Removing Color That Bled in the Laundry

29 years. Almost 30, really. 29 years I have gone without turning a white shirt pink in the laundry. Well that winning streak is officially over. Stink!

I would have never guessed that a pink sweat shirt could have caused so much damage, but it did. Little Bit's new shirt came out of the wash quite pink. So I did a quick search on the internet and found this solution.

The stained shirt soaking in baking soda water.

Fixing Color Runs in Laundry
You will need: 1 or more ruined white item of clothes, baking soda, and bleach.
 Fill a container that your laundry will fit in with 1 cup of baking soda and cold water. 

Add your stained laundry. Let it soak overnight
Put the wet laundry in the wash, wash on cold with some bleach added.
Repeat the wash if needed.

It's kind of hard to see, but this is the pink in the seams.

I had to wash three times because the seams were still pink. I think that may have been lint but I wanted to be sure it was clean before I dried it.

The results were a shirt that was nice and clean and restored back to a crisp white. 

And a happy Little Bit! 

What is going on with me?! Two cleaning posts in one day. I don't know why but I have been crazy cleaning lately. I even organized boxes of stored stuff.

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