[h-cost] Mysterious spots on cotton
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? I've got a bunch of the stuff sold by Dharma Trading, and for any other purpose I wouldn't hesitate to use it on cotton, but the whole point of coutil is that it should be as strong as possible. 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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mysterious spots on cotton
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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mysterious spots on cotton
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 f...@lavoltapress.com 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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mysterious spots on cotton
Elena House wrote: 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... Or else maybe replace the flawed fabric with one guaranteed not break out in spots? Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mysterious spots on cotton
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote: Or else maybe replace the flawed fabric with one guaranteed not break out in spots? I can but hope... -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
