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LOL!! Lori - I agree!! - One of our guild members made the trip too and did a presentation about her experience. it was amazing to see the process but yes she highly recommended washing - not just because of the bleeding ;)

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Originally Posted by costumegirl (Post 6423760)

Wow!! Thank goodness for Snythrapol & Retayne!! I was pre washing some brown & copper batiks to prep for a quilt and the water was a bright orange color!! - the most bleeding that I have encountered in a long time and these were good quality batiks! I am so glad that I decided to treat them before using or I would have had a big dye mess later!!

Used Synthrapol in the first bath and then after rinsing used Retayne - maybe this is over kill but I don't want any 'accidents' later!! They finally rinsed clear - I even cut up a color catcher sheet and put pieces in the final rinses to be sure!

I don't trust the color fastness of any batiks or even regular fabric and I will not take a chance of a project being ruined after all the hard work put into it so I use the chemical setters alot! I find I go through so many of the little bottles - the LQS just sells 4 oz bottles and I am constantly emptying them and running to buy more! I asked at the LQS but they don't have a supplier for larger bottles so I guess I have to find it online.

Has anyone dealt with an online supplier for larger bottles of Retayne & Synthrapol? Info/references appreciated :) Thanks!! :)

Who is the maker of these batiks? Where did you get them???? I use batiks constantly and do not prewash but I've never had a problem....and now you're scaring me! :)

I am a very impatient person. I use the color catchers and buy enough fabric to allow for shrinkage. I use hot water and Arm and Hammer detergent then throw into a warm dryer. I also throw a color catcher into the dryer along with an old white scrap piece of fabric. If it bleeds in the dryer, I rewash but haven't had to do that yet.

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Originally Posted by tessagin (Post 6426878)

My understanding is that Colour Catchers are for the washer .... not the dryer.

Is there a different brand for the dryer?

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Originally Posted by teacherbailey (Post 6426868)

Who is the maker of these batiks? Where did you get them???? I use batiks constantly and do not prewash but I've never had a problem....and now you're scaring me! :)

I had quite a few different cuts and all were from different LQS - all brand name - Hoffman Bali, Timeless Tonga, Kaufman Artisan and Island. Since I washed similar shades together I am not sure which was the worst. I mentioned the bleeding to one of the LQS owners and she said that a lot of the bright or deeper colours require a greater concentration of dye and hence the bleeding.

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Originally Posted by Peckish (Post 6423942)

I guess I'm a lone wolf, I don't bother with all those fancy, expensive detergents. I simply put my bleeders in very hot water with a teaspoon of my regular laundry detergent and let them soak overnight. Works every time and they never bleed again.

Me too !!!

In one of my many magazines (can't remember which) there was a lengthy article on Batiks I was completely fascinated and now understand why they are so costly. And I agree with Costumegirl, seeing where they are made I am stead fast in washing them a couple times at least.