Did the item get dyed during washing? There is an exit!
A colored blouse “accidentally” ended up in the wash with white laundry, a black sock “got on” on a light T-shirt. What to do if one of the items faded during washing and left stains on other items? It turns out that there are many ways to correct the situation if the item has changed color during washing.
What colors are most likely to fade?
Not all fabrics fade. Typically, bright colored cotton fabrics and sometimes wool give off “extra” dye. The color fades greatly from new denim items, especially when washed in hot water. Red, dark green, orange, blue brown - any rich shade can cause trouble and stain an item of a different color during washing.
If there is a colored or contrasting trim, frill, or bow on a skirt or blouse, you should first study the inscriptions and icons on the label, and then wash such a product.
A “disaster” has happened! What to do?
After washing, your favorite item looks disgusting, covered in some kind of stains or stains of an unknown color. And you can’t wear it like this, and it’s a shame to throw it away. The first thing to do is re-wash the item with bleach or powder.
The second thing you should think about is using dry cleaning services. Using the appropriate equipment and using the right reagents, this problem can be neutralized.
If you are too lazy to look for dry cleaning or the item is not worth the additional costs, a list of products tested by housewives is quite suitable. Quite simple substances available in every home will help correct this problem.
The following components can be added to this list:
- salt;
- hydrogen peroxide;
- stain removers for colored and white fabrics;
- ammonia;
- bleaches and powders;
- lemon acid;
- laundry soap;
- bleach;
- potassium permanganate.
Method using hydrogen peroxide
Immediately after discovering unauthorized coloring, place the still damp spoiled items in a basin or pan. Pour water, put it on the stove and add peroxide. 4-5 liters of water require 20 grams of peroxide solution. Heat and boil for about half an hour. The paint from the stains will transfer to the water, the item will be restored. This method can be used for white and colored products. If during washing the laundry is colored unevenly, then peroxide will eliminate this problem.
Ammonia acts similarly in smaller quantities (1 full tablespoon). The laundry is heated to a boil, rinsed in warm water and dried.
How to restore white products with starch?
White or light-colored items stained by faded items are sometimes enough to re-wash in hotter water or boil with powder. If this measure only lightens stains and stains, you need to proceed as follows:
- take 1 tbsp. planed laundry soap, citric acid, starch, coarse salt;
- add some water;
- mix everything in a small container until it becomes a paste;
- apply to the back of the product in the place where a stain occurred during washing;
- stand for about half a day;
- rinse thoroughly and dry.
It is important to act before the paint has time to harden in the fibers of the fabric.
Experimental methods
- If a thing has completely lost its appearance after coming into contact with a foreign dye and there is nothing left to lose, you can try “grandmother’s” recipe using potassium permanganate.A couple of crystals are dissolved in water, washing powder is added, and the damaged item is placed. After some time, rinse and dry.
- Another controversial method is to mix powders, bleaches and stain removers from different manufacturers at the same time and soak your favorite clothes in this “miracle potion”. No one is responsible for the resulting effect. If the thing dissolves in this hellish mixture, then you won’t have to throw anything away.
How to get an original item of clothing from a damaged item?
Any stain resulting from a faded item can be decorated. There are a huge number of ways to get exclusive clothes from items that seem to be damaged during washing.
- Got a few stains on your blouse? Let's increase their number! Take artistic fabric paints or ordinary watercolors and apply them in random order onto the surface of your favorite item with a sponge. First, to prevent the paint from imprinting on the second surface, you need to lay a layer of thick oilcloth or cardboard inside, which is removed before ironing. Dry for several hours, then iron thoroughly through additional fabric to secure. In the future, this masterpiece can be washed in warm water (up to 40 degrees) in the usual way.
- Again paints, a sponge and any stencil. The resulting fabric painting will not have an arbitrary, but a very specific floral or other ornament and design.
- Any design on fabric can be made with simple felt-tip pens. The method of fastening is the same - ironing.
- Don't feel like painting? No problem! Using simple sewing threads or you can embroider several random multi-colored lines at the spots.
- Applications made of non-fading ribbons, sewn rhinestones and flowers, sequins and beads will not only save the painted item, but will also turn it into an unusual wardrobe item.
- You can radically change the color of a cotton product by boiling it in aniline dye. A woolen item can shrink greatly, while an acrylic item, on the contrary, will stretch.
- It is important to remember that artistic painting methods are not suitable for all knitted items. This is a great place to use embroidery or appliqué. And the surest remedy is to wash light, dark and colored items separately.
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73 reader comments
Thank you, you helped me out. A new jacket has been brought back to life! I was looking for your site
Thank you! I saved my yellow T-shirt, which was stained from orange trousers, using hydrogen peroxide! There were no stains, the T-shirt is like new!
I tried boiling it with peroxide. It seemed to work and the pot was washed... The jacket is 95% cotton. While I’m wet, I don’t see the stains, and they were bluish on the pink jacket. Although everything looks blue to me.
Thanks a lot! The laundry soap helped a lot, the blouse was saved))
Hello, please tell me, I washed the overalls in hot water. The tab is colored, what should I do, is there anything I can do to fix it? (The tab is not removable). It was white, but now it’s pink((((.
The black, red and white jumpsuit has faded. How to save the situation?
The hydrogen peroxide method helped restore the previous appearance of a shirt that had become stained during washing.
I heavily painted white shirts with a red sock. I threw it into the wash for baby cotton 95t with a pre-wash (40 degrees on the labels, but there was nothing to lose) and poured 20 ml of peroxide directly into the drum. A miracle happened! Not a trace of the terrible red stains!)))
I returned the snow-white look to my hat with peroxide, although I didn’t boil it or throw it into the machine, I just poured boiling water over it and added about 50 ml. perikisi, an hour later I took out a hat without stains))) I thought all this was not true! But no, the method really works!!! Thank you!!!
Throw away items dyed during washing immediately, and don’t be upset! At least they are not so much lost in life and nothing can save them - it’s been verified!!!
Peroxide is great!!!!!!!! Thank you The dress has been restored)
Is it possible to add peroxide if I want to return the color of a black sweater? Some stains appeared from the burgundy towel.
This peroxide didn't help anything ((((((
What should you do if the item is gray and has blue spots on it? And you can’t boil it and bleach it?
I washed white clothes with blue leggings and everything was dyed blue, what should I do? Tell me?
I washed a pistachio-colored jacket, forgetting that there were dark socks in the washing machine, now it is stained, tell me what to do? It's a shame I bought the jacket a week ago (((
Thank you! The peroxide helped. Excellent tool! I washed light colored items with a bright green towel and didn’t notice! The laundry took on a greenish tint and was boiled in peroxide. Miracle, all things acquired their color!
Likewise, Alena! 🙂 Many thanks to the Advisors!
On the woolen coat there were brown cuffs that were sewn on new ones, maybe weasel could be treated with peroxide???
Light gray sneakers developed a bluish color after soaking. Will peroxide help in this case? Please tell me.
The dress is blue with white stripes. And when washed, the white stripes turned light blue (kind of dirty).
What to do in this case?
Veronica, you got your answer. How to restore a blue and white item? Tell.
Children's blouse is white and blue collar. It's lost from the collar, now it's covered in blue spots. What to do?
Peroxide helped save a yellow T-shirt after it turned red in the wash. Boiled for 1 hour.
Thanks for the valuable advice. Things have moved away. It was a great pity - my daughter’s and my husband’s T-shirts were stained. Hydrogen peroxide and an hour of boiling! You just saved me! Very grateful!
Ammonia helped, the spots disappeared.
Tell me, in what proportion should I mix water and peroxide?
Peroxide works wonders, but it would probably be more effective to immediately take out the wet underwear and do the procedure with peroxide, but for me it dried for half a day in the active sun, and still the result is positive.
Tell me, has anyone washed the tracksuit, it’s red and white. The white one has been painted and now has a red tint(((What can be done?
Can peroxide be added to colored items? This thing also sheds... Won't it eat up the peroxide?
Peroxide didn’t help me at all, I feel so sorry for the jacket!
The peroxide helped partially, where it boiled away the not very colored spots, and where there were brighter spots, barely noticeable traces remained. It also seems to me that the color itself has faded a little.
To prevent things from being painted, you need to put the item in a basin, fill it with a bottle of vinegar and dilute it with water.
Guys, thank you very much! I dyed my husband’s new white shirt: soaked it and threw it in a basin overnight along with the dark shirt. It didn’t seem to shed, but then I took it out and the white shirt was covered in gray stains. I washed it with Faberlic stain remover pencil and the house with Land soap, without any noticeable effect. Hydrogen peroxide and boiling saved the day!
I tried to restore the color with peroxide! The original color was removed, and the acquired color took on an even greater color.
The same. Completely ruined the item.
Buy acrylic fabric paint in an aerosol can. It is easy to apply, dries quickly, and the color remains intact when washed. Some items, such as cotton, can be dyed completely by boiling them in aniline dye.
There is a dark stain on the beige pants that has faded, please tell me.
She washed new red trousers and with her a crimson T-shirt. The trousers are red steel with crimson spots. Please tell me what to do???
I washed a red dress with black flowers. Now they have turned pink. What to do?
Thanks for the advice! The yellow T-shirts were stained with red, almost like streaks. Immediately after washing, I washed it separately again, using the intensive wash mode at 95 degrees, it helped :)
Girls, the option with 100% hydrogen peroxide! I have a new shirt (cotton) with black and white stripes, it was covered in terrible stains (after hand washing). I tried to save it in a solution of salt and vinegar... I read the option with hydrogen peroxide and the shirt was saved! But I poured 70 grams of peroxide into 4 liters of water and literally after 10 minutes the result was already positive. Thank you very much to the site!!!
I have a brown trouser suit with vanilla stripes and a large ruffle, new. I decided to wash it with my hands before wearing it, hung it up and discovered half an hour later, while I was going to the store to buy a melon, there were drips and stains on the light part. I immediately threw it all into the machine for an hour. Got it - horror! Even more stains and stains, the vanilla color turned dirty beige.In general, I put my synthetic suit in order with an explosive mixture. But it didn’t return the vanilla color, but it became a soft beige color without streaks. Ammonia is about 1-2 tablespoons, hydrogen peroxide can be 3-5 tablespoons, salt is 5 tablespoons, a little powder and pour 5 liters of water (cold, because it’s synthetic). I put things there for 2 hours, everything became fine. You can wear it!
The T-shirt was white and after washing in the machine it turned pink. Wash it with a red sweater. I didn’t notice how the T-shirt ended up in the machine. Hydrogen peroxide didn't help.
I washed a light drape coat in hot water with a dark one and it became colored. How to wash it?
Guard, expensive dress, black bottom, white top, which should not be boiled. The upper part is painted gray (a black sock got into the car), how can I save it, please advise?
Original Adidas tights are light gray. I got pink spots when washing, what should I do?
I decided to rinse my daughter’s shirt and forgot that there was a new green towel. It ruined everything. The pink one turned brown and the blue one turned green. I do not know what to do?
My child’s new pink suit has black spots, please tell me what can be done?
There is a question if you boil with peroxide not a plain blouse, but for example a white and pink blouse (there is a yellow spot on the collar). Would the blouse be pink? Well, she can’t lighten up there or just turn white?
How can I save a shirt with a black and white check, the denim shirt has faded after being washed, the white checks have turned grey?
To wash it by hand, I soaked my underwear in warm water with powder; I couldn’t wash it on the same day, but the next day I saw colored marks on my bra. What to do? There is no peroxide or ammonia, it’s a delicate thing. Just throw it away?
Guys, please help! I have a two-tone pink and blue windbreaker. One color has changed to another, what should I do? I don’t want to throw it away, and I don’t want to ruin it either!
What to do? The jacket is pink and yellow. After washing in the machine there are pink spots on the yellow. How to wash? It seems that it was washed off at first, but when it dries there are pink stains together where the two colors are connected on the yellow. When completely dry it is very bright.
What will help if a hand-washed black jacket has painted over the white pattern on itself?
For some reason these tips didn't help me. I thought of boiling a children’s orange sundress in citric acid to remove blue stains. And everything went well. Not a single spot! The sundress is like new :)
Hi all! Tell me, girls!
They soaked a white T-shirt with a red collar in whiteness; the collar was ruined and covered in stains. Nothing can be done? It’s a new thing, it’s a pity!
A white cotton T-shirt was stained, two bright burgundy stains 🙁 I tried everything, bleach and lemon juice and different mixtures, nothing helped! Save Domestos! I took an ear stick and applied it to the spots.After 5 minutes the dye was all gone! Maybe my method will help someone, just be careful with delicate fabrics, they are unlikely to withstand it.
How can you bleach the lock on a tracksuit that has turned pink? It was white (plastic).
Hello, I washed my trousers in Ariel powder, it turned out to be white. The fabric has become stained and has become lighter, what should I do?
I decided to wash my new black and white tracksuit before wearing it. The white color has turned grayish (synthetic), what should I do?
The gray coat was stained by a black item (and don’t ask who forgot to take out a black sock). Is it possible to bring the coat back to life? Or how to paint it completely black? 🙂
Thanks a lot! The first method with peroxide helped! A children's expensive white almost new blouse was partially stained blue from the sweatpants. And everything just disappeared after boiling! The blue border on the blouse has not faded! Folk remedies are stronger than ready-made solutions! Thank you!
I washed my daughter a new jacket, pink with blue accents. There are blue spots left on the pink. It would be a shame to throw it away. How to remove blue spots? Thank you.
I washed my jacket, there is fur on the neck and sleeves, it is stained, apparently from fur, what should I do?
There are some stains on the bright orange autumn coat, I washed it with something dark, it was a long time ago, the stains are old. Is there any way to get rid of them?
Sports suit. Jacket - white top, black bottom. The white turned gray after washing, what can I do?
Good afternoon One day, I quickly washed a light medical suit with other things. The result was disastrous. I received a beige suit with bluish spots, especially in the armpits and back. I was very, very upset. But I washed it. Vanish helped me remove stains and wash at 1000 rpm and 60 degrees for 3 hours. What a life hack! I hope it helps someone :)
Hello, my daughter washed black jeans with a red sweater. My jeans have turned burgundy, please tell me how to get them back to their original color?
I saved the shirt with laundry soap. I washed it by hand several times. When the water became clear, I decided to wash it in the machine.
I washed a pink swimsuit with dark clothes. The swimsuit turned pink with a blue tint, I tried it with peroxide. As a result, the pink paint was gone, but the blue remained :)
Good afternoon, I washed a white sweatshirt, did the machine produce rusty water during washing? What to do? Please tell me.
Help. Gray wool dress. A yellow spot appeared. We poured baking soda in, poured in peroxide, and the stain disappeared. But this place is different, more pink. What to do?