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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try this: https://www.ritdye.com/products/color-remover-2/

Always use a color catcher with new clothes that have color+white, especially dark colors or reds, regardless of temperature. Reds are all fugitive (i.e. the color likes to run), and dark colors are usually "overdyed" to achieve saturation, often leaving loose dye particles that will come out/off in the wash.

If the item is especially dear to you, you can handwash it with some of this first: https://www.jacquardproducts.com/synthrapol (depending on fiber content)

-textile artist[/quote]

Does the ritdye work well to keep it on the white and not have it remove spots of the black as well?

Also thank you for the tip![/quote]

The problem you're likely to encounter, especially with cheaper clothing, is poor dye technique/control that has led to what we call overdye (unattached dye molecules). Dyes that have not been properly set will continue to "bleed". So if it's already bleeding, you may lose more of it with a dye-remover, and if you leave a dye remover long enough, it will do exactly what it says: remove the dye. I'd start with the Synthropol, which is designed to release the loose molecules, hopefully leaving any properly-attached dye in place.

Most dyes are set with pH and/or temperature. If you've run it through the dryer already, you may have bonded the previously-loose molecules to the white fabric. At that point, your only hope is going to be things that fade color (bleach, peroxide, oxy-clean, etc.) or things that can release dye bonds and lift dye, like a dye remover.

And all of that advice will vary, based on the fabric content we're working with. What does your tag say the fiber type/blend is?[/quote]

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