colwoods

I have some color catchers from Woolite called Dye Magnets. I have used them very successfully for several years. I just started looking for more and can't find them in the store anymore. Anyone know if they are still available?

kashu

Many of you use Retayne, I have never seen in my grocery store or fabric store. Where do you find it? I use color catchers and like someone else said, you have to use common sense. I don't put a load of new red towels in with my husbands underware.

Tinabodina

I wondered about these. Now I know - Mom said, sort. I will continue to sort.

A solution for which there is no problem.

Feathers

Me too! I do use and like color catchers.

jeanneb52

I use them every day...I am shocked when I take them out and see how grey they get with just regular laundry. For new stuff I throw two in.

thrums

I read the article. One needs to use common sense when washing colors. New garments in red, black and deep blue seem to bleed so wash them separately.

Keep white together as one load.

I've used color catcher and it works for me.

Linda58

I just used a Shout color catcher yesterday on a new red top that had a white vee in front. I was really afraid to wash it, but the white vee came out white and the catcher was med pink/red.

SEW I will continue to use them on anything that might bleed color.

Limey

Agree, but I do wash new items separately and then the shout sheet seems to handle subsequent minor dye leakage. I am concerned by what seems to me the increased use of non-fast dyes even in brands I thought I could rely on. I don't see paying increased prices for poor quality dyes. Is it that fabric-manufacturing countries can't afford the fast dyes? Are they polluting in nature? I've always thought that India, Pakistan, Bangla Desh and China could vastly increase their exports if only their dyes were reliable, as for instance, most of Japan's seem to be.

gigi4419

I use them too!

clsurz

I had never heard of color catchers until I came on this board.

I was thought to always sort clothes out by white, light, medium and darks and wash them accordingly so that's what I do with my fabric and have had no problems with anything bleeding over into another piece.

IMHO if you follow the rule of thumb mum thought me you can't go wrong. Wash whites by themself, lights by themself, mediums by themself and darks by themself.

Ever since reading about color catchers in your laundry I've not been able to wrap around my mind how can it do that and still not spill over into the fabrics already in there. If it gets caught by this color catcher surely some of it still goes into the other pieces in there.