Question about color catchers
#1
Question about color catchers
Do you use warm or cold water when prewashing fabric with Color Catchers?
I don't normally prewash and am trying to learn all I possible can. I know you use hot water with Retayne...but what if I am using a Color Catcher? I washed some red with Color Catchers four times, and each time they came out red....but I used warm water. Should I have used cold water?
Thanks for any info.
Dina
I don't normally prewash and am trying to learn all I possible can. I know you use hot water with Retayne...but what if I am using a Color Catcher? I washed some red with Color Catchers four times, and each time they came out red....but I used warm water. Should I have used cold water?
Thanks for any info.
Dina
#2
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,511
I use one or two Shout color catchers in every laundry load. I don't care what laundry detergent I use as they all work fine with the color catchers. I don't have to separate laundry so it is a time saver and my clothes look brighter. I use cold, warm or hot temps whatever the items need. If you wash a load of reds the color catchers will always come out red to pink. When they come out gray then you know all the colors mixed together in the water. This gray color is what makes clothes dingy.
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 952
I use 2 or 3 of the Shout Color Catchers when I bring in the fabric to get them without any colors at all. They are wonderful. If it is blue/red/or black - I will run another of the warm water with the 2 or 3 Shout Color Catchers if the water is really really colorful. Hope this helps - all my quilts are great.
#4
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,225
I don't typically prewash my quilting fabrics. However, I do use Color Catchers with all my regular laundry and my finished quilts ... with either cold or warm water. I just go by the clothig labels re: water temperature. They are wonderful.
#5
Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Michigan
Posts: 31
I use 2 color catchers in the first wash after I make a quilt, and I use warm water. After that, I don't use color catchers, and I only wash in cold.
I used to prewash fabric all the time, before color catchers. I still will prewash backing fabric if it is a darker color.
I used to prewash fabric all the time, before color catchers. I still will prewash backing fabric if it is a darker color.
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#8
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: S.E. Queensland, Australia
Posts: 1,503
I pre-wash in hot water to bring out excess color, as cold water doesn't always do the job and mainly use the color catches when washing the finished quilt. Had some blue fabric that I had to throw out after several washes.
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