retayne, synthrepol, and can this quilt be saved?
Denise Jameson
Big dilema here! I have made my quilt, have it all machine quilted
and want to put in some hand quilting in it too. I noticed as I was
handling it, that the backing fabric was making my hands 'dirty'
looking. The fabric is dark green, with mottled spots of earth and
orange tones. Obviously the colour is still coming out of it. I did
prewash this fabric, but I put it in the washing machine, let it go
through the regular wash cycle, and then dried it. I did NOT look at
it, or the water while it was washing. It was a huge chunk about 8
yards of it. I guess it bled and should have been washed until
bleeding stopped, but too late now! Now, I'm scared I will ruin the
whole quilt by washing it, but it will need washing. Here's what I've
done so far.....
I took a good size piece (left off after trimming the border) and
washed it in Retayne... water turns dark and I rinsed until water ran
clear.
I took a good size piece and washed it in Synthrepol....water turns
dark and I rinsed until water ran clear.
Now which should I use on the quilt. I have a light buttery yellow on
the top which might become a horrid 'dirty' colour if the bleeding
fabric runs all over it! HELP!!!
TIA
Denise in Ontario
S. Bass
surfactant that removes loose dyes.
Retayne should have been used for the first wash before the quilt, followed
by a Synthrapol wash if the water was really dark in the Retyane wash.
I would hesitate to use Retayne on this quilt. Retayne sets the dye. I'm
not sure if it will set loose dye, but I wouldn't take the chance. I would
not hesitate to wash it in Synthrapol.
Suzanne
League City, Texas
Denise Jameson wrote in message <3776a6c5...@nntp.uunet.ca>...
QuiltR1024
I bought something at the grocery store ( by the detergents) called
"Dye Magnet". It works great. I put it the washing machine with
r d fabric that was bleeding. ( I had sat the fabric in the bathroom
sink to test it - and the water turned bright red.). I got the
piece of red fabric right into the washing maching with a white
handkerchief and the dye magnet - and added soap. The dye
magnet collected all the loose dye that came off the fabric and the
white handkerchief stayed snow white. Right after that I
washed the load again , but without the dye magnet. The
handkerchief still stayed white and I then knew that the "dye
magnet" had collect all the loose dye from the red fabric. You might
want to try this. You can use the "dye magnet" for 50 wash
loads.
Kris
Rowena Aldridge
Retayne: helps make the color stick--helps "retain" as much of the original
color as possible. intened mostly for use on uncut yardage when you want to
help it keep most of its color. (i am very sceptical of its value, and i know
for a fact that it is useless for fiber-reactive colors).
Synthrapol: helps to wash all the loose color down the drain. chemically, it
bonds any unbonded loose color molecules to the water molecules so that they
(the colors) won't re-bond onto the fabric. lots of other products do the same
thing--it is the same action that soap (as opposed to detergent) has on dirt.
good to use on projects that have more than one color so as to keep the loose
colors from being re-deposited on other areas. (in this discussion i mean dyed
colors, not painted color).
note: these are broad generalizations--much of it depends on the type of dye,
the application process, and the fiber content of the material in question.
also, for future reference, the color of the water is not an exact indicator of
effectiveness of the product or the final resul. babalu!
rowena___. in music city USA
RoStitchery Custom Sewing and Quilting
http://members.aol.com/rostitchry/home.html
den...@canada.com Denise Jameson writes:
>I took a good size piece (left off after trimming the border) and
>washed it in Retayne... water turns dark and I rinsed until water ran
>clear.
>
>I took a good size piece and washed it in Synthrepol....water turns
>dark and I rinsed until water ran clear.
>
>Now which should I use on the quilt. I have a light buttery yellow on
>the top which might become a horrid 'dirty' colour if the bleeding
>fabric runs all over it! HELP!!!
>
>TIA
>
>Denise in Ontario
>
"when was the last time you did something for the first time?"
Hildur
realized the green kept washing out before I used it. I also used a
dye magnet but did not have the same results. The dye magnet is a very
dark green and the green just kept washing out. I dried it in the
dryer, ironed it, washed it again, rinsed it with vinegar, and washed
again. The green would not stop bleeding. I finally gave up and took
the fabric back. I did not know about products such as synthrepol and
retayne. I wish you luck with this and hope you get your problem
straightened out.
Hildur
Hil...@mindspring.com
Denise Jameson
going to use Synthrepol, along with the "dye magnet"... since it's
such a large quilt, I'm hoping that will be enough... maybe will need
to do it more than once too. "Dye Magnet" is not currently available
here in Canada (I contacted their website), so I have a dear friend
sending me one from Calif.
I'll let you all know how it turns out. It will be awhile yet though,
as there's still lots of quilting stitches to put into this puppy!
:-)
Thanks again.
Denise in Ontario