My 2 teen sons recently bought some t-shirts. The shirts are white with colorful pictures of trucks, etc. on them. My problem is that when washing them something red got in with the shirts. Needless to say now we have 7 new "pink" shirts that the boys refuse to wear. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get them white again? I have tried washing them in clorox, peroxide, bluing, and have even sprayed them and washed with resolve. Thanks for any ideas.
That's going to be your best bet. Also you could try SuperClean. It's in the automotive aisle. It's what mechanics use to wash the oil/etc. from their clothes, and it really works AMAZINGLY. Just add a cup or two depending on how pink they are. You can use it on all your whites too (not baby clothes though, it will wash the fire retardant out). My ex was a mechanic, and that was 5 years ago.. I STILL use it on all my clothes! Way better than oxyclean.
i would just over-dye them with a darker color (like red, dark green, navy, etc) that your kids DO like.
Place the pink T-shirts in a large tub of hot water. Boil a lemon in a couple of cups of water on the stove for a minute or two. Pour the boiled lemon and water into the tub of pink T-shirts and let them soak until the pink T-shirts are bright white again.
This happened to me. I read to use liquid (only) dishwasher detergent. I wet the material and submerged them into a container of 1/3 detergent to water. Agitate them and let soak only until the pink comes out. Worked great for me. Good Luck.
My baby clothes do this. When he poops up his back I soaked his clothes in water then put in the washer the next day. Took them out and the sleeper was bright pink.
I have also seen this with some throw up shirts I've washed out then laundered? Don't know what causes it. He is mostly breast fed, but not always.
Use 'all fabric bleach' from SA8. Mix with warm water and soak. Then wash with SA8 laundry detergent. Works every time.
Another poster referred to SA8, but they have a better product which is Trizyme. OK, but this is past being a protein issue, it is a dye issue.
Get the Rit Dye Remover. Same place as Rit Dye is. Toss it in, that many shirts, use 1 bottle or 2 boxes. Hot water. Let it fill, dump in Rit then clothes, let swish. Shut off for about 15 minutes, Check shirts to see how they are coming, then go back and restart washer to run cycle to agitate. Never had anything NOT come out this way.
Just an FYI, SA8 & Trizyme are Amway products.
SuperClean is great it works on a lot stuff. My other half cleans the trash cans and the drive way with it. If you run your car through tar and you can get to it pretty quick it will take it off. I now keep at least 2 jugs around just in case. Like another poster when working on cars it sure does a number on grease and oil
Best thing to do is hang clothes out in the sun and it takes the colour right out. Works great on lilly stamen stains too.
How silly. Bleach contains sodium hypochlorite, and lemon juice contains citric acid.
They react to produce chlorine gas. That will kill you if you breathe enough of it.
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My daughter's cheer crop is blue with white inserts on the arms. The white has turned pink! The fabric is polyester and Spandex. I've tried hand washing in the sink and I'm now trying the baking soda paste to see if it helps.
Anyone have other ideas? Will the RIT color remover work or will it ruin the blue?
Fill a 5 gallon bucket with hot tap water. Add 2 T each dishwasher powder and hydrogen peroxide. Soak overnight. Wash as usual in the morning.
Do you happen to know what garment the "pink/red" came from so you can isolate it next time? Sometimes a color run can come from just a red tag on another garment.
Hope you have not dried the cheer crop as that would make it more difficult to remove.
You definitely do not want to use Rit color remover as that would remove part or all of the blue also.
There is a product called Color Run Remover that is especially made for removing runs like this. It is sold at Walmart/Target type stores as well as online. Just be sure to test it on a small area of the blue first so you know the blue is colorfast. Do not dry garment until you are sure all the pink is gone.
In the future, you may want to use Color Grabber in your first wash to maybe keep colors from running.
I recently used the color run remover and it seemed to do the trick. It wasn't spandex though. i wonder if you can remove the colour of a synthetic fabric
I just read a recipe for homemade Oxi clean, which I am going to try today so I can't vouch for it yet, but it is for a similar situation as you have, but my issue is blue on white (jeans bled to a shirt).
So it calls for 1 cup water, 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup regular peroxide. Whisk together, put 1/2 directly on to the stain and let it soak in (10-15 minute) then put the rest in the washer with the regular detergent, let it sit on a soak cycle, then regular wash, then rinse. It says it could take 2 -3 tries.
If you try it before me, let me know if it works. I need to get more peroxide so I can try it tomorrow or Tuesday. I hope it works for us both!!!
I just had to post back.
Since it was just one item I was dealing with, and all I had was 1/3 cup of the peroxide, I reduced it to 1/3 cup baking soda and 2/3 cups water and whisked it together and put it on the stain (which was old by the way--I had set the shirt aside and forgot about it until I saw this recipe).
So I put it on the stain, let it set for about 15 minutes, dumped the rest in the washer with the rest of the shirts (mostly whites, but some had color sleeves and trims that I know NEVER bleed) and washed as usual with the regular amount of Tide.
The stain is almost gone just a very, very faint outline of it!! I am so excited. I am now totally out of the ingredients, so I will repeat tomorrow.
If we get sun (ha ha--it is Pittsburgh after all), I will line dry it outside as sun helps the process too! I am just thrilled! This may have saved my favorite shirt!! Woo hoo!!
PS, the only thing I did not like about this solution is that there was some "residue" left in the place where you are supposed to put fabric softener--mine is in the center of the 1/2 agitator thingy. I never use fabric softener due to allergies, so that wasn't the issue. I just had to wipe it out. It was the baking soda grit left over. But that was an easy clean up!
My 100% polyester white, nice shirt has been dyed pink. How can I get it back to white without ruining my shirt?
Thank you
You can try the Rit Color Grabber. If that doesnt work, I would settle for dyeing the shirt a darker color.
A blend shirt is going to be a challenge. You can try this, but you may just want to dye it a darker color and enjoy a "new" shirt.
You can try soaking it in a bucket with 1 cup of baking soda, 2 cups vinegar, 1 tablespoon of plain blue dawn dish soap and a 1/2 cap of Tide and enough warm water to cover the item.
SWISH to get it mixed in well. Soak for an hour or so, check for the progress and repeat until it all comes out.
This works very well for cotton. It is very challenging for blends. Do not dry the item in the dryer during this process and since it is white, you can hang it in the sun between soakings to get the sun's help in the process.
Once the stains are gone, you can run it through a regular load.
Post back with an update!
You say your shirt has been dyed pink but it is unclear if this was due to a color run in your washer or if you actually dyed the shirt pick?
I believe you mean you washed it with mixed colors and your white shirt came out pink?
If this is the case; color grabber will not work in this case as it is for placing in the wash to keep this problem from happening.
Try Pghgirl's solution first as it has worked for me but man made fabrics are unpredictable but even if it does not work, it will not harm your blouse.
One of the problems with this type of material is that companies will sometimes use a different type of thread and the thread will sometimes act differently than just polyester so your seams may be darker or unchanged.
You can try a product called 'Color Run Remover' as it works on polyester as well as cotton. You can find this product Walmart, Target type stores or online.
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I agree that if it does not work you could choose a slightly different/darker color and buy the dye that is made for this type of material.
First off you can start with some Ritz or other color removers that come in packages at your local store. They are designed to remove colors that bleed in the washer.
If this does not work I have used the same blend of ingredients that anther member has suggested that you use. If neighter of these works for you it may be necessary to dye the shirt a new color so that you do not ruin the shirt and can wear it again.
I accidentally turned white clothes pink. How do I get them back to white?
By joe from 00623
You can use a color remover, but before you buy it, if you clothes are all white, try bleach:.
Color Remover:www.dharmatrading.com/
RIT also makes one. You'll find it at any craft or fabric store.
Never use Carbona Color Run Remover. It will run all the colors into each other. This will not save you money. Try washing them again with a color catch cloth. This was not a thrifty solution, it cost me so much more money. I used 3 packages at $3 each. Now I have to replace all my daughter's clothes. I am guessing it will be over $100.
A little bleach and hot boiling water . Does the trick....old schooling
I attended a concert of my favorite band, finally, and when I washed my concert jersey that's black with white sleeves the white sleeves turned pink. There was nothing red or pink in the wash. Nonetheless, how do I correct this? I can't wear it with pink sleeves!
Help!
Fill a 5 gallon pail with very hot water. Add 1 T each dishwasher powder and hydrogen peroxide. Soak the garment overnight and wash as usual in the morning.
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I accidentally turned everything in the wash pink. Is there anyway that I can get everything back to it's normal color? The wash was mostly whites, T-shirts, etc.
