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| 636.2 | The prognosis is not good | AQUA::WAGMAN | QQSV | Thu Jun 08 1989 16:25 | 18 |
| Re: .0
> Does anyone else have a red shirt and does it eventually stop running?
I don't have a Womannotes T-shirt, but I do have a bright red T-shirt from
one of the Boston public radio stations that I got a few years ago. It still
runs, even if I wash it in cold water. And the dye is colorful enough that
I won't wash it with anything else. For me, that has made the shirt a nui-
sance--it sometimes sits in the laundry for a month or two because I'm feeling
too lazy to hand wash it. And it has to be hand dried, too--there is enough
loose dye that it discolors other underwear if it's just thrown in the dryer!
I think it is running a bit less now than when it was new. But all told, I
think this red is a pain. If the Womannotes red color is similar, you may
be in for an annoying time, unless you have enough other bright red clothes
to justify making a separate load of laundry for it. :-(
--Q (Dick Wagman)
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| 636.3 | | RAINBO::TARBET | I'm the ERA | Thu Jun 08 1989 17:36 | 6 |
| If you can bear the shrinkage (tho it shouldn't be too much if you
line-dry it afterward instead of tumble it), boil the shirt in a couple
of changes of water, followed by a cool-down in Marilyn's salted cold
water to set the remainder.
=maggie
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| 636.4 | | ULTRA::ZURKO | mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful | Fri Jun 09 1989 08:17 | 13 |
| But Maggie, how did you know about Marilyn's salted water? It was being
written!
Mez
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Try soaking it in cold water [enough to cover and a bit more]
with a cup of salt. Might work. It has for me on other things.
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| 636.6 | WoN Red doesn't always run | SELL3::JOHNSTON | weaving my dreams | Fri Jun 09 1989 08:50 | 12 |
| My brilliant red WoN T didn't and doesn't run.
It's been washed several ways and caught in a rain-storm in the
company of white jeans that remained pristine even with the warm
rain running off the red T onto them.
I guess I got a good dye-lot or something.
I know, I know...no help at all...
Ann
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| 636.7 | Still Runny | WMOIS::B_REINKE | If you are a dreamer, come in.. | Tue Jun 13 1989 13:29 | 17 |
| Save from 'being written'
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Maybe the English water is different from the American water???
Or maybe the English soap powder?
:-)
still runny but still wearing it!
diana
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| 636.8 | Detergent as a problem? | ULTRA::WITTENBERG | Secure Systems for Insecure People | Tue Jun 13 1989 14:47 | 8 |
| Diana,
you may be right about the "soap powder". Are you using a
detergent or powdered soap? The only brand of powdered soap I know
of in the States is "Ivory Snow". It is much less apt to make dyes
run than any detergent I know of.
--David
(who learned all sorts of strange facts from having chemists for parents)
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| 636.9 | possibly temperature? | ODIHAM::PHILPOTT_I | Col. Philpott is back in action... | Wed Jun 14 1989 03:37 | 16 |
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Several coloured things that stopped running long ago in America
started again when we moved back to England. Like Diana I don't
know whether to blame the water or the soap powder/detergent.
Easiest answer was to was them in hand wash detergents on a low
temperature wash program.
A couple of T-shirts accidentally washed in boiling water would
now probably fit a small child... :-) Seriously, UK washing machines
also appear to run hotter than in the US (and when Lever Brothers
and Procter & Gamble tried marketting low temperature detergents
here the UK public universally disbelieved them, which is why you
can't buy them today).
/. Ian .\
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| 636.10 | Possible solution for 'running tee shirt' | AKOV11::HOLMES | Susan Holmes | Mon Jun 19 1989 09:17 | 22 |
| -< you might try white vinegar... >-
If the salt process doesn't work, you might try white vinegar; it's
recommended for embroidery floss which has excess dye still in it.
(Evidently the companies are not allowed to flush as much dye out of
their products these days due to pollution, so they're not rinsing
as well to remove excess dye... or so I was told by the woman from
whom I buy embroidery floss).
Anyways, I forget what the exact proportions are, but I think it's
2-to-1 (two parts water to one part white vinegar); mix a solution of
this and soak your tee shirt in it (maybe 5 - 10 minutes). This should
remove (or "set") the excess dye. Then wash in cold water and mild soap.
(You may want to check in the THREADS notes file to see if the
correct proportions are listed in one of the notes there...)
In any case, it seems to work for the floss, so good luck with the
tee shirt.
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