Please LOGIN or Join PatternReview

Go to Page: 1 of 32 of 33 of 3

red shirt + white coat = pink disaster Is it ruined forever??
NhiHuynh   Advanced CA USA Member since 1/4/11 Posts: 593	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/8/13 11:16 PM I spent a lot of time and $ making this jacket. The fabric is a raw silk is a white-ish background. I didn't realized that my bf had put a new dark red t-shirt in the wash. Yes, I wash my raw silk. Now my jacket has a pinkish hue. I re-washed it 3 times and tried a Retayne soak. Now I have a greyish, pinkish, pilly jacket. It looks horrible. Any ideas what I can do to save my jacket? :(
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post In reply to NhiHuynh << Like this post Date: 3/8/13 11:35 PM What about those "dye catcher" sheets? It's a stand-out jacket and it looks terrific on you! Really sorry this happened. j.
Vivienne   Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 6/29/04 Posts: 949	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 3/8/13 11:35 PM Oh, no. I don't have a solution but I totally feel your pain. My husband I had to go to separate laundry baskets a few years ago. ------ Cheap fabrics, like cheap shoes, are a false economy.
Hauteaway   Beginner CA USA Member since 9/5/10 Posts: 135	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 3/9/13 0:27 AM Unfortunately the dye catcher sheets don't work after the fact, in my experience. I'm really sorry. I don't have any advice, other than possibly dying the jacket a darker color to save it as a wearable article of clothing. ------ YAN: Yet Another Nancy
JudyHan   Intermediate NY USA Member since 1/11/08 Posts: 66	Login to reply to this post 4 members like this. Date: 3/9/13 6:36 AM omg - break his leg or something!! ------ Get the quilters OUT OF MY WAY!
biochemistress   Advanced VA USA Member since 11/8/05 Posts: 266	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 3/9/13 6:55 AM Dye it hot pink? Or red?
mssewcrazy   Advanced MS USA Member since 3/4/03 Posts: 2303	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/9/13 7:00 AM I once spent forever making three little red dresses and jackets for my daughters with white middy braid trim and this happened. I've never felt the same about red anything. I know it doesn't all run but I was sick over all that work down the drain. Dh has had a few episodes of pink socks and undershirts. I have used a rit product to get the pink out of those-it is where the rit dyes are in the stores. I am not a red fan at all.
Karla Kizer   Advanced FL USA Member since 4/8/02 Posts: 6989	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/9/13 7:25 AM I've had success (on occasion) with soaking the victim garment in OxyClean. Fill the washing machine, toss in the OxyClean (be generous) and let it mix itself in, then put the jacket in. Agitate briefly, then let it soak and soak and soak (overnight, for example.) Turn the machine on for a minute whenever you think of it, to keep everything mixed up. No guarantees, but can it hurt? Good luck. -- Edited on 3/9/13 7:30 AM -- ------ “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.” -Robert Heinlein and Ann's father. Thanks for the reminder, Ann. Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Matthew 25:40 (New International Version) The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Karla Kizer   Advanced FL USA Member since 4/8/02 Posts: 6989	Login to reply to this post In reply to mssewcrazy << 1 member likes this. Date: 3/9/13 7:29 AM I never wash red with anything else. Once a week, I run a red-only load of laundry. Now, middy braid on a red dress...problem. I would have been sick about that, too. ------ “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.” -Robert Heinlein and Ann's father. Thanks for the reminder, Ann. Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Matthew 25:40 (New International Version) The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
clt3 Intermediate OH USA Member since 2/6/06 Posts: 770	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/9/13 7:35 AM There are color run removers. For example:Color run remover. However, I wonder if the Retayne might have set the color. Another one:Synthrapol -- Edited on 3/9/13 7:41 AM -- ------ Singer 66-16. Singer 600e, Kenmore 158.1913 , Viking 1100, Brother 4000D, Brother Quattro, Bernina 930, White 634DE, Babylock Evolve, 2 Featherweights ,Pfaff Creative Performance,Janome Coverpro 1000CPX

Go to Page: 1 of 32 of 33 of 3

Please LOGIN or Join PatternReview

Printable Version

* Advertising and soliciting is strictly prohibited on PatternReview.com. If you find a post which is not in agreement with our Terms and Conditions, please click on the Report Post button to report it.