Rit Color Remover, 2 Ounce (Pack of 1)

Works as described in the directions. I chose the stove method to remove a reddish tint from white napkins. Made the napkins look like new. Great value.

I accidentally ruined a load of my favorite white shirts by washing them with a small white sock that had a light red band. Everything came out with a pink tint—I was so bummed! My mom suggested I try this product, and it was amazing. The first time, I didn’t follow the directions exactly, so it didn’t remove all the color. But it worked well enough that I could tell it had potential. I bought more, followed the directions to a T, and I’m so glad I did! It completely removed the pink tint from my white shirts—they look brand new. I also used it on some older white tees and button-downs that had yellowed over time due to age, hard water, and sweat stains around the collar and underarms. For those, I had to go through the process twice. While they didn’t come out looking brand new, the yellowing faded significantly—they now look great and are totally wearable again. Highly recommend if you're trying to rescue white clothes!

I was new to the whole RIT product line. Just putting that out there. I had - 1 pair of dark blue jeans that were 98% cotton and 2% spandex/lycra that I wanted to dye a darker blue. So I bought a bottle of dark blue (royal, I think?) RIT dye, which said to *first* use a color remover. That's how I came to purchase this. Bottle of remover says - "this will not work on denim" but I tried it anyway. I filled a huge pot with boiling water and then added the remover and then the jeans. (If it didn't work, I'd just buy new jeans!) Did it Work? - Sort of. The water instantly turned a weird yellowish-green and then dark blue. My heavens did it *reek* like Nair does while it burns the hair off your legs. I opened all of the windows in the kitchen. After draining & rinsing I still had a sort-of-dark pair of jeans. They were slightly lighter than what they started with, but not much. Later - I immediately used the RIT dye using the stove-top method with salt & dish soap. They appeared to be a dark indigo blue and once they were dry they were still the same dark indigo - I love it! The color is uniform and it dyed away the lighter spots where there was more wear. Note - the jeans are now slightly tighter; I'm not sure if it was the color remover or the dye but something I felt should be noted. And this will *not* strip your denim of ALL color - just a bit.

I used two boxes of this color remover as instructed on approximately 6 clothing items. The darkest of which was a dove grey, lightest of which was an off white. My intention was to do it as a pre-treatment for a color dye! The results? Non-apparent, as the already light colors of the fabrics were completely unchanged. The light pink remained as such, not even a shade lighter... the greys remained the same shade as well. I was incredibly disappointed to say the least, considering two boxes of this ran me nearly $15. In regards to preparation- this is the worst smelling and most difficult to manage chemical I have ever encountered. It smells like burnt hair and bleach... and permeated everywhere despite having fans on in my laundry room, and doors open. I was ill prepared and should have sincerely been wearing a mask as the smell is sincerely SO strong. Bleach is easier to cope with, this stuff left me legitimately afraid to inhale for fear of health repercussions. I don’t have any idea why this stuff had no impact on my clothing. Perhaps it’s inclined to be used for darker colors... which I either missed or it really wasn’t specified. Either way I’m glad it worked for others in these reviews, but I’d say if you’re dying light colored items just skip this treatment. Save yourself the money and brain cells by avoiding these fumes...

I have tried this twice now and am updating my review, but leaving it at 4 stars. First review: I think that this would work in certain conditions but it didn't really work for me. I have a poly/rayon shirt that I dyed purple recently with polyester dye on the stovetop. It didn't turn out right because some of the threads just stayed white. I decided to try to remove the dye. I did the washing machine method with the color remover. I threw in a white bra that had some rubbed off blue dye from a shirt. The instructions on the site said to start the machine and then put the color remover in, which I think is weird. When the cycle got done, the shirt was still very purple and my bra was then also purple. It seems to me the color remover "worked" and removed some of the dye, but it could be the hot water did that by itself (I'm not sure if that's possible). The dye did have a fixative and the shirt had been washed. It's possible that there was some error in the process, and also I didn't use the stovetop method which is recommended for polyester. I may try doing the stovetop method. I'll edit the review with the results if I do that. I am also going to try it with a cotton dress. Second review: I did try the stovetop method with the purple shirt and bra but it didn't do anything to the shirt. It worked on the bra to remove the purple. I tried color remover again with the cotton dress (below). The dress I want to dye was mustard yellow. I'm dyeing it coral, and wanted to remove the yellow as much as possible. I did the stovetop method but if I were to do it again I'd do the washing machine method. Firstly, it's hard to get a giant pot of water to be exactly 200 degrees and to get it to stay at 200 degrees. Mine started to partially boil and I was like, I better get going. I turned down the heat but I just feel like there's too much water to get it to heat evenly on a home stove. I did my best. The color remover smells horrible by the way and made the whole house smell. The dress was in the pot for about 45 minutes. I think it just took extra time because of the inconsistent heat. It probably wasn't hot enough. I know that because I accidentally put my fingers in the water and they didn't burn. But it was very hot. I added pictures to show before and during. The white area isn't a glare, it really appeared that white. It was hard to get it to be even because fabric always has areas sticking above the water because it floats and has air pockets. That's why I think I'll do the washing machine next time, because it constantly agitates. The Rit site says stovetop is the most reliable, but I'm not sure. The color ended up to be a pale yellow. It didn't remove color from the zipper tape (luckily it's an invisible zipper) or some thread on the inside. But I'm happy with the results and I think the coral will turn out well.

Incredibly brilliant product - used the stove top method on a cotton/polyester shirt which had been unsuccessfully dye twice. Within minutes the latest colour had gone and after the full 20 minutes the initial dye had been reduced to near zero.

This is the best thing in the market that actually makes your stained clothes become white again. There’s a horrible smell at the time of using this but none the less it does the job perfectly. Just keep the doors and the windows open so the smell can go away.

Thank you Rit Colour Remover, for saving my marriage! Red dye found its way into my husband’s favourite white sweatshirt (the man needs to stop buying white shirts!), and after trying every stain remover hack online, with no results, I ordered this. Worked like a charm!

This does NOT work in a washing machine but when I did it on the pot on the cooker it worked immediately. DO NOT USE THIS IN A WASHING MACHINE AS IT DOES NOT WORK.

Ottimo prodotto (l'unico realmente efficace, direi) a condizione che venga utilizzato correttamente: -adoperare un contenitore di plastica che resista sufficientemente al calore, munito di coperchio: -seguire le istruzioni (non sono in italiano) adeguando la temperatura al materiale che si vuole decolorare; -l'utilizzo del coperchio e di tempi sufficientemente lunghi (da 2 a 8 ore e oltre) ne esaltano l'efficacia; -non funziona in lavatrice (anche perchè dopo l'uso andrebbe ripulita).