Have a dress (dry clean only) with red cherries on a cream background that bled when I got caught in a downpour at an outdoor party. As I was leaving, a woman stopped me and told me to try Rit Color remover. I was afraid it would lighten the cherries too much and the instructions say not for use on dry clean only fabric but the dress wasn't wearable anyway. This worked great. It only removed the red from the cream background (as far as I can tell, the cherries look as red as ever).
Like a dummy, I wore a white bra under a red dress. My brand new bra was ruined with red stain on it. Someone suggested using this, and by golly, within 10 minutes my bra was all white, no Red stain at all.
This is a real magic. I washed my sweather (which has white lace at the bottom ) with red scarf and the lace became red. What a disaster. But thanks to this magic product that red disappeared completely! Thank you so much internet that i found out about product and didn't throw away my new sweather.
I was pretty skeptical of this when I bought it. I had accidentally put a mostly-white blouse in the wash with a pair of navy pants I had never washed before, so needless to say, the white blouse had a very blue look to it after I pulled it out. I was bummed because that was one of my favorite blouses. I went ahead and bought this with the thought of nothing to lose, and used it 4 days after my mishap. It worked! My blouse is now white again!
I have a medium-dark purple "comfort colors" (semi-faded) shirt that got massive blue dye stains over much of it after a wash with one of my kids' tie-dyed shirts. Unfortunately the shirt got completely dried before I realized. I didn't want to use something that would leave huge bleach spots, but just something that might release the accidental dye. I heated a pot almost to boiling on the stove and reduced heat, added the Rit, then stirred my shirt in it continuously for 5 min. Rinsed, washed/dried and voila! Good as new. Wish I had taken pictures before. Would definitely use this again.
Feature Product
- Fabric type: 100% Cotton
- Import Designation: Made in the USA or Imported
- Fabric care instructions: Machine Wash Cold/Tumble Dry Low
Description
RIT-Powdered Fabric Dye. This package contains one box of dye or other fabric treatment. Enough for approximately 1 lb dry weight or 3 yards of medium weight fabric. Conforms to ASTM D4236.
I have tried this twice now and am updating my review, but leaving it at 4 stars.
First review:
I think that this would work in certain conditions but it didn't really work for me. I have a poly/rayon shirt that I dyed purple recently with polyester dye on the stovetop. It didn't turn out right because some of the threads just stayed white. I decided to try to remove the dye. I did the washing machine method with the color remover. I threw in a white bra that had some rubbed off blue dye from a shirt. The instructions on the site said to start the machine and then put the color remover in, which I think is weird. When the cycle got done, the shirt was still very purple and my bra was then also purple. It seems to me the color remover "worked" and removed some of the dye, but it could be the hot water did that by itself (I'm not sure if that's possible). The dye did have a fixative and the shirt had been washed.
It's possible that there was some error in the process, and also I didn't use the stovetop method which is recommended for polyester. I may try doing the stovetop method. I'll edit the review with the results if I do that. I am also going to try it with a cotton dress.
Second review:
I did try the stovetop method with the purple shirt and bra but it didn't do anything to the shirt. It worked on the bra to remove the purple. I tried color remover again with the cotton dress (below).
The dress I want to dye was mustard yellow. I'm dyeing it coral, and wanted to remove the yellow as much as possible. I did the stovetop method but if I were to do it again I'd do the washing machine method.
Firstly, it's hard to get a giant pot of water to be exactly 200 degrees and to get it to stay at 200 degrees. Mine started to partially boil and I was like, I better get going. I turned down the heat but I just feel like there's too much water to get it to heat evenly on a home stove. I did my best.
The color remover smells horrible by the way and made the whole house smell.
The dress was in the pot for about 45 minutes. I think it just took extra time because of the inconsistent heat. It probably wasn't hot enough. I know that because I accidentally put my fingers in the water and they didn't burn. But it was very hot.
I added pictures to show before and during. The white area isn't a glare, it really appeared that white. It was hard to get it to be even because fabric always has areas sticking above the water because it floats and has air pockets. That's why I think I'll do the washing machine next time, because it constantly agitates. The Rit site says stovetop is the most reliable, but I'm not sure.
The color ended up to be a pale yellow. It didn't remove color from the zipper tape (luckily it's an invisible zipper) or some thread on the inside. But I'm happy with the results and I think the coral will turn out well.
I didn't believe it would work, but it was amazing. My mother accidentally put something either red or pink in with some whites and she was all kinds of upset. I found this and bought a box. One wash and the pink was completely gone. I was stunned that it worked so well.
In order to save money, I decided to wash one of my good white sweaters. That was my first mistake. Putting it in the wash with a red blouse was my biggest mistake! The sweater came out pink in various places and no matter how many times I rewashed it, it was pink. Someone suggested I try a color remover. My only complaint is that the directions are so tiny, even with my glasses, I could not read them! Once I figured out how to do this, it was quite simple. However, I think I needed a few more minutes of soaking. Don't be impatient! Most of the color came out completely. There was only one small area that has a faint pink tint. I also think that the pot I used was not big enough for the sweater as there was not much room to agitate while it simmered. Overall, great product for what I needed it for.
I purchased Rit Powdered Fabric Color Remover for collar ring on my white shirts and to also remove the dingyness. I put my white shirts in a pot of boiling water with Rit Color Remover powder added and it works. The color remover is a safer and better alternative than bleach in my opinion. Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.
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