*crry* Help please!?
#51
My 14 yr old daughter is famous for washing things and having them fade and run. Her latest trick was to take ALL her new clothes at Christmas and wash them all together. Blue jeans, light colored shirts and hoodies, you name it. I sprayed the really bad spots with Shout, used a scoop of Oxyclean in the wash, and used a Color Catcher. It took 2 washings but everything was fine. Hope this helps.
#54
Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Throw it back in the washing machine with a color catcher, rewash and than dry. If you dried it on low heat it may not have set. But do that before anything else. Once you start with other things you are setting it harder. This advice comes from a fabric expert I know. (Not me, she is my go to person!)
Edit: The Bleedout might be the trick also but I would try just a color catcher first, just my thought. Good luck and let us know what worked.
Edit: The Bleedout might be the trick also but I would try just a color catcher first, just my thought. Good luck and let us know what worked.
#55
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Throw it back in the washing machine with a color catcher, rewash and than dry. If you dried it on low heat it may not have set. But do that before anything else. Once you start with other things you are setting it harder. This advice comes from a fabric expert I know. (Not me, she is my go to person!)
Edit: The Bleedout might be the trick also but I would try just a color catcher first, just my thought. Good luck and let us know what worked.
Edit: The Bleedout might be the trick also but I would try just a color catcher first, just my thought. Good luck and let us know what worked.
#56
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i wouldn't use anything that roughs it up, like toothpaste. i'd go right to bleach on a q-tip, as said. if you have time, wash again with retayne. if you can't find it, use a color catcher. for new quilts, retayne is always a good idea before an accident occurs. this is why many quilters wash all fabric first. i wash first and always with retayne. why take a chance?
#60
If you do bleach on a q-tip have vinegar ready, it nutralizes bleach and prevents it eating away at the fabric. Bleach and vinegar are at the opposite ends of acidity. That way when you rewash it, you do not have any bleach residue to fade the colors.
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