G&K Craft GNKRET-16 Ind. Retayne 16oz, 16 oz

I am a quilter and often fabrics I use run. It can ruin a quilt when washing. I use this product to keep it from happening. I soak the fabrics before I even start. So far it has worked on reds, purples, and navy.

I dye a lot of clothes with an all purpose dye that tends to bleed and fade with each wash. I read about retayne online and decided to give it a shot. The first time I used it, I didn’t rinse the dye, I just submerged the over-dyed black garment straight from the dye bath into the mixture of retatne and HOT water and started stirring. Immediately I saw the color of the water turn into a thick black color, but after a few minutes the water seemed to become translucent again. It was like the retayne pulled the dye back into the fabric and locked it in. While rinsing in cold water afterwards, the water became clear within 10-20 seconds. Normally, the dye would continue rinsing out with the water and I’d have to count on using the washing machine to rinse the remaining excess dye. After washing I noticed the fabric was more stiff than usual, but a second wash in cold water took care of that. This stuff works. I’ve even put fabric dyed a light color in the same retayne mixture with fabric dyed black and the black dye didn’t bleed into the lighter colored fabric -though I wouldn’t recommend trying this right away. The colors seem to stick to the fabric a lot better and are more vibrant initially. The color still fades slightly over time, and I’d recommend washing the items in cold water with like colors, but overall retayne has significantly increased the vibrancy and washfastness of all my dyed pieces.

Love retain for all fabric washing. IF fabric colors bleed this is the best to hold the dyes. No residue on fabric after washing. YEs, it does take time to soak the fabric but so worth it . Happy sewing for all quilters.

Good product to stop bleeding commercial cotton fabric.

I have not seen any bleeding since using Retayne. It works like it is supposed to. Great for prewashing prior to cutting fabric.

just what I wanted

This did the trick on my Batics. Had a large number of bright colors and soft yellow and greens. Nothing was ruined when using this. Best solution to wash after assembling a quilt.

If you are a quilter or work with batik fabrics, an initial washing with Retayne is a must. Colors will not bleed once the fabric has been treated with this stuff.

product works great.

I am a quilter and this works very well , on colors that might run