How? Simply click here to return to laundry questions. Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. Go From Remove Bleeding Colors From Laundry - Help! To Home Page Photo by jenny downing Related Links At Household Management 101 Laundry Tips For Families In addition, do you have your home management question to ask? If so, you can ask me your home management questions here and I will do my best to help. If you would like to wash more clothes together in a load, and are concerned about dye bleeding into your other fabric you may want to use a product such as Carbona Color Grabber Cloths or Shout Color Catcher Cloths, both of which are cloths designed to 'grab' the bleeding dye which is in the water to keep it from redepositing on your other clothing.ĭoes anyone else have any other suggestions for laundry dye stain removal to share? If so, tell us all in the comments. Of course, to prevent and stop fabric dye bleeding in the first place you should sort your clothes before washing. Otherwise, the heat of the dryer may set the dye stain in those clothes making it much more difficult, or even perhaps impossible, to remove. The main thing to remember when trying to remove bleeding colors from laundry is not to dry the items in the dryer until the excess dye is removed. This is not guaranteed to work though, but is worth a try. If you don't want to buy a product just to fix your white clothes that have turned pink, for example, you could also try soaking them in a solution of oxygen bleach or color safe bleach and water. For the Carbona product you need to use three packages, and for the Rit product four packages. Please note that for both products you need to buy more than one, if you want to remove dye that has run onto a full load of clothing. The two that most readily come to my mind are Carbona Color Run Remover and Rit Color Remover. When that happens you can try some products which are designed to get rid of that bleeding dye. No matter how careful it seems we are when sorting our laundry there are times when that stray red sock, or other item gets slipped in with everything else and bleeds dye onto other clothing in the wash. I’ve personally used it several times with great results.If one color bleeds onto another is there a way to try to get it out? Taylor says:That is a common question Glenn. To prevent dyes from bleeding in the first place, you can try a product like Shout’s Color Catcher.

It is named ‘Color Remover’ for a reason, afterall.Īs I said, removing unwanted dye stains are some of the toughest (if not impossible) types of stains to correct. I would definitely spot treat with the Color Remover before I would submerge the whole item in the Color Remover solution. I would be extremely cautious when using a Color Remover on any colored garment (such as the case with Susan’s dilemma above). They can easily lift too much of the color causing a less-than-thrilling result. Be very cautious with all color removers. Rit makes a Color Remover that is intended to help restore the garment’s original hue. Try using the soaking method for stain removal. Oxi Clean removes a plethora of stains, and I’ve had it resolve mild cases where dyes have bled. Try Oxi Clean or other oxygen-based stain remover.Lots of dye issues fall in this category. There are some stain dilemmas that just cannot be resolved. It is true that sometimes the excess dye cannot be removed from the affected garments. Have you ever had your whole load of whites turn gray because you accidently left in a pair of black shorts? Not fun. The most known culprits are the dark dyes: black, navy, deep red, deep purple, dark green to name a few.Īnd some dyed garments continue to run, regardless of how many times they are washed. The dye hasn’t had a chance to ‘set’ prior to washing. The bleeding of dye is a common problem, especially when washing garments for the first time. So if the outfit can be saved, she still has a chance. It’s not been in the dryer yet, just in case there’s a “miracle” cure.įirst of all, Susan is a smart mama for not drying the outfit in the dryer yet! As we all know by now, dryer heat almost always sets in stains. Do you have any other suggestions for dye stains?

I’ve soaked it in Biz in a feeble attempt to get it out and sprayed it with

Fragrance Free 110 Count (Pack of 1) 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,082. Fragrance Free Dye Catcher Essential for Home Use, Dye Guard Grabber Sheets for Laundry in-Wash Sheets. The shirt has a black vest attached to it and the black has RUN all over the white/blue areas. Rit Dye Powder Color & Rust Remover Great for Crafting DIY Works on Most Fabric Cotton Nylon, Chlorine Free. It’s a white with blue striped shirt with a Tinkerbell picture on it. I went to wash it and discovered a problem. Susan wrote in with a dye dilemma regarding her daughter’s new school outfit:

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