How to Fix Colors That Bleed on a Swimming Suit
Clothes can be completely ruined if the colors bleed. Unfortunately, this happens all too often. Clothes with bright colors should always be washed alone, and bathing suits should even be handwashed to ensure no bleeding occurs. The material of bathing suits, along with the amount of chlorine in pools, and the bright colors normally used for bathing suits add to the potential of the colors fading or bleeding. To remove previous stains from the suit bleeding, or to avoid future bleeding, always wash the garment alone and try a few steps before you wash your bathing suit to prevent the bleeding. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 2 cup water
- 2 cup ammonia
- 1/4 cup dish detergent
- Spray bottle
- Toothbrush
- Large bucket
- Green tea
- Table salt
Instructions
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Ammonia and Dish Detergent
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Mix water, ammonia and dish detergent in a spray bottle.
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Spray the bathing suit with the mixture until the garment is saturated. (If the whole suit is stained, soak the bathing suit in a bucket with the mixture in step 1. Do this for 20 minutes.)
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Brush the bathing suit with the toothbrush. Brush vigorously, but gently, over the areas that have bled. Wash the suit as you normally would.
Alternate Methods
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Add green tea to HOT water in large bucket. Soak the bathing suit for 15 minutes.
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Sprinkle table salt on the dye stain. Allow the salt to stand on the suit for 15 minutes.
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Wash the bathing suit by hand in a sink. Gently run it under warm water until the water runs clear. Hang dry.
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Tips & Warnings
For other ways to prevent and fix colors that bleed in the wash, visit: www.thriftyfun.com/tf53508506.tip.html
When "brushing" the suit, use a child's soft bristled brush. This will help clean the suit but not damage it.
Always test a small, unseen area of the garment to see if the bathing suit is effected by the ammonia.
Only bleach a bathing suit as a last resort and if the inside tags says is safe to bleach (but remember to use non-chlorine bleach).
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Comments
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kamescher
May 10, 2010
Careful. I just ruined my brand new bathing suit. I had just bought a striped neon bikini. I had washed it, air dried it and wore it to the beach. After I got home that day, I saw that the pink & yellow colors had run over the others. I tried the green tea method above. It did remove 90% of the color runs. However, it also drained tons of color out of the suit. My new neon bikini looks like it actually is from 1980 and is now unwearable. I'm so sad. I would've worn it with the color runs.
