I accidentally put my red turtleneck in with my creamy yellow one and now have a peach one. Although I can wear peach just as well, I have lots of peach in my closet. Can anyone tell me how to get the original color back in the yellow one? I haven't dried the item in the dryer; just line dried it. Does anyone have the name of a product, and if so, have you used it and how? I have a greywater system attached to my washing machine, and hopefully the product won't be too harmful. Any suggestions on a natural, safer way to remove it?
Thanks for your help. It's tough getting old and being blonde.....
Try a dye magnet! Look in the laundry aisle for something like dryer sheets that you shove in the wash with this kind of accident. Don't know what brands may be available to you, but I have some here made by GloCare, called colour Catchers.
Dylon produce a stain remover designed particularly for this purpose. I have used it, but I don't know if it is available in the USA. I live in New Zealand and this product is imported from the UK. I think it may be quite toxic because it specifies quite rigid control operations when using it - like rubber gloves etc.
I have used this product a number of times and it has always worked perfectly for me. It requires very very hot water, so I don't think it would be any good on woollens or garments that could shrink in hot water.
Good luck
Daisy.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
Natural and safe, maybe not... I use a product called Dygon, which is made by Dylon. I don't know if you can get it in the US, but if not, Rit probably make something similar. You have to use it at boiling temperature though, so it can affect the handle of fabric.
Fill the washer with warm-hot water, toss in the shirt and add 1/2 - 3/4 C of household ammonia. Then add your normal laundry stuff.
When DD was little she had a hot pink and white striped romper. When the hot pink bled onto the white, my MIL told me to try this. Took the hot pink out of the white, and left it where it should be. ;) Also worked on a yellow bathtowel that got washed with the burgundy/navy striped bathmat by accident and turned gray.
HTH
Sharon
--who doesn't know why it works or on what fabric contents it works best, just that it worked for her. ;)
You know, I really can't. Have you ever had a fabric that you just loved on you and that went well with everything you had? This is the one. And to think I got it at Walmart.....
I am going to try this. Ammonia, in small doses, can be used on sickly houseplants, so being that's the case, it'll be okay for my greywater system. Might even turn the lawn green! (Not like it needs it with all the rain and snow.....)
I didn't want to use Rit or Dylon as I have a greywater system and I believe it's toxic.
I love Dylon machine dye. I've never tried their Dygon, but maybe I'll get a box sometime.
Another list I was on did an informal experiment involving Dylon machine dye and American washing machines. This is how it went. Several UK members of the list sang the praises of Dylon machine dye as easy to use (dump it in the machine w/ some salt and go) and giving good results (even, brilliant, fast colors) and not leaving a mess in the machine. Someone contacted Dylon and asked why this wonderful stuff was not available in the US. Dylon said that their machine dye product would not work well in American-style washing machines. The list pretty much said "Ha! We want to find out for ourselves!" I have a Kenmore German-designed (I think) giant frontloader. Some other people on the list had Maytag's Neptune along with the usual variety of top-loaders. A UK lister sent us some packs of dye and we gave it a spin (ha ha). I can't access that group's archives right now, but this is what I remember the results to be: Dylon machine dye worked well in the Kenmore Elite washer - just follow the directions. (water temp was not near boiling as the directions said, but was on 'sanitary' cycle, so it was close). It gave inconsistent results in the Neptune. I don't know how closely those two people tried to emulate the directions. If you didn't follow the directions, you could make it work in a toploader, but you had to (I think) keep resetting the agitation cycle or something. Seems like a lot of work.
I was looking for a fuss-free way of dying linen in a machine that would give good results and not ick up the machine.
Anyway, I now order Dylon machine dye when I need it from sewandso.co.uk
Yep, Dygon is pure filth - I think it's the same stuff Daisy's talking about. I pour it on our gravel driveway after use, but daren't put it down the septic tank. Glad the ammonia idea worked out.
No, no, it is called Dylon Run-Away - and it is quite safe in ordinary sewerage/drains. I know nothing about septic tanks, but the instructions on the package say nothing about them.
Daisy.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
Ah - the Runaway is for colours that have run in the wash, whereas Dygon strips colour altogether and then you redye. It's quite caustic, I think, and you have to have the windows open, wear rubber gloves, etc, and I find it hurts my eyes. Nasty stuff, but useful for discharging.
I'm glad the ammonia tip worked - I will use that next time I c*ck up on the washing front.
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