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Household Hints & Help

magicarpet

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4. Colorfast died material to retain color.....

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:35 AM

Oct 2022

How to Colorfast Your Clothes.

Thoroughly clean a large mixing bowl or cleaning bucket, and then fill it with one gallon of fresh, clean water. Add one-fourth cup table salt and one cup vinegar. The vinegar and salt work together to naturally lock the color into the fabric.

Hope this helps and gets you desired results.

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