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prewashing batiks
Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric
stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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To clarify, if a fabric is still bleeding, I don't toss it in the
washer yet...I keep changing the water in the bowl until it stops. Also, when I then run the washer load, I use a shout color catcher if the fabrics in the load had been 'behaving badly.' Lynn quilter wrote: Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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I'd soak it wíth something white and see if the color is picked up.
Roberta in D "quilter" schrieb im Newsbeitrag oups.com... Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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It's an excess dye problem, right? I'd try using retayne or synthrapol
on it to speed up the process; I forget which would be better for this. susan k see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge |
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Don't get turned off batiks.....I've washed lots and haven't had the problem.
Maybe try soaking them in salt water.....I think that's supposed to stop bleeding. Lorraine "quilter" wrote in message oups.com... Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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IMO, this is beyond normal. I would return to shop for full
reund,or at least merchandise exchange. PAT quilter wrote: Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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Have some vague recollection about vinegar for this sort of thing - I will
look it up and let you know. -- Cheryl http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest cawaites@netconnectDOTcomDOTau "quilter" wrote in message oups.com... Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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WoW! That is a lot of excess dye.
I don't even prewash my high quality batiks! They put them through enough heat when processing out the wax. I've never had one run. now I have had the occasional "bad crocker" that rubbed off on everything, but it was one of those cheapos ($2-$5/yd), and I wash them like crazy in hot water, and dry them on hot. I agree with Pat, I'd return it. Unless it is something you really need, why chance it? Carol in TX Need therapy? Make a quilt |
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According to my trusty little book about vinegar -
"Add a cup of vinegar to the last rinse when dying fabric to help set the colour" Can't hurt! -- Cheryl http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest cawaites@netconnectDOTcomDOTau "Cheryl" cawaitesATnetconnectDOTcomDOTau wrote in message ... Have some vague recollection about vinegar for this sort of thing - I will look it up and let you know. -- Cheryl http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest cawaites@netconnectDOTcomDOTau "quilter" wrote in message oups.com... Help! I prewash everything before it gets incorporated into my fabric stash. I usually run fabric under the faucet and stick it in a bowl of warm water for anywhere from 5-20 minutes to make sure the water is clear, then toss it in the washing machine on delicate. If a fabric bleeds, I change water and do it all over again. This works really well for me, and I don't think I've ever had a fabric that wouldn't stop bleeding if I changed the water enough times. BUT, I've started using batiks, and the bleeding on some of them is just terrible. I can get the water to run clear over a fabric, but if I leave the fabric in the bowl for a few hours or overnight, by morning the water is bright green all over again. If I drain it and refill, it's bright green again by nightfall. Anyway, I'm willing to slave over one batik for days to get peace of mind that it won't bleed, but my question is whether this is doing any damage (removing too much color) from the fabric, by soaking it for days at a time. thank you oh wise ones. -Lynn |
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Thanks Cheryl - I did used to do this when I first bought bright
clothes in high school to set the dye (just a teaspoon though, never a cup). But, then someone else told me that the next time you washed it without vinegar it would run. I don't think that's true though. Back to rinsing my little batik froggies. Lynn |
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