Is there anything you can use before washing red clothing so it will not bleed afterward?
By lisa from Grand Rapids, MN
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Put the item(s) in the dryer for a cycle-the heat should help set the color. Also, when you wash the item, use cold water and add about a half a cup of salt to the water. Red is a toughie though, there are no guarantees-sorry.
I have done this so I know it works! A red T-shirt which coloured the water blood red...even old water!
I dissolved a cup of salt and two tablespoons of turpentine in boiling water, then soaked the red T-Shirt in this solution until until the water was cold. I now wash that same T-Shirt with any colour, even whites and there is absolutely no bleeding at all!
Soak in cold water and salt.
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