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Homeowner Forum / Cleaning / November 2005laundry accident. red dye on white shirt! please help
So I put a tye dye shirt in with a white shirt and there's red spots on my beautiful white top! The tag says use only non-bleach for the white shirt. I have a color bleach that says it has no bleach but will that take the dye off the white shirt? Or will it hold the red dye on the white shirt since it's a 'color' bleach. Please help, I really love this shirt. Are they're any other ways to remove the dye? Julie Also, the shirt is made out of 100% pima cotton if that helps. > So I put a tye dye shirt in with a white shirt and there's red spots on > my beautiful white top! The tag says use only non-bleach for the white [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Are they're any other ways to remove the dye? If no one steps forward with any other advice I would have a bash at using the bleach that is not bleach, after all, the garment isn't wearable as it is - so you have nothing to lose. It would be kind of you to let us know any outcome for future enquirers. If you don't wish to try you could wait for Gary, he usually posts such excellent replies but seems to have gone missing of late. I am more than concerned for him. I do hope nothing is amiss. > > So I put a tye dye shirt in with a white shirt and there's red spots on > > my beautiful white top! The tag says use only non-bleach for the white [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > excellent replies but seems to have gone missing of late. I am more than > concerned for him. I do hope nothing is amiss. He should have kept his mouth shut about you-know-what. Thanks, everyone, for the replies. I went ahead and soaked it in Tide non-chlorine bleach overnight and it all came out. *happy* ! I have another question, actually. What are the purposes for chlorine bleach and non-chlorine bleach? Does the regular make certain clothes yellow? > Thanks, everyone, for the replies. I went ahead and soaked it in Tide > non-chlorine bleach overnight and it all came out. *happy* ! > > I have another question, actually. What are the purposes for chlorine > bleach and non-chlorine bleach? Does the regular make certain clothes > yellow? Both bleaches supply oxygen. The chlorine in chlorine bleach is supposed to end up as chlorine in salt. Chlorine bleach can be quick, reliable, and cheap. Straight from the bottle it has a pH of 11, which is caustic. It's especially bad for silk, wool, and nylon, the same fabrics that don't tolerate strong alkalines. It can dull colors and yellow fabrics. (I think in some cases the fiber is naturally yellow and the bleach removes the whitening.) It can weaken fabrics. It has a limited shelf life. Last week I used bleach that had deteriorated to the point that it took a quart to whiten a mildewed pillow case. Oxygen bleach uses hydrogen peroxide mixed with a washing powder such as sodium carbonate. That way, it has a long shelf life. It's less likely than chlorine bleach to do damage, but it's less reliable. Laundry detergents may contain additives to help the bleach work. Sunlight and lemon juice can bleach by removing oxygen instead of supplying it. In time, oxygen can make the stain return. So if bleach supplies oxygen and oxygen can make the stain return.. isn't that contradicting itself? So it's okay if I use Tide non-chlorine bleach with Gain? Will that help the shelf life? > So if bleach supplies oxygen and oxygen can make the stain return.. > isn't that contradicting itself? A fabric's color is in the light it reflects. If it reflects all the light it will be bright white. If it absorbs some colors of light, the light it reflects will have the other colors. The part of a molecule that absorbs light is called a chromophore. A chromophore will absorb certain wavelengths of light because of the spacing between atoms. If you can change the chromophore it may reflect more light and look white. Some chromophores can be changed by adding oxygen. Others can be changed by taking it away. Some aren't affected either way. A stain on colored fabric is a special problem. You don't want to change the original chromophores, and you don't want to turn the stain white. > So it's okay if I use Tide non-chlorine bleach with Gain? Will that > help the shelf life? They'll have a good shelf life however you use them. You could keep a bottle of hydrogen peroxide to pour into your wash, but its shelf life wouldn't be long. Wow that's very in depth. Makes me want to reconsider being a Science major. :) Thanks! -Julie |
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