I would do that in other cases, but this is for a client--they want a light peachy-tan color, so I've got to lighten up the spots somehow!
I just emailed the seller (Lost Coast) in the hopes that they can at least tell me what the spots ARE... -E House On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > Why bother with dye remover? Personally, I'd just dye the fabric some color > darker than the spots. Burgundy or purple sounds ideal. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > Books on historic costuming > http://www.lavoltapress.com > > > Elena House wrote: >> >> Well, this is a first for me... I washed some brand new "natural" >> colored cotton coutil, and burgundy spots popped up all over it. >> Looks like some dye powder got on it before it was shipped to me, and >> now I'm stuck wondering: does dye remover weaken cotton? > > <snip> > > I was planning to dye >> >> this fabric anyway, so I don't mind if it changes colors on me... >> >> -E House >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> >> > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
