Dylon SOS Color Run
10-19-2013, 07:59 PM
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Dylon SOS Color Run
i put the red, white and blue quilt on the line to snap a few pictures, and promptly forgot about it.
it rained.
i came home to discover the whites shot through on the quilting lines with vibrant orange.
the whole quilt was bleeding as if murdered.
i looked on line and read about color catchers and synthrapol, knowing i could get both at the coolest little quilt shop out in the country.
i snuck in a trip there on a too busy day, and the owner told me to put that stuff back and buy this dylon sos color run product.
i bought two boxes and came home to soak the disaster in the bath tub. this is what happened when the quilt hit the hot water:
this is what it looks like now, after three rounds in the hot water, including an overnight soak.:
there are some minor bleeding marks, but no one is ever going to notice them and i wonder if they'll wash out in the next go around with colour catchers.
so if you ever have a serious bleeding disaster, i have to recommend this product. truly magical!
i am so thankful today for chemistry!
aileen
it rained.
i came home to discover the whites shot through on the quilting lines with vibrant orange.
the whole quilt was bleeding as if murdered.
i looked on line and read about color catchers and synthrapol, knowing i could get both at the coolest little quilt shop out in the country.
i snuck in a trip there on a too busy day, and the owner told me to put that stuff back and buy this dylon sos color run product.
i bought two boxes and came home to soak the disaster in the bath tub. this is what happened when the quilt hit the hot water:
this is what it looks like now, after three rounds in the hot water, including an overnight soak.:
there are some minor bleeding marks, but no one is ever going to notice them and i wonder if they'll wash out in the next go around with colour catchers.
so if you ever have a serious bleeding disaster, i have to recommend this product. truly magical!
i am so thankful today for chemistry!
aileen
10-19-2013, 08:15 PM
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Aileen,
I am a really a "rank amateur", but I have decided that I will always wash and treat my fabrics before I begin working on any quilt! The first bed-size quilt I made was a white with red embroidery and red borders. My cousin in Oklahoma has her own quilt shop, so she had cautioned me about color bleeding! I cut a scrap of the red and put it in a glass of hot tap water. The water almost instantly was bright pink! I knew then I had a problem. I went looking for a dye-setting product locally -- I sent to almost every store in town, including Joann's, Hobby Lobby, you name it I went there. After all that exhaustive activity netted me nothing, I got on the computer and went on the Rit Dye website. Rit has a dye-setting product designed primarily for hand-painted fabrics. However, it works for commercially dyed fabric. It cost more to have it shipped than the product itself cost. But, I'm a believer! I tested the fabric, both before and after processing it with the product. Afterward, it didn't fade/bleed! I'm sold. I think I would still use color catchers when I washed it, but that's just a very cautious position! I'm glad the product you got worked for you!
Jeanette Frantz
I am a really a "rank amateur", but I have decided that I will always wash and treat my fabrics before I begin working on any quilt! The first bed-size quilt I made was a white with red embroidery and red borders. My cousin in Oklahoma has her own quilt shop, so she had cautioned me about color bleeding! I cut a scrap of the red and put it in a glass of hot tap water. The water almost instantly was bright pink! I knew then I had a problem. I went looking for a dye-setting product locally -- I sent to almost every store in town, including Joann's, Hobby Lobby, you name it I went there. After all that exhaustive activity netted me nothing, I got on the computer and went on the Rit Dye website. Rit has a dye-setting product designed primarily for hand-painted fabrics. However, it works for commercially dyed fabric. It cost more to have it shipped than the product itself cost. But, I'm a believer! I tested the fabric, both before and after processing it with the product. Afterward, it didn't fade/bleed! I'm sold. I think I would still use color catchers when I washed it, but that's just a very cautious position! I'm glad the product you got worked for you!
Jeanette Frantz
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