Many people are familiar with the situation when a favorite item fades in the sun or fades during washing. It’s an unpleasant occurrence, but this doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to your favorite blouse or dress. There are different ways to help fix the dye if the fabric is fading. Let's find out how best to do this at home.
Dyed fabric
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Vinegar
Good old vinegar will help fix the paint on the fabric and extend the life of your favorite item. The procedure will not take much time and money, but the result will pleasantly surprise you.
Vinegar for fixing paints after dyeing fabric
We will need:
- Large capacity for washing.
- 8-10 liters of cold water.
- 200 ml 9% vinegar.
Instructions:
- Pour vinegar into the water and stir well.
- Place the product in a container with the solution and leave for 10-20 minutes.
- Take the item out and rinse until the smell disappears completely.
- When the product is dry, iron it from the inside, choosing a temperature for a specific type of fabric.
Dyed fabric
This is the easiest and most effective way to fix paint on fabric with vinegar. Important! Dyeing or color fixing is done on washed clothes.
Fixing paint on jeans
It's rare to meet a person who doesn't have a pair of jeans in their wardrobe. High-quality jeans retain their decent appearance for 2-3 seasons and are comfortable and practical in everyday life.
Often jeans fade intensively already during the first wash, staining the skin and underwear. To prevent this and extend the life of your jeans, you need to fix the dye after purchase. The procedure is done at home.
Soaked jeans
We will need:
- Bathtub or other container for washing.
- Laundry soap or powder.
- Salt.
- Vinegar (200 ml per 10 liters of water).
Instructions:
- Turn the jeans inside out and soak them at 40 degrees (do not put the product in too hot water).
- Add a little detergent (gel, soap, powder).
- Keep the item in water for 30-40 minutes.
- Pour a glass of salt into the water and stir.
- Rinse the jeans in warm water; during the last rinse, add the required amount of vinegar.
- Rinse the product completely and dry.
Jeans
You can also do the procedure using a washing machine. Based on the markings on the tag, set the appropriate mode, add a glass of vinegar and 1-2 tablespoons of salt.
Important! In the future, do not use products containing bleach for washing.
Ways to fix the dye
If you find out that, for example, a towel is shedding, you should not rush to throw it away. You can try treating the product with color fixatives.
The following dye-fixing recipe is suitable for any fabric:
- salt and table vinegar (6 tbsp each);
- water ─ 2 l.
The prepared solution is poured into a container. Its bottom is covered with a light towel. A shedding item is placed on top of it. Leave for 3 hours. Then wring out and hang without rinsing. The dry product is sent for washing, without the spin function.
A simple saline solution can serve as a fixative. It is prepared at the rate of 1 tbsp. l./1 l of water. Duration: an hour or more. After ─ rinse in cold water. With severe shedding, the dosage is increased 3 times. This is how color is fixed in viscose, cotton and linen.
If your bed linen is shedding, you can save the situation with potatoes. There are several options here:
- prepare potato broth for washing;
- soak the item in a mixture of potato juice and hot water;
- prepare a fixative from potato infusion (2 kg of tubers/1 liter of water).
If silk or wool fabric fades when washed, you can prepare a soaking solution of 2 tablespoons of glycerin and 1000 ml of water.
Table vinegar (9%) for 1 tbsp wash. l. for 1 liter of water. The recipe for the combination of salt and vinegar is above. Rinse wool and silk fabrics with a weak vinegar solution. It not only updates the color, but also makes it brighter.
Author:
Zakharova Nina Afanasyevna
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