woven stripe, mostly red with white patterned stripes and single threads of black had turned the water redder than raspberry jello within seconds! After the second rinse, I pulled it out and re-rinsed the other fabrics in the load. Only two seem to have been stained. (They were probably touching the bleeder when it first got wet.) What's the best treatment to make this fabric usable? Even the clothespins are stained! :thumbup: |
lol, I thought this too. I almost didn't read it cause I didn't want to read about how bad someone cut themselves. Glad it wasn't that bad.
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I love color catchers. Use them with all fabrics and also in regular wash with colors.
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if it bleeds that much, the fabric might be a blend or all synthetic and the dye won't set no matter what you do..best to toss it out!
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Retayne won't work if you have already dried this fabric!
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I agree that Synthrapol is the way to go for the stained fabrics. I handwash all my
fabrics in hot water with Retayne when I get them. If they keep bleeding in the cold rinse, then I try Synthrapol soak in hot water followed by another soak in cold water. If the cold water has no dye then I am all set... Like Irish Rose I have had good luck with Oxyclean. I use a clean toothbrush to rub it into the stained areas Judy |
Thanks for the good info Prism, i need to print this and keep it. I personaly would throw the offending fabric out.
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Soak the fabrics damaged by the "bleeder" in Chlorox II. I put the damaged fabrics in the machine, add Chlorox II and let them soak. Wash as usual.
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I agree with others. with all the work that quilts take. it is not worth any fabric that runs..
pitch it. my heart broke when I saw a quilt I had done where the color had run or it was washed with clothing that did. so sad! |
Your local quilt shop probably sells Synthropol. You can use it to remove the extra color. I have to tell you that I made a queen sized quilt from a Star Designs kit which used hand dyed fabrics. I thought to wash the completed quilt before giving it to my daughter. I used Retayne and the dark red fabric bled onto the two tone gold border making it pink. I washed the quilt 3 more times, 2 times with Synthropol (using a tiny amout per bottle directions)and once more with Retayne and added a dye catcher to the last wash. The color was still there. I was sick so I called Star Designs and they had me send them the quilt. They washed several more times using 1/2 cup Synthropol each time and managed to remove the extra color but not effect the overall color of the quilt. I will try to post a photo of the quilt after this treatment.
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