Faiding RED---Help
10-20-2012, 11:20 AM
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Faiding RED---Help
I am working on a quilt and bought a bright "Husker" Red for the backing and it is fadeing. I have washed it a couple of times soaked it in salt water. Soaked it in vinegar. ......What can i do now. I have used the same fabric in a dark blue and it didn't fade at all so i thought it would be OK.....WRONG! Suggestions Please!
10-20-2012, 11:37 AM
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You can try a product called Retayne which will set the dye. Vinegar and salt will only work to set a dye if it's an organic dye.
If you use Retayne, I would still give it one more wash with a color catcher just to check the color catcher is clean.
Or ... if you can't find Retayne ... just keep washing in HOT water and use either a color catcher or Synthrapol to catch the dye - otherwise the dye just keeps creeping back into the fabric. Keep washing until you have a clear color catcher.
Some people will give up on reds if they continue to bleed ... I won't. I'll just keep washing and washing and washing.
Reds can be buggers some times.
If you use Retayne, I would still give it one more wash with a color catcher just to check the color catcher is clean.
Or ... if you can't find Retayne ... just keep washing in HOT water and use either a color catcher or Synthrapol to catch the dye - otherwise the dye just keeps creeping back into the fabric. Keep washing until you have a clear color catcher.
Some people will give up on reds if they continue to bleed ... I won't. I'll just keep washing and washing and washing.
Reds can be buggers some times.
10-20-2012, 11:55 AM
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If you use the Retayne it will also set the red that has bled onto the other fabrics - ask me how I know :0(
So then I washed the Retayne out using HOT water, and I ended up using Synthrapol. It kept the red from bleeding any more, but it faded all of the beautiful batiks too.
Huge reminder to prewash fabrics, especially reds.
So then I washed the Retayne out using HOT water, and I ended up using Synthrapol. It kept the red from bleeding any more, but it faded all of the beautiful batiks too.
Huge reminder to prewash fabrics, especially reds.
10-20-2012, 03:49 PM
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if you can not find retayne locally you can purchase it from Dharma Trading company on line- Rit also makes a 'Dye Fixative' I recently bought a bottle at the local Joannes when i ran out of Retayne half way through a large dye job- it worked too. Reds are generally the most difficult dye to set- and as DogHouseMom stated vinegar & salt are simply wasting money on the dyes of today- they worked way back in the 70's & before- but in the late 70's dyes changed- due to (epa regulations) among other reasons...the new dyes are created differently & require different techniques. Retayne sets dyes, Synthropol suspends dyes in the water- meaning it will not stop a dye from running-but when it does run it will keep it from getting on other fabrics in the water- it keeps the dye suspended in the water.
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