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
Why bother with dye remover? Personally, I'd just dye the fabric some
color darker than the spots. Burgundy or purple sounds ideal.
Fran
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Elena House wrote:
Well, this is a first for me... I washed some brand new natural
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
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
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
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