Washing Colors Without Bleeding

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How can wash colored clothes without them bleeding?

Washing Colors Without Bleeding

To set colors in colored items, soak them for an hour in a mix of 1/2 cup vinegar, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, and 1/2 gallon of water. If the rinse water shows color after an hour, repeat the process. Use this technique only for single-colored items, because multi-colored items may bleed into each other. Multicolored items will likely need to be dry-cleaned.

   

Comments

10/4/2006 7:03:34 PM
liana said:

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7/13/2007 10:09:46 PM
Nadine said:

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9/1/2007 2:23:04 AM
kk said:

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12/20/2008 7:41:17 AM
rivalrevive said:

will the colour stay after using this method even bleaching?


9/1/2009 1:19:53 PM
Brenda said:

How can I get a color that has blead on to another piece of clothing out?


6/12/2011 2:10:46 AM
ayswarya said:

its too cool and an awesom tip




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