How to wash faded clothes

Each of us at least once in our lives faced with a situation when, after washing, things became clean, but “exchanged” colors, that is, they partially faded. What to do in such a situation, throw out wardrobe items? Not necessarily, you can try to wash them off. How this is done, with the use of what means, read the article from our experts.

How to wash faded things — expert advice

Get the desired result with minimal effort will help you advice from experts and experienced housewives:

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   If after washing you notice that things have faded, immediately separate them by color.. Those that have shed can be dried, and those that have stains must be treated immediately. Do not delay the procedure, you need to try to remove the paint while the products are still wet.

2. Whatever tool you use to wash faded items, wear rubber gloves. The skin of the hands must be protected from exposure to substances that can be effective in cleansing, but are too aggressive for the epidermis.

3. Before you start solving the problem, carefully study the information on the tag sewn to the item. There may be recommendations on what products can and cannot be used for cleansing (acids and chlorine are often not used).

4. Remember that white fabrics can be washed in hot water, and colored ones only tolerate contact with warm (40 degrees) and cool (30) water.

And the last thing — use chemical stain removers in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, do not mix them with anything to enhance the effect, this way you can break the structure of the fabric fibers.

How to remove white things from paint from faded clothes

On white, any, the lightest shades are clearly visible. But washing white is much easier, as you can use bleaches that help restore the original color of the fabric. Let’s start with industrial bleaches — oxygen or chlorine-based. Oxygen bleaches are suitable for delicate fabrics, chlorine bleaches are suitable for cotton and linen. The cheapest and easiest to use chlorine-based product is Whiteness. Use it like this:

1. 10 liters of cold water are poured into a basin or other container, if there are a lot of things, more liquid is added.

2. 2 tablespoons of Whiteness are poured into the water for every 10 liters. If the spots are very bright, you can increase the amount of bleach to 4 tablespoons.

3. Load things for 1 hour. Take out, evaluate the result. If the spots have turned pale, but have not disappeared completely, we extend the procedure for another 30 minutes. Soaking for more than 2 hours is not recommended, since bleach still has a destructive effect on fabric fibers. After soaking, the products are rinsed and washed in the usual way.

If the fabric is very dense, and the stain from faded products is ingrained, you can apply undiluted Whiteness to the contamination before soaking and wait 1 minute.

For fabrics that do not tolerate contact with aggressive substances, you can use the following oxygen bleaches:

1. Vanish Oxy Action. Soak white things with stains for a maximum of 6 hours in a basin of water, to which 1-2 measuring caps of detergent have been added.

2. Bleach Sarma Active. For 10 liters of liquid you need to take 50 ml. bleach and washing powder. Items with stains from faded clothing are placed in the solution for a maximum of 60 minutes, after which they are washed as usual.

3. Bos plus. This tool enhances the action of washing powder. Suitable for washing at a temperature of 30-90 degrees. For maximum effect, it is recommended to soak the products in a solution of 40 grams of bleach and 40 grams of detergent for 20 minutes. Then add bleach to the powder and wash in the washing machine at the highest possible temperature for the fabric.

In the assortment of modern supermarkets and online stores there are other bleaches that will help to remove stains from white things from faded products. If the dirt is very bright, buy several preparations, it is possible that using 2-3 cleaners in succession will allow you to get a more pronounced whitening effect.

How to wash white with folk remedies

We offer you several recipes that can help wash off white things with stains of faded paint. The effectiveness of each self-prepared drug depends on the density of the fabric, its type, the amount of paint that got on it, the “age” of the dirt, that is, how long ago the paint got on things, how tightly it was absorbed into the fibers. We note right away that silk, velor, wool and other delicate fabrics should not be tried to be cleaned of stains using folk remedies. It is better to immediately take such things to dry cleaning, where foreign paint will be removed quickly and safely, without damaging the structure of the fibers.

Folk recipes of funds that can be effective in solving the problem:

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   Laundry soap rubbed on a grater or crushed in another way. It is diluted with a small amount of water, waiting for the soap to completely dissolve, so that a slurry similar in consistency to yogurt is obtained. Add a few tablespoons of vinegar, citric acid, or both to the composition, mix. Apply to stains from faded things, leave for 3-4 hours. Without removing the composition from the fabric, they put the thing in the drum of the washing machine, it is advisable to set the water temperature to the hottest possible for the fabric. Start washing.

2. Everything is the same as in the first paragraph, only instead of soap and vinegar, dishwashing liquid (2 tablespoons) and soda (1 teaspoon) are mixed.

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   For removing very bright stains from whites use a combined composition of citric acid or lemon juice, salt, crushed Aspirin tablets. All ingredients are taken in equal amounts, mixed and diluted with water to the consistency of gruel. It is applied to the stain, allowed to dry for an hour, then washed off with a weakly concentrated mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide. Then things are washed as usual.

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   A mixture of washing powder, ammonia and salt (1:1:3), 3 liters of warm water. In this solution, you need to soak the wardrobe item for 2-3 hours. After soaking, the products are rinsed and washed.

If folk recipes did not help you, then you can additionally try to whiten clothes with industrial preparations, perhaps the cleaning effect will noticeably increase.

How to wash faded colors

Washing faded colored items is a more difficult task. You essentially need to remove extraneous pigments that have soaked into the fabric, but in this case, how to save the paint with which the products themselves are painted? In this matter, one can only hope that stain removers and other products will remove foreign pigments, since they turned out to be not resistant enough, since things shed, without adversely affecting the brightness of the colors of soiled clothes. What products can be used to wash faded colored items? Stain removers for colored linen. Top products in this category:

1. ACE OXI MAGIC.

2. Udalix Oxi Ultra.

3. Astonish OXY PLUS.

4. Sarma Active 5 in 1.

5. Ludwik Color.

6. G-Oxi gel.

Use stain removers to remove dirt from faded items in strict accordance with the instructions that are written on the package. Only in this case it is possible to obtain the expected result and preserve the intrinsic brightness of the fabrics.

How to wash faded colored items with improvised means

Housewives’ recipes can come in handy in case you don’t have an industrial stain remover on hand. What homemade products can be used:

1. Ethyl alcohol and lemon juice, mixed in equal proportions. We apply the solution to the stain from shedding things, wait 30 minutes, wash it.

2. Mix one teaspoon of glycerin and ammonia and add 10 tablespoons of water, apply to the fabric for 60 minutes, wash.

3. Pure freshly squeezed lemon juice or an aqueous solution of citric acid. Apply to the area of ​​contamination, cover with a clean white cotton cloth, iron with a hot iron. After that, apply lemon juice again for 15 minutes, wash it off.

Before removing stains from faded clothes, be sure to test the composition on a small inconspicuous area of ​​the fabric. After all, all colored products are painted differently. On some things, the own pigment keeps well, on others it is weaker. Therefore, it is always necessary to carry out a preliminary test of the durability of the paint.

How to prevent shedding of clothes during washing

Regardless of whether things are prone to shedding or not, even if the paint on them is strong enough, follow the general washing rules:

1. Do not wash bright colored items in water hotter than 30-40 degrees.

2. Absolutely always sort things — white separately, colored separately, dark and black separately. Even if you wash by hand and/or in cool water.

3. Do not exceed the dosage of the powder.

4. Try to wash new things the first two times separately from all the others so that excess paint comes off them.

Also, carefully consider the choice of washing powder. For white, colored and black clothes, there are special detergents that preserve and strengthen their color, preventing shedding.