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Off-white shirt lost its color



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Leahh




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 5:54 am
I have an off-white chiffon shirt that lost its color in the wash. Now it looks basically white. I'm not sure if it's from something else in the load or just the fabric. Any ideas how I can get its color back? It was so pretty
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Bnei Berak 10




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 6:42 am
OP, did you wash it with a detergent that contains optical bleach or optical highlighter? Any off-white thing should be washed only with detergent intended for coloured items.
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Leahh




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:07 am
I used regular detergent that I use for all my colors. No bleach
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:35 am
You can't really get the color back. Sad
You can dye it or color it with tea bags but I don't suggest it as it's a pain, hard to make it even, get the right color, maintain the color.
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amother
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Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:42 am
for the future is there anyway to keep offwhite shirts offwhite?
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:47 am
amother wrote:
for the future is there anyway to keep offwhite shirts offwhite?

Use Nature Bright to soak it instead of other oxygenated products.
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amother
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Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:48 am
is regular detergent if you aren't soaking it a problem?
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Leahh




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:50 am
ra_mom wrote:
Use Nature Bright to soak it instead of other oxygenated products.

I used to use nature bright but wasn't happy with the way the white shirts came out so stopped using.
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:56 am
Leahh wrote:
I used to use nature bright but wasn't happy with the way the white shirts came out so stopped using.

I like Oxiclean better for white shirts.
Nature Brite only for items that might lose their color.
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 23 2018, 7:58 am
amother wrote:
is regular detergent if you aren't soaking it a problem?

If you know its color is delicate, use Woolite and gentle cycle.
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amother
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Post Wed, May 23 2018, 6:29 pm
what makes something's color delicate- like are off white shells considered delicate?
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