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<p>[QUOTE="Lulululu, post: 41820, member: 431"]Rit makes a product that captures color that has run (not color remover, but the one for removing color run). I used it once (on something I could part with, and mostly out of curiosity) with good results, but it may have required hot water ( read the instructions). Also keep in mind that what you're dealing with is chemicals, not 'color'. What works depends soley on what chemicals were in the dye which can vary greatly, and how they react to the chemical you use to remove it. All of which require testing to determine. Red is the most fugitive color ( love that textile term) so efforts to make it more color fast have resulted in dying to achieve red shades with many different chemicals over time. There are a couple absolutes though - bleach being one of them. It's harsh and caustic and will turn fabrics gray or yellow. I vote with 6 rivets on the suggestion of peroxide instead. With wool, which like hair, is a protein fiber, you're safer experimenting with chemicals designed for hair salons than those designed for 'textiles', a term that can mean animal, mineral or vegetable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lulululu, post: 41820, member: 431"]Rit makes a product that captures color that has run (not color remover, but the one for removing color run). I used it once (on something I could part with, and mostly out of curiosity) with good results, but it may have required hot water ( read the instructions). Also keep in mind that what you're dealing with is chemicals, not 'color'. What works depends soley on what chemicals were in the dye which can vary greatly, and how they react to the chemical you use to remove it. All of which require testing to determine. Red is the most fugitive color ( love that textile term) so efforts to make it more color fast have resulted in dying to achieve red shades with many different chemicals over time. There are a couple absolutes though - bleach being one of them. It's harsh and caustic and will turn fabrics gray or yellow. I vote with 6 rivets on the suggestion of peroxide instead. With wool, which like hair, is a protein fiber, you're safer experimenting with chemicals designed for hair salons than those designed for 'textiles', a term that can mean animal, mineral or vegetable.[/QUOTE]
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