Many people recommend either vinegar or salt, but no one ever says "how much" to put in a washer load or even in a big pot. Will some one please give us that information in a usable form? Do you put in a cup or a whole gallon bottle of vinegar or a whole box of salt?
By Karahana
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I have always put one cup of salt in the water. I've never tried using vinegar, so I don't know how much of it to put in. Also, after I've dyed the fabric (using the clothes washer) I run them through another washing cycle using cold water before putting them in the dryer. It seems to make the dye last longer. Good luck to you!
I always herd that one cup of salt (table salt) into one load of laundry in the final rince with cold water setting.
Also final rince same cold water setting using 1/2 cup of distilled viniger will always do the same thing.
I had dyed two pairs of jeans using Rit dyes, one pair was purple and the other was turquois. Both bled badly as I began to wash them for the first time. So I tried washing each pair separately in cold water, using 1 TBSP of Woolite in a gallon of water, and then in the rinse I dissolved 1/2 Cup of Epsom Salt in a gallon or so of cold water and put a pair in it. There was no further bleeding!! I did a second rinse in cold water and there also was no bleeding. I think that the Epsom Salt rinse may have finally set the dyes!
My understanding is to use:
Salt for plant based fabrics like Cotton.
Vinegar for animal sourced fabrics like Wool or Silk.
and get this, Liquid Dish Soap for Synthetics like Spandex or Lycra.
As far as the amounts go you don't need to use a ton, but you do want to create a fairly strong solution in a large enough amount to saturate whatever you are dying. I guess ratio wise it would be about a tea spoon to a cup or so give or take. Sorry if that doesn't help much. It's been many many years since I dyed fabrics for costumes for stage performances.
Please, am I to use cold water from the fridge or just water from the tap?
I'm a bit confused.
I have been told by a seamstress friend that vinegar to fix dye is probably and old housewives tale, from the days when it was more often used to remove excess indigo dye when they used acid based dyes. Acid based dyes were not commonly used in cotton materials, including denim jeans, so would not help with cotton.
I have soaked my black jeans in vinegar to keep them from fading and it has definitely worked. I've submerged them in a mostly (or at least 50%) vinegar mixture and left them in there for hours (sometimes 12-24).
500 g salt per a regular size wash. Dampen your items, then pour the salt all over them in the washer. Let sit for 5 minutes and then run the washing machine. At least that is what I use with all the dye kits from Austria in my washing machine. Works great, no problems.
Bought dark purple wash cloths, have washed them 3 times & they still bleed. Tried with 1/2 bottle of vinegar. Still bleeds. Help!!!
How much salt or vinegar do you add to your dark colors when first washing them to set the color?
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