Colors bled in laundry - HELP?

[robyrich]

I really did a stupid boo boo. I was washing my dd8 brand new Christmas clothes. I had a brain fart and put a red dress in the same wash as the other clothes. Naturally the red bled over onto a beautiful outfit that was once light green. It is now a purple spotty mess. Is there anything I can do to fix it? If not do you think I could dye it> The bottom part of the outfit has a fall design made of a different material and it came out fine. If I dye it, will that mess up?
You would think after all these years I wouldn't be such a dunce!!

[PonderosaQ]

Well I am FAR from a laundry expert but I have found that if I rewash things that have this problem as soon as I notice it that the stains often come right out, like they haven't had time to set! I'd certainly put the dress in some cold water till some experts appear here. It depends on what the fabric is what would happen if you try dying it, plus the spots may take the dye at different rates so it will still look spotted. Good luck.
PQ

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

Rit makes a product that you use when you rewash the items and it removes the dye.

[comfortablynumb]

if you wash the clothes all together long enough, the color shifts all even out to one color.

kinda explains why I only have 3 colors in clothes... red, black and grey.

lol

[CGUARDSMAN]

Originally Posted by YuccaFlatsRanch

Rit makes a product that you use when you rewash the items and it removes the dye.

however it also removes the color from the item you are washing (original color) don't ask me how i know

[culpeper]

I can't recommend brand names because I live on the other side of the world from you. But here in Australia, we have a product originally designed for soaking nappies (diapers) in, to remove stains. It's called Napisan. I'm sure you have a similar product over there.

Well, try soaking each item separately in a bucket with some Napisan in it. Don't soak for too long - perhaps an hour or so, keeping an eye on how things go - check the colour of the water frequently. With luck, the superimposed dye colour will soak out, leaving the original colour.

I've had success doing it this way after I washed a maroon-coloured pair of sheets without realising there were a couple of shirts in the machine as well. Everything ended up maroon!

I have also learned to wash new items separately, adding some white vinegar to the final rinse. This helps to 'set' colours and prevent the colours from running. The vinegar is also good for helping denim keep its colour longer.

[FairviewFarm]

Originally Posted by culpeper

I can't recommend brand names because I live on the other side of the world from you. But here in Australia, we have a product originally designed for soaking nappies (diapers) in, to remove stains. It's called Napisan. I'm sure you have a similar product over there.

Well, try soaking each item separately in a bucket with some Napisan in it. Don't soak for too long - perhaps an hour or so, keeping an eye on how things go - check the colour of the water frequently. With luck, the superimposed dye colour will soak out, leaving the original colour.

I think that Oxyclean would be very similar to Napisan. I works very well removing stains both old (on antique quilts) and new.

[mary,tx]

I know this one. The Rit product is Rit Color Out. It removes non-colorfast color, but not the colors that are supposed to be there. I, however, have not been able to find this product for some time.

But I found another brand that worked just the same. What you are looking for is NOT color remover, but color run remover. Look in the detergent section of your Walmart, near the dyes.

The one I found is called Carbona/Color Run Remover. It's in a pink box with a picture of a red sock over a white dress shirt on the front. It is to remove non-color fast color, and it worked for me.




mary