Vintage red silk bleeding

Coran Beck

Coran Beck

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Hello amazing Fashion Guild members/users! I have a set of beautiful Chinese silk pajamas (ca. late 40s-early 50s), and knocked a glass of red wine on the sash. I went to rinse it out before it stained, and could not believe how much the color bled! I'll obviously need to do something to set the color of the pajamas, and I've read conflicting advice about using white vinegar and/or salt for this purpose. Does anyone have advice about how to best go about preventing the color from bleeding - especially because I'm assuming it will not do so evenly, and I'm worried about destroying them. Thank you!);
 

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Hello, thank you for your response! I do have color catchers - should I just put them in cold water, along with the pajamas, and kind of swish them around? Thanks again!
 
Silk older pajamas with richly dyed colors always bleed even MORE than you may expect. The bleed is only an issue if it will reabsorb and stain another color on the pjs. Looking at this set, I believe it will bleed every single time forever. Especially being red. I use Synthrapol like it's my religion - it traps loosened dye in the water. If the bleed does not seem to affect the white or blue sections, just be gentle when wet. If it may loosen and reestablish, use synthrapol every time. It works way better than color catchers. I still use color catchers, but I reserve them for the final rinse. Old silks and rayons always seem to have an excess of dye just waiting to spoil themselves or the veins in the porcelain silk!
 
#2! Seriously, I very HIGHLY recommend the Jacquard version, if you are in the states. The formula may not be shippable overseas. Jacquard also makes really nice dye products. I am not sure what the other (industrial, mainly) does. The remover is likely a dye stripper. The pre/after wash is a dye suspension, trapping loose dye in the wash water so that it doesn't dye back onto the garment. I don't think I could live without it!
 
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