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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:37 PM Original message |
Help needed, anyone here ever use Rit dye, I need to dye a sweatshirt jacket. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't use it. It doesn't work well. It's a mess to do and the dye runs. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks for the info. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I understand. Worked with sodium and calcium hypochloride for years -- |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I only use bleach in old clothes. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. These things happen. It's not the end of the world. Please move on... |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thanks Radio-Lady. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Texan Witch, I really wish you were here so I could give you a hug... and take you to the beautiful |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thanks Radio_Lady, I have the money to buy a new jacket. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Good for you! Texan Witch, I'm proud of you! |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. If it's just a few spots |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Good suggestion. But please, get rid of the RIT. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The person really did a job on my jacket. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I know... I know. My daughter got bleach on her new pants just a few months ago. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Rit makes a blotchy mess. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Never heard of it. But I wonder about this: |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. I used to know a fabric artist |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. go ahead and try it - what will it hurt? |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Kali, I totally agree that trying to "fix" bleach spills is NEVER satisfactory. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I have had much better success cleaning up from dyeing fabric |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. The Procion dye from Dharma Trading Co., rec'ed in a previous post, is great stuff, IF the jacket is |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I will check out the website. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. I've had varying degrees of success with dyes, rit included |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. I used it many years ago to dye a bedspread. Worked well for me. n/t |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. I have learned, never messs with bleach unless you're in clothes you don't care about or else naked. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. My experience with Rit... |
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