Find out how to Repair Your White Shirt that Turned Pink when Bleached

Apologies upfront for the dearth of pictures. I used to be too devastated to take pictures. Right here’s what to do in case your white shirt turned pink on software of bleach:

1. End bleaching – do your bleaching as common, don’t fear concerning the components which have turned a vibrant and robust pink / magenta. When you’re happy with the accomplishment of your authentic objective of bleaching,
2. Put in common wash within the washer, with detergent. As soon as washed, the pink will stay as is, don’t fear.
3. DO NOT PUT IN DRYER, as a substitute,
4. Grasp in direct daylight to dry and be sure that the pink components are dealing with the Solar straight.
5. Verify after 3-4 hours and your shirt must be dry AND the pink ought to have utterly dissapeared.

All I do know is that it really works. I do not know why it really works nevertheless it works.

After having scoured the web for an answer to my valuable white cotton shirt turning pink in a streak throughout the collar and shoulders, I couldn’t discover a answer. So, I did what I believed may work and it did, and I’m now not devastated.

I had washed the shirt within the washer previous to the applying of bleach, so there was no residue presumably remaining on the shirt. The shirt was moist and submerged in common faucet water. I poured bleach into the sink and a few of the bleach hit the shirt that was above the water, and it IMMEDIATELY blazed pink and I FREAKED out. The shirt had picked on a little bit of gray from considered one of my pre-washed black shorts that I put within the washed along with it, which was lazy on my half. I simply wished to bleach the shirt a bit to get it again to white. However I received pink as a substitute. The remainder of the shirt turned whiter in fact. I then washed it once more within the washer after which hung it to dry within the direct Australian Solar and after about 3 hours, the pink was all gone and I’ve a vibrant white shirt once more. PHEW.

You’re welcome!

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