Color catchers tested by Consumer Reports
#31
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by Judy Gail
Me too. I think they didn't use enough color catchers. If you wash 10 'guarenteed-to-bleed' shirts with one or two color catchers...of course, that's not going to be enough color catchers.
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I have one quilt that, after many, many washes, still bleeds red, and I have noticed that even the red thread has bled. I doubt if a color catcher would have helped, but I am ever optimistic so I keep pre-washing batiks and reds with them.
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I used them with a navy flannel backed quilt when I washed it. Colors didn't bleed onto the other fabrics and the sheet seemed to pick up everything that was expected. Use them if you feel confident in the product or take a chance and don't use them. At least something is available now that wasn't available several years ago.
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My grandmother taught me to add vinegar to the wash to set the color. I have always done this with new fabric individually by color if I think the color might run. It seems to work. I have tried the Shout cloth which did absorb color, but I think the vinegar works best. If I have a small piece I put it in a small tub with vinegar water instead of the washing machine. That way I can rinse it several times without using so much water.
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I'm still using it. I just washed a quilt that I knew had to bleed because I actually had the color on my hands from working with it so much. So I threw in 2 color catchers and they were both stained. But my white on the quilt was fine.
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