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I accidentally dyed my shirts :-(

I was doing laundry the other day and carelessly picked up a brand new dark purple jacket and threw it in with my other laundry by accident.  I washed the cycle with cold water, then I threw them in the dryer still not realizing the jacket was in there.  Well, I now have 4 other shirts that have pinkish purple splotches on them.  Luckily, they're nothing really nice...just hoodies, but I'm still bummed and it's freezing cold here so I need comfy sweatshirts. 

2 hoodies are white, 1 is cream, and 1 is pale yellow.  I can't necessarily use bleach even on the white ones because there are colored words.  Is there any way to treat this mess and get these stains out?  Any ideas?  Or am I just SOL?       

Re: I accidentally dyed my shirts :-(

  • I would probably just try the bleach...they're already ruined anyways, so what could it hurt, KWIM?
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  • Try soaking them in an Oxyclean bath. I've gotten dye, wine, 2+ yr old sweat stains, and ballpoint pen out of colored fabrics using that.
  • If all else fails, why not try to dye them another color with ritz.
  • I did something similar:

    My diabetic kitty peed on a pile of "delicate" laundry I had on the floor in the basement (if you don't know - cat pee is the WORST smell, and tricky to clean out!) so I threw everything in the washer on "Sanitary" cycle and hoped for the best.

    A few items changed colors a little; I had a cream-colored Banana Republic cardigan that's now a light grey, and a light-pink cardigan from Target that's now kind of a weird pink/purple/grey.

    I don't know if rewashing them on their own would do any good.  Oh well.  At least I got the smell out of them - if they stunk, I wouldn't be able to wear them period!!!

    Good luck with your laundry!

  • Color catcher by shout really works great.  Throw one in your wash and it collects all the dye.  I think it is too late for your stuff, but an idea for the future.
  • Thanks!  I will definitely give these a try.  I guess I don't have much to lose, lol.
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