I have some red sheer nylon fabric that will not seem to stop bleeding. I have washed this fabric at least 20 times in hot water and cold as well. Once I wash (in cold water) a piece of white sheer with it, the white sheer turns pink. I have tried soaking the fabric in Retayne which is a color fixative for commercially dyed cotton fabrics. Nothing seems to work. PLEASE do not guess at the solution. I have over 100 yards of fabric and do not want to ruin it due to experimental ideas. I will be sewing the white sheer to the red sheer when I am finished.
Thank you for all your advice. They seem to be all the same solution, but none of them worked. I will keep trying. I was told by a textile advisor to use dry cleaning solution. That will be my next move.
G. S , soak it in salt water.This will stop the bleeding. No matter what,it always worked for me.Cold water. S. L.
Unfortunately this is a guess. When you buy dye at the store you have to use salt in it to help w/ colorfastness . I know this fabric was purchased. Maybe you could try that on a small piece & see what happens. I am sorry this is just a guess...just trying to help.
M.
I guess this is really none of my business, but I felt compelled to respond to something in the "a little about me" part of your post.
It seems highly unlikely that a 16-year-old girl who is 6 feet tall and weighs 103 pounds is "very healthy." My sister-in-law is a doctor and my husband is a nurse practioner and they told me that in the medical profession, a standard guideline on "ideal weight" is 100 pounds for a female 5 feet tall and 5 pounds per inch over that (meaning a 6-footer should be in the neighborhood of 160 pounds to be healthy). There are slight variations, of course, based on a smaller frame or bigger frame, etc., but 57 pounds is far too large an amount. I strongly suspect that your daughter is VERY underweight. She may not be having problems now, but it is almost certain that she will encounter problems in the future if this isn't dealt with. This isn't meant to anger or offend you, but I hope you will at least think about it and hopefully discuss it with your own doctor as well.
Soak in cold salty water for about an hour and rinse. Then wash as normal with Oxyclean. I got this tip from a friend of mine who quilts.
Folks used to use salt or vinegar in the wash to set colors when dyeing. If it doesn't help, it certainly won't hurt. But, being nylon, it might always bleed some.
The only thing I can think of is wash in white vinegar or try those sheets that you wash with. Color catching specific sheets, they are like dryer sheets, can't remember the exact name but you are to put them in the wash with your colors and it is supposed to catch the color as it bleeds. In the laundry section...
W.
ok - my first degree was in what they used to call Home Economics from the Un. of Tenn. I would call them - it's called Human ecology now. Ask fo the textiles department. I believe that one of the profs can tell you better than anyone. My guess is that because it's nylon and red it won't stop. Nylon is a synthetic and the dye is on top of the artificial threads. Call UT. I used to use vinegar but that was on natural fabrics like cotton. good luck.
try washing it in vinegar, this has worked for me.
White vinegar works well. Take a small swatch and soak it in 2 parts vinegar to 10 parts cold water. Make sure it works on the nylon. I have done this on the red clothing that my daughter choses to wear and always runs. Now I soak it for 20 minutes and then wash it with like colors in a cold wash. Hot will make colors run more. I hope it works on the nylon for you.
I don't know whether vinegar would set it, but I don't think it would hurt. I have a feeling that this fabric will continue to bleed. I have a grandma, and remember fabric doing this when I was a child, both my mother and grandmother sewed. You had to have it drycleaned.
When I sew, I wash the fabric with a shout color catcher. I am not sure if that helps; but it's what I do.
