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Potentially ruined all of DD's clothes

les&jusles&jus
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I bought DD a new pair of dark, stone-washed jeans and washed then with all her other clothes.  Since her launrdy amounts to so little, I just wash everything together on cold.  So, when I pulled everything out of the wash there is a blue tinge to everything and spots of blue on lots of things.  I haven't put things in the dryer yet, is there anything I can do to salvage this mess?
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Re: Potentially ruined all of DD's clothes

  • JOEBunnyJOEBunny member
    Wash them again without drying them.  If you dry them you are sealing the ruin.  Something like Oxyclean may also help, but I would go ahead and wash them again right away, then maybe go out and get some oxy.
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  • ShozziesShozzies member
    Rit stain remover?
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  • ALYEATS84ALYEATS84

    I've done this to my own clothes before.  Like PP said wash them again right away in cold and then I did another wash cycle with a soak with Oxiclean (I use free or baby even on my stuff) and then I would hang everything to dry until you make sure all of the spots are gone.  You can soak anything seperately that the blue didn't wash off of.  

    Good luck!  I know how irritating it is!

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  • prism207prism207 member
    I think Tide also makes a "color catcher" thing to throw in with laundry.  You could try that.  Rit might make something like it too.  Definitely don't dry w/o rewashing.
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  • bigmammaBbigmammaB

    Keep washing and whatever you do keep thing out of the dryer so you dont set the stains!

     Good luck to you---i have gotten MANY a melted-chapstick out of my whites this way!

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  • mbritto4mbritto4 member

    For future reference, I'm a quilter and red and dark blue are both notorious for bleeding.  I buy the Shout Color Catcher sheets and throw a few in when I'm washing a quilt with new fabrics (I don't prewash my fabrics).  They do a great job preventing bleeding.  I also use them in regular laundry when washing a new dark item that looks like it may bleed.

    To get it out now, like PP have said I'd put stain sticks/treatment on the clothes that were bled on, and wash without the jeans again. 

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  • les&jusles&jus
    Thanks for all the resonses, ladies.  I did pick up some OxyClean and soaked and washed once, but so far no stain removal.  I'm soaking them again right now and I hope it works!  I'll get the color-catcher sheets for next time.
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