Help! White Load Turned Hot Pink!

Updated on September 12, 2012
M.R. asks from Detroit, MI
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Is there anyway to turn it back? I do not own bleach, because I tend to ruin stuff with that too. Does anyone know if oxy clean will take the pink out? :( Thanks!

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B.D.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Carbona makes a color run remover. (Rit might as well)

I have not personally tried them but have a box on the shelf for the next time I screw up the laundry.

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J.W.

answers from St. Louis on

It depends on the quality of the pink items. I had this happen and just washing it without drying got the pink out of everything but the cheap undershirts.

So if you haven't try washing the load again, sans whatever made it pink, and see where you are at.

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R.K.

answers from Appleton on

I would use a dye remover.

If the fabrics are all natural such as cotton, wool, silk ect bleach should work but would be really bad for silk. Fabric blends cotton/polyester for instance would turn yellow with regular clorine bleach. And the yellow does not come out.

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M.L.

answers from Colorado Springs on

Oh, I have done that. My husband did NOT appreciate having pink underwear.

I have used a last-ditch formula, which I only try if the item will be on the ruined list if I don't. I put a "certain amount" of both dishwasher (not laundry) detergent and non-chlorine, powdered bleach into a bucketful (or a washerful) of the hottest water I can get. I put the item(s) in and let everything sit for from one hour to one day. Then I wash as usual. Sometimes it gets the unwanted color out! Sometimes... oh well, it was worth a try.

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K.M.

answers from Detroit on

U have to soak it for a day n see

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M.F.

answers from Detroit on

I don't have a solution for you but, if all else fails, you can always dye them a different color. Black, gray, blue, red. This can be done right in your washing machine. My mom used to dye our black clothing when it would fade. I think you get the dye in the laundry section. Or online if the store doesn't have it.
Good luck :)

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