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Published: 05/31/2021
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Who is not familiar with the situation when, during washing, one thing stained everything that was nearby. What to do if the fabric fades a lot? Resign or try to fix the dye. There are inexpensive home remedies that can help with this difficult task. How they work and how to handle them is discussed below.
- 1 How to determine whether a product is shedding
- 2 Ways to fix the dye
- 3 Caring for things that are dyed
- 4 Conclusion
Ways to fix the dye
If you find out that, for example, a towel is shedding, you should not rush to throw it away. You can try treating the product with color fixatives.
The following dye-fixing recipe is suitable for any fabric:
- salt and table vinegar (6 tbsp each);
- water ─ 2 l.
The prepared solution is poured into a container. Its bottom is covered with a light towel. A shedding item is placed on top of it. Leave for 3 hours. Then wring out and hang without rinsing. The dry product is sent for washing, without the spin function.
A simple saline solution can serve as a fixative. It is prepared at the rate of 1 tbsp. l./1 l of water. Duration: an hour or more. After ─ rinse in cold water. With severe shedding, the dosage is increased 3 times. This is how color is fixed in viscose, cotton and linen.
If your bed linen is shedding, you can save the situation with potatoes. There are several options here:
- prepare potato broth for washing;
- soak the item in a mixture of potato juice and hot water;
- prepare a fixative from potato infusion (2 kg of tubers/1 liter of water).
If silk or wool fabric fades when washed, you can prepare a soaking solution of 2 tablespoons of glycerin and 1000 ml of water.
Table vinegar (9%) for 1 tbsp wash. l. for 1 liter of water. The recipe for the combination of salt and vinegar is above. Rinse wool and silk fabrics with a weak vinegar solution. It not only updates the color, but also makes it brighter.
Author:
Zakharova Nina Afanasyevna
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