Share your tips: washing batiks
#21
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Do pretreat with Retayne. Many batiks will not always run immediately since some still have a amount of resist still in the fabrics . I am always concerned when someone tells me they have not had a problem ...yet! Even if it had gone thru the wash and there was not a problem ... Considering there is a chance that a quilt could be left in the washer over night after it has completed a cycle and there is still water in the fibers ... this can have the dyes migrate to neighboring fabrics. I ahve had others tell me that the fabrics ran on the second wash , this is because there was some resit , and the soap eventually removed it and then they ran. I have found the Hoffman 1895's to be some of the worst for running and bleeding.
Note the manufacture recommends hot water (140) for pretreating with Retayne. Why risk a disaster?
Note the manufacture recommends hot water (140) for pretreating with Retayne. Why risk a disaster?
#22
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Originally Posted by Lori S
Why risk a disaster?
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Originally Posted by kwendt
What do YOU wash your batiks with before you quilt them? I know that everyone has preferences and that the quality of your water also counts.
What techniques and/or products have you found work best for washing batics prior to quilting? Especially those pesky orangy, red, yellow ones that bleed like crazy....
What techniques and/or products have you found work best for washing batics prior to quilting? Especially those pesky orangy, red, yellow ones that bleed like crazy....
This is some of the best stuff in the world! You only have to use it once and you can wash red with white with no running. I use it on my clothes. It's great stuff! I always say I should do commercials for it, cuz I'm always pushing it at the quilt shop..LOL ! Try it, and if it doesn't work, I'll reimburse your fabric! That's how sure of it I am! But u have to use it properly, read the directions!
Have fun and good luck -
Tracy
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i sort them by color, toss them into the washer, add a little detergent, and wash them on a normal cycle. then i toss them into the dryer...when they come out i enjoy ironing , caressing them :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by Lori S
Why risk a disaster?
#26
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There's someone who's on the board who sells Retayne at their website/shop. I forget the name (sorry), but the info. is in another thread re: washing batik jelly rolls. (I had a similar question .. about washing jelly roll strips if they happened to be batiks..).
Still haven't bought the stuff, but I will. I'm not ready to use those batiks yet... still got two other wips and need to whip up!
Still haven't bought the stuff, but I will. I'm not ready to use those batiks yet... still got two other wips and need to whip up!
#27
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I checked my purple batik I mentioned earlier. Had been planning the colors to use with it - and had folded up one of the light blues with the purple batik and put it on the shelf. Guess what! When I unfolded it yesterday, there was purple dye all over the light blue - just from folding them together.
I'm cutting my losses now, and throwing that one away. Don't remember which store I bought it from (after Oct last year), so can't warn you about that particular fabric. I really really appreciate this thread! Since I hand quilt, I'm thinking I want to buy only guaranteed colorfast fabric.
I'm cutting my losses now, and throwing that one away. Don't remember which store I bought it from (after Oct last year), so can't warn you about that particular fabric. I really really appreciate this thread! Since I hand quilt, I'm thinking I want to buy only guaranteed colorfast fabric.
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