I inadvertently washed my daughter's favorite dress with a tie die shirt which I thought was faded and safe. However, it bled pink dye onto it in several places. Soaking in Oxy-Clean doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Any suggestions you can give me would be most appreciated.
It depends on what color the dress is. Check out RIT color remover and see if it will take the dye out. but if the dress is brightly colored it may take all the color out. It it is light it might work. Good luck
Hairspray! I know it sounds strange but it is great at getting things like ink out of clothes. The cheaper the hair spray the better. Spray on spots, both inside and outside of clothes, brush with old tooth brush and pop it back in the laundry. Repeat if necessary. Hairspray worked at removing Crayola marker from my husbands light colored pants. I also like ZOUT for stain removal. Good luck!
I recently did the same thing. I got RIF color remover. I was able to get the color out of my son's shirt, but the white socks stayed pink. I think it depends of the fabric, but give RIT a try.
Try lemon juice and placing in the direct sun light.
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If you have a Dollar Tree near you go but the straight "Awesome" it is in a clear bottle with red letters and the fluid is yellow. Have have been able to get dried blood from my sons nose bleeds out, grease off my husbands cloths, things that don't normally come out I spray that on and if his a harder stain I use an old tooth brush to work it and most of the time its out before I even wash it, I swear by it not to mention you can use it for other household cleaning and it kills ants on contact. The best thing is it only cost a dollar and it works. Good Luck! P.S. while you are there the "Awesome Orange" it great for the kitchen.
You might have to just let her tie dye that dress of hers or change the color to something darker that will cover up those bled spots.
Just washed some expensive decorative pillow cases (after the stupid cat sprayed on them) all together and got red spots on the three that weren't red. "Shout" removed it all. Just sprayed thoroughly, left for a while and did long wash in COLD water.
I love Shout!!
Also, Shout caused NO fading of the original color. I would try it before I would try other ideas.
Try SHOUT - Color Catchers - they are amazing! Get the Shout stain remover spray the dress so it is wet and then put one or two of the color catchers in the washing machine and re-wash the dress.
These Shout Color Catchers pull all the dye and colors in the wash and the colors will cling to these little sheets! For every day wash, just put one in each wash and it catches any color from darker items. These are a must have every time you do your laundry that way you get no bleeding of colors. Hopefully this will help.
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