Salt for Setting Dark Clothing

By projectgrl (Guest Post)

I'm doing an experiment and I was wondering, if it will set in if you are dying the clothes?

By Oris Ann Selkirk (Guest Post)

I bought Dark Brown Corduroy to trim a suede jacket and make a pair of slacks. I presoaked the material in salt and vinegar and then washed the material, but the dark dye is still bleeding from the cuffs of the coat onto my cream turtle neck sweater.

Is there any way to stop the bleeding or will I just toss away the material and try another material?

By Lucy (Guest Post)

Does salt work for all colors? I just did a yellow longsleeved tee shirt and it bled yellow on anything that came in contact with it.

By

ThriftyFun

Put salt in the laundry water to lock in colors so they don't fade.

By Robin

By

ThriftyFun

This tip is from 2001 so I am not sure if Lou is still with us or not. I did however find this tip on an extension site recently and the recommendation was 1/2 cup of salt.

By

FlaKathy

Approximately how much salt do you use? 1 Tablespoon? 1 Cup? Thanks for the clarification.

By Pat Giles (Guest Post)

That sounds really good, but how much salt do you need for, say, a large load?