RIT Dye Accident??????

Question

Dyed a pair of shorts red with Rit and followed the directions and washed the shorts and set the dye and all that, and now washed them.....several washes later....WITH my other pants, that are now ALL dyed pink in a splotchy manner......Does anyone know how I could get the red dye out of my other pants????......I tried washing in a load of oxi-clean and all that other fun stuff with no luck.Could I use RIT color remover without turning my khaki pants white?????

Leson learned, never doing this again!

Answer 1

You could try the RIT color remover - and if that works too well just pick up some khaki colored dye. I mean, as it stands, the pants are ruined, so you can't really make 'em any more ruined, right?  ;)

Answer 2

RIT actually makes a product that will take those splotches out of your other clothes. Sorry i dont know what it is called but I had the same thing happen and found some right there in the same place as I found the dye.

Answer 3

You already tried OxyClean, so if that didn't work.... you might be SOL.  The RIT color remover is essentially a high powered bleach, but I have had luck with it in the past, usually with jeans though.  It did lighten the jeans a bit, but it did take the RIT color out.

Answer 4

First just wash in HOT water. (If your water heater is turned down to 120° for safety, you can turn it back up to 140°, temporarily.) Rit dye is only loosely associated with the fiber, which is why it bleeds in the laundry. Hot water will remove a lot of the dye. This might be all you have to do! If merely washing in hot water doesn't do the trick, try soaking it in hot water, and then rewash.

If, after that, some unwanted dye still remains, you can buy a product called Rit Color Remover. It is sold in most stores right next to the horrible Rit dye that got you into trouble in the first place. Do not use this step first, since it may remove some of the original colors of the garments. Try Rit Color Remover only after trying hot hot water, and after trying oxygen-based cleaners. You may need to use two boxes at once if your washing machine is large. It's easy to use; just follow the instructions on the package, using the hottest water you can. Other brands of this product are Carbona Run Remover and Dylon Run Away.

Do not use Clorox (hypochlorite bleach) unless every piece of clothing is 100% cotton, linen, or hemp. Chlorine bleach will destroy synthetic fibers such as polyester, spandex, and nylon, as well as animal fibers such as silk and wool.

Next time you dye clothing, you can buy a better dye that does not run in the laundry. Anything you dye with Rit must be hand washed, separately, in cold water. Who has time for all that hand washing?! Procion dyes will last through a hundred washings without bleeding, even in hot water (be sure to wash it twice in hot water before washing it with your regular clothes).

You can buy good Procion type dyes in any good tie-dye kit. Don't buy the Rit tie-dye kit. Go to a crafts store and look for a tie-dye kit made by Jacquard, Dylon, Rainbow Rock, or Tulip. Or, for dyeing a solid color, buy Jacquard Procion MX dyes, or Dylon Cold Dye, or Dylon Permanent Dye, or Tulip One Step Fashion Dye. All of these brands of dye contain good fiber reactive dyes that will not run in the laundry, once you've washed out the unattached excess dye in hot water (wash two or three times before wearing the first time). When your clothing is dyed with these dyes, there is no need to hand wash, no need to sort—you can throw every color in the washing machine together at any temperature, without any of the dyes bleeding and ruining other garments.