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Use vinager to keep color from fading

Everyone hates it when they buy a cool black t-shirt or black jeans and a couple month later they are starting to fade. Here is a way to reduce the chances of that. When you wash them for the first time, put just a 1/4 cup of vinager in the wash machine and run the washer. The vinager locks the color into the fabric in much the same way it does Easter eggs.

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Use vinager to keep color from fading

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Sep 29, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nurses Love it
by: Anonymous

Our entire office used vinegar for our scrubs and they still look great!
Aug 18, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Not just for darks
by: Anonymous

Washing an item in a vinegar rinse is also one of the simplest ways of setting the colours in a shirt after tie-dyeing it, so that they don't wash out the very first time you wash the shirt after dyeing it.
Jul 17, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Vinegar - Many Uses
by: Anonymous

I have also found that if I wash colored clothes the first time with 1/2 cup of vinegar, the clothes keep their color longer. Also, I use vinegar for odors, we live on a hog farm and my husband can come home in some pretty rank clothes. The vinegar eliminates the odor in one cycle.
Jul 16, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		wow
by: kamila2603

This is a very useful tip. this would be the first time I hear of such a thing. I will surely try it since all my black clothes looks grey now.
Jul 14, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Vineger with lemon to smell great
by: Anonymous

Works great if you add a little bit a splash of lemon juice to the vinegar. Great smell.
Jul 10, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		A very Useful Tip
by: Anonymous

Thanks for the info. I think it's very useful for a Mom like me I am a frist time mom and this tips would really help me alot with my laundry stain problems.
Jul 05, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		multi use for vinegar in laundry chores
by: Lynn

Although vinegar has a multitude of uses it rate in the top 5 for laundry uses. I often use it in the rinse water to remove soap residue. Also I sometimes use it as a fabric softener when I run out of the commercial brands
Jun 30, 2008
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starstarstarstarstar 		Good for sweat stains also
by: Anonymous

Great use of vinegar. I also like using a solution of half vinegar/half water to spray on underarm stains. I let it sit about 10 minutes then launder as usual. Very good for getting the yellow out.

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