How to return color to things 🥝 restoration of clothing fabric at home

Each wardrobe has things different both in color and composition. And everyone so wants our things to always look at 100%. But throwing products into the washing machine, at the end of the process, we often do not get the result that we expect. Some things change beyond recognition. And in the first rush of disappointment, I want to throw away my clothes. No need to rush, you can still fix it. From our tips, you will learn how to restore the color of clothes of any type.

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Why does clothes lose color?

One of the main reasons for molting clothes is non-compliance with the temperature of the wash.

Important! Carefully read the tag on things. So that you don’t have any problems, save to your bookmarks decoding of icons for washing clothes.

But even with this rule, with each wash, clothes lose their former color. This is facilitated by:

• numerous washings and friction of the material;
• burnout in the sun;
• long storage of things in the closet.

Important! You may also be interested to know what things and fabrics are most often dyed.

What to do?

First, before washing, you need to separate your things by color, and then process them according to a method that is suitable for the shade of the product. Let's look at the rules for leaving and restoring the shade of the material by color. Each color will have its own method.

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For cream, brown, beige things

Such clothing is easiest to care for, you can restore its color using the following means.

Method 1

We will use the usual brewing of black tea:

1. Make strong black tea.

Important! Color saturation depends on the strength of the tea leaves.

2. If in doubt about the color, moisten the used toothbrush.
3. On the seamy side of the product, along the seam where there is facial tissue, process.
4. After comparison, correct the solution.
5. Soak clean clothes in the solution for 30-60 minutes.
6. Rinse in cold water and dry.

Method 2:

1. Pour boiling water over the green walnut peel.
2. Let it stand for 15-20 minutes.
3. Strain, dilute with warm water.
4. It is advisable to do tissue testing as described above.
5. Soak the product for 20-30 minutes.
6. Rinse with cold water.

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For green things

We use alum - you can buy at any pharmacy. To restore the color of clothes with this tool:

1. Dissolve alum in body water.
2. Rinse clothes.
3. Rinse the product in cold water.

Important! For clothes of this color, you can use another method, which we described in detail in a separate article "How to dye the fabric with green?".

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For red items:

1. Prepare a mixture of baking soda and vinegar according to this calculation: for 1 liter of water 1 tablespoon of soda, 1 tablespoon of vinegar 9%.
2. Soak things for 15-20 minutes.
3. Rinse in cold water.

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For white things

Using this method, you will forever get rid of the gray tint on your white things.

Method 1 - with hydrogen peroxide:

1. Dilute peroxide in water in the following ratio: 1 teaspoon per 2 liters of water.
2. Leave for 15-20 minutes, turning over every 5 minutes to evenly whiten.
3. Rinse in cold water.

Method 2 - with ammonia

This method is suitable for cotton and linen. He will breathe “second life” into your things:

1. Dissolve alcohol in a ratio of 5-7 tablespoons per 10 liters of warm water.
2. Release things for 2-3 hours.
3. Rinse in cold water.

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For yellow, blue

To restore the color data, we will use orange peels:

1. Make a strong infusion of fresh or dry peels.
2. Strain.
3. Rinse in a decoction of the product.

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For products with color embroidery

Clothing with embroidery has come into fashion today, and if you want to refresh it, use this method:

1. Wet the product before washing in a solution with salt for 10-15 minutes, based on 1 liter of warm water, 2 teaspoons of salt.
2. Then wash the product with laundry soap in the same water.
3. Rinse several times under running cool water.

Important! Without wringing, we hang to dry.

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For black clothes

If you need to restore the color of black things, we use such tools.

Method 1:

1. Prepare an emulsion of black carcass (used for writing) water and salt.
2. Rinse a clean product.
3. Dry it.

Method 2:

1. Prepare a tincture of tobacco (you can buy it at a tobacco shop) based on 1 liter of boiling water 20 grams of tobacco.
2. After 1 hour, filter.
3. Dip clothes for 30 minutes.
4. Rinse in cool water.

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For blue clothes

Very often your blue clothes, even new ones, quickly change color. And this color is one of the most popular. Consider several options for how to return the color to the clothes of such a color.

Method 1:

1. Pour hot water into a basin, add 1-2 teaspoons of ammonia.
2. Soak clothes for 30-40 minutes.

Important! This method will return not only the brightness of the color, but also eliminate fat stains..

Method 2

For this method you must purchase special paint for fabric - exactly the one from which your product is sewn. Further:

1. Wrap dye in hot water.
2. Stir until the paint dissolves.

Important! Wrap the dye very well so that crystals do not get on clothes.

3. Dip clothes into the solution.
4. Turn over every 5 minutes for uniform coloring.
5. Squeeze and dry well.

Important! Sunburned clothing will become a little brighter when using this method.

Method 3:

1. Prepare a mixture of 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1 liter of water.
2. Rinse well.

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How to bring badly washed things back to life?

Every housewife had cases of unsuccessful washing. Either the wrong mode was specified by mistake, or the fabric turned out to be of poor quality. And after such incidents you have a “present”.

But do not be discouraged, with the help of our tips, you can bring things back to life.

The most effective method is dry cleaning, but it is costly. And you need to resort to it if the thing is really worth it. And our methods are simple, do not require special investments and are effective.

Method 1:

1. Take a large enameled pan or basin, dissolve ammonia in water. 20 ml of alcohol per 1 liter of water.
2. Dip shed clothes and heat on fire, stirring, to a boil.
3. If after the first boiling the result is not too good, then the procedure can be repeated.

Important! Repeat no more than 2 times. It is better to use for dense and durable fabrics such as linen, cotton.

Method 2

An effective technique is the method of re-washing.

1. Repeat washing “faded” things at a temperature of 50-60 degrees.
2. The powder is added in double size.

Important! If you do this immediately after an unsuccessful cleaning process, you will be able to restore the color of your clothes in 80% of cases.

Method 3

Very often there are situations when white gets into the wash with colored items, and naturally they are painted in different colors. A simple trick will help you:

1. Take bleach for white things.
2. Let's dissolve according to the instructions and soak the damaged things for 1-2 hours.
3. Rinse and dry.

Method 4

But it happens that colored fabrics also need help. Then, to restore the color of the clothes:

1. We make a mixture. Take: starch, table salt, citric acid, soap chips for 1 tablespoon, if you have one thing.
2. With this mixture we process unfavorable places we leave for 10 hours.
3. After - wash the product in warm water.

Important! If none of the tips helped, then it's easier to add additional decor or use other ideas to give a second life to the faded thing.

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Wash Tips

But all these troubles can be avoided by adhering to simple tips, following which you will not deal with the consequences of changing the shade of any thing ..

Tip 1

Choose the right washing mode. Look carefully at the tag, in what mode you need to wash.

Tip 2

Choose the right detergent.

Tip 3

Do not wash colored and white things together or colored and black, and of course black and white.

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Putting into practice all our tips, you can wear your favorite clothes for a long time. In turn, it will delight you with a variety of colors. And that means you are guaranteed a good mood for every day!