How to clean white clothes from the colors that was effected from mixing?

Answer 1

You can try using Bleach, but doesnt always work, because what happened was

the dye from the colors can be permanent.

Answer 2

Get a stain treatment called Zout. I have found it at some grocery stores and at Walmart. I have used it on clothes that went through the washer and dryer and still had stains and it takes out set in stains. Spray (Or cover with gel....they have 2 different kinds) liberally and let sit for about 30 minutes. Wash with extra bleach in COLD water.

Answer 3

A simple Thing To dip the cloths in warm water Two Spoon Areal and Little Bliching powder.

Answer 4

well maybe you could try a bleach pen or some kind of clothes spray and let it set, then wash them in bleach, if that doesn't work your clothes may be ruined, I know from expereince. It really sucks too. Well I hope this works.

Answer 5

Use bleach.

Leave them in the sun. My mom said that she once had a real bad stain that didn't come out of one of her whites and so she just left it on the clothes line out in the sun and the sun faded it out.

Answer 6

I would say to use a color remover. If it removes color, it should remove dye set into white clothes. Be careful, bleach can turn whites yellow or darken them.

Answer 7

Try Oxiclean with your regular detergent. or you could try clorox 2.

Answer 8

Heres tips to remove any and every kind of stains, u will find much more than u asked for, read on...

* Alcoholic Beverages - Pre-soak or sponge fresh stains immediately with cold water, then with cold water and glycerin. Rinse with vinegar for a few seconds if stain remains.
* Blood - Pre-soak in cold or warm water water at least 30 minutes. If stain remains, soak in lukewarm ammonia water (3 Tbs. per Gallon of water). Rinse. If stain remains, work in detergent and wash, using bleach safe for fabric.
* Blood stains, if fresh, may be removed by washing in cold water. If hard and dry steep for a few hours in cold water, to which add a pinch of baking soda. Washing and bleaching will finish the process. Never put blood stains in hot water.
* Candle Wax - Use dull knife to scrape off as much wax as possible. Place fabric between two blotters or facial tissues and press with warm iron. Remove color stains with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash with detergent in the hottest water safe for fabric.
* Chewing Gum - Rub area with ice, then scrape off with dull blade. Sponge with dry cleaning solvent; allow to air dry. Wash in detergent and hottest water safe for fabric.
* Try egg white that's said to remove chewing gum from anything. Rub the egg white on the gum and it will remove it from cloth, hair or hands without leaving a spot.
* Chewing gum may be removed from different materials by soaking them in turpentine.
* Chocolate and Cocoa - Pre-soak stain in cold or warm water. Wash in hot water with detergent. Remove any grease stains with dry cleaning solvent. If color remains, sponge with hydrogen peroxide, wash again.
* Coffee - Sponge or soak with cold water as soon as possible. Wash using detergent and bleach safe for fabric. Remove cream grease stain with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again.
* To remove coffee, tea or cocoa stains, use glycerin. A fresh stain can be removed by gentle rubbing; if stain is old, soak in the glycerin for sometime.
* Crayon - Scrape with dull blade. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric with detergent and 1-2 cups of baking soda. If full load is crayon stained, take to cleaners or coin-operated dry cleaning machines.
* Deodorants - Sponge area with white vinegar. If stain remains, soak with denatured alcohol. Wash with detergent in hottest water safe for fabric.
* Dye - If dye transfers from a non-colorfast item during washing, immediately bleach discolored items. Repeat as necessary before drying. On whites use color remover.
NOTE: Do not use color remover in washer, or around washer and dryer. It will damage the finish of them.
* Egg - Scrape with dull blade. Pre-soak in cold or warm water for at least 30 minutes. Remove remaining with dry cleaning solvent. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric with detergent.
* Egg stains on washable fabrics may be removed by soaking the garment in cold water for a short time before washing with soap and water in the usual way.
* Fruit and Fruit Juices - Sponge with cold water immediately. Pre-soak in cold water for at least 30 minutes. Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric.
* While fruit stain is still moist, cover it with powdered starch. When dry, rinse the article and cold water and wash in the ordinary way.
* Fruit stains may be removed with a strong solution of borax, or the stain moistened with water, rubbed with borax, and boiling water poured through.
* Glue - Sponge vinegar on spot saturating spot, let sit for 20 minutes. Scrape with dull knife. Sponge again, let sit then wash in hottest water safe for fabric.
* Grass - Pre-soak in cold water for at least 30 minutes. Rinse. Pre-treat with detergent. Wash using detergent, hot water and bleach safe for fabric. On acetate and colored fabrics, use 1 part of alcohol to 2 parts water.
* For grass stains use cold water and no soap. Alcohol or ether may be used if the material is unwashable.
* Grease - Sponge spot with a mixture of 1Tbs. Salt to 4 Tbs. rubbing alcohol. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If spot still remains, do not dry, use dry cleaning solvent and re-wash.
* Grease spots generally may be removed with hot water and soap. If the stains have become fixed by long standing, the may be removed by chloroform, ether or naphtha. If any of these chemical are used, keep them at a safe distance from fire or artificial light.
* To remove grease from silk, lay the silk on a table on top of a clean white cloth. cover the spot thickly with powdered French chalk. On this lay a sheet of blotting paper and over that a moderately hot iron. If the grease does not disappear at once, repeat process.
* Grease/Oil/Tar - Method 1: Use powder or chalk absorbents to remove as much grease as possible. Pretreat with detergent or non-flammable dry cleaning solvent, or liquid shampoo. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric, using plenty of detergent. Method 2: Rub spot with lard and sponge with a non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash in hottest water and detergent safe for fabric.
* Ink-Ball Point Pen - Pour denatured alcohol through stain. Rub in petroleum jelly. Sponge with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Soak in detergent solution. Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric.
* Ink - Fountain Pen - Run cold water through stain until no more color will come out. Rub in lemon juice and detergent. Let stand 5 minutes.
* Wet ink stains may be removed by washing in milk or better still, buttermilk.Wash, changing the milk frequently.
* Dry ink stains can be removed from white material by steeping the stained material in a hot solution of salts of lemon--one tbsp. of salts to one quart of boiling water; or simply place the stained part over a basin, cover the stain with salts and pour the boiling water through. Repeat if necessary.
* Ink stains may be removed by covering the spot with lard. Let this stand for about twelve hours and wash the article in the regular way.
* Soak ink stains in sour milk. If a dark stain remains, rinse in a weak solution of chloride of lime.
* Ink stains on the fingers can be removed by brushing with a soft nail brush dipped first in pure vinegar and then in salt.
* Iodine - To remove iodine stains from linens, rub the stained area with a slice of lemon.
* To remove an iodine stain from cotton or linen, cover with a soft paste of mustard mixed with water and let stand for a few hours. Every trace of iodine will be removed.
* Lipstick - Loosen stain with a non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Rub detergent in until stain outline is gone. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric.
* Meat Juices - Scrape with dull blade. Pre-soak in cold or warm water for 30 minutes. Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric.
* Mildew - Pre-treat as soon as possible with detergent. Wash. If any stain remains, sponge with lemon juice and salt. Dry in sun. Wash, using hottest water, detergent and bleach safe for fabric.
* Mildew stains may be removed by rubbing with a paste made by mixing two tsp. of water, one of powdered chalk and two of soap powder. The spots should afterwards be well rinsed and dried out of doors in the sunlight. This has a bleaching effect on them.
* Soak mildew stains for several hours in a weak solution of chloride of lime; afterwards rinse in cold water.
* Milk, Cream, Ice Cream - Pre-soak in cold or warm water for 30 minutes. Wash. Sponge andy grease spots with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again.
* Never put hot water on milk and cream stains. Wash them out in cold water, followed by soap and water. Rinse in clear water.
* Nail Polish - Sponge with polish remover or banana oil. Wash. If stain remains, sponge with denatured alcohol to which a few drops of ammonia have been added. Wash again. Do not use polish remover on acetate or triacetate fabrics.
* Paint - Oil Base - Sponge stains with turpentine, cleaning fluid or paint remover. Pre-treat and wash in hot water. For old stains, sponge with banana oil and then with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again. Water Base - Scrape off paint with dull blade. Wash with detergent in water as hot as is safe for fabric.
* To remove paint from colored material, dip the stains in turpentine, rub, then dip in a little ammonia, rub and wash in warm water.
* To remove wet paint from white material wash the stain with soap and water and boil with a small amount of paraffin in the water. Dry paint on white material can easily be removed by steeping the stain in turpentine. Rub well and wash in the ordinary way.
* Paint Spots - Scrape dried paint with dull blade. Sponge with several applications of equal parts ammonia and turpentine. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric.
* Perspiration - Sponge fresh stain with ammonia; old stain with vinegar. Pre-soak in cold or warm water. Rinse. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If fabric is yellowed, use bleach. If stain still remains, dampen and sprinkle with meat tenderizer, or pepsin. Let stand 1 hour. Brush off and wash. For persistent odor, sponge with colorless mouthwash.
* Fresh perspiration is acid. Use a solution of alkaline to remove. Baking soda is alkaline. Old perspiration stains are alkaline. Use a milk solution of white vinegar to remove.
* Rust - Soak in lemon juice and salt or oxalic solution (3 Tbs. oxalic acid to 1 Pt. warm water.)
* Table salt and cream of tarter, equal parts, will remove rust stains. Wet the spot and spread the mixture on thickly, then place the material in the sun.
* Soft Drinks - Sponge immediately with cold water and alcohol. Heat and detergent may set stain.
* Tea - Sponge with cold water as soon as possible. Wash using detergent and bleach safe for fabric.
* Wine - Wine stains may be removed by holding the stained portion of the cloth in boiling milk.
* Clothing/Stockings/Shoes/Wash:
* Dab clear nail polish on the center of buttons on new shirts. This seals the threads so they won't unravel.
* If zippers stick, just run some bar soap over the zipper and the zipper will zip just fine.
* To keep lint from clinging to blue jeans and corduroys, add a half cup of vinegar to each wash load.
* When putting away delicate white summer things or linens into the hope chest, wrap in blue tissue or a well-blued cloth. This will prevent them from turning yellow. In the case of new things being put away for sometime, do not wash them if it is not absolutely necessary, as the will keep much better with the dressing in them, even if mussed from handling when in the making.
* A little vinegar added to the water in which you rinse silk stockings will increase their elasticity and make them practically run proof.
* New shoes that will not polish easily may be rubbed with the cut half of a lemon. When dried polish in the usual way, finishing with a soft cloth or pad of velvet.
* After polishing white shoes, rub over them with a piece of wax paper. This prevents the polish from rubbing off on your clothes and hands. This is especially good for baby's shoes.
* Rub the bristles of shoe brushes together in a warm soapy solution to which a little turpentine has been added. Care should be taken to hold the brushed under the surface of the solution, otherwise the bristles will cause the solution to spray in tiny drops over the face and arms. Rinse in a fresh soapy solution, shake thoroughly and place in open air to dry.
* White tennis shoes will last longer if sprayed heavily with starch when you first get them.
* Grease spots on suede shoes will disappear if they are rubbed with a clean rag dipped in glycerin.
* When shoestrings lose their plastic tips, wrap ends with scotch tape and dip in clear nail polish. Hang to dry.
* Leather Suitcase/Handbags:
* Black leather may be cleaned by rubbing with a clean cloth and afterwards with another cloth dipped in a mixture of one teaspoonful of sweet oil and two teaspoons of milk. When dry it should be polished with another rag, using a white shoes cream or furniture polish.
* To prevent a hide suitcase or club bag from having a musty smell when not in use, sprinkle the inside with lavender or dried verbena leaves; or you can buy from druggists packets of specially antiseptic and air-purifying pot-pourri (perfumed).
* To improve the appearance of a leather suitcase or trunk that has become shabby apply a mixture of linseed oil and vinegar. In an old pan boil about half a pint of the oil. Allow this to become nearly cold and then stir in an equal quantity of vinegar. pour into a bottle and rub a little on the leather with flannel, then polish with a soft cloth... Shake the bottle well before using.