Color Catchers really work!
#1
We were very busy today doing the cleaning and tidying before I start decorating for Christmas. (Hubby helps clean but he leaves the decorating to me!) Paul went to put some laundry in the machine including a very pretty, new red shirt of mine that has an attached white insert.(It had never been washed) and I was sure the white would be pink after the wash was done! All the laundry was red items except for this little bit of white AND a white sock that got in there by mistake. I caught him just as the washing machine was filled with really warm water... and thought "OH NO!" I remembered the color catchers that I bought and threw one in and hoped for the best.
HAPPY to say they work and my top is perfect as was the sock!!
HAPPY to say they work and my top is perfect as was the sock!!
#7
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Cadillac, MI
Posts: 6,487
I washed a piece of black fabric with white roses with a color catcher. It came out like it went in. I needed more and forgot the color catcher. The roses were a pale gray. A third washing with a CC helped a lot, but it doesn't have the definition in the flowers the first piece has. Live and learn.
I wish JoAnn's still sold the reusable one. It worked well, too.
I wish JoAnn's still sold the reusable one. It worked well, too.
#8
They really are an amazing thing. I used them yesterday when I was washing a rag quilt that I did that had dark browns, sage greens, and bright aquas. The aquas came out beautiful, and the color catchers came out dark, so I know that they were doing their job.
#10
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Posts: 5,626
Yup it worked for me too. I just threw in one new red item and oh boy. I forgot it was there. I just happened to throw in a color catcher and when the laundry came out it was perfect and the color catcher was a very dark reddish rose color. Worth the money.
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