Rit Color Remover, 2 Ounce (Pack of 1)

This product works! I had two new white shirts that were mistakenly washed with items that bled pink dye. This product saved the expense of replacing them. Follow directions and be aware that proper ventilation is a must - the chemicals smell awful but they work. An excellent value, especially given the cost to replace the shirts.

I wish I had taken before and after pictures. Somehow my white shirt got washed with my son’s new blue hoodie. I was skeptical it would work but it did! I used the stovetop method. Don’t know if it made a difference but my shirt didn’t go through the dryer after it turned blue.

I bought a brand new white shirt and immediately pinked it on the first wash. This had never happened before because most dyes are wash safe these days, but I guess that's what happens when you buy vintage red shirts. I tried oxyclean for hours and it didn't do anything for my pinked cotton shirt.I then bought this but thought I couldn't use it as I didn't have a special pot reserved for chemicals. I later looked online and saw that you could use this in a plastic bin!What I did was boil a pot full of hot water, and poured it into a plastic bin that had the whole packet of RIT sprinkled on the bottom. I then had the white clothes ready besides it and dunked them in right away. The pink tinge disappeared immediately! I wish I knew about this earlier because it would have saved so much time.

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.

Got this as a baby shower gift from my mom and decided to wash before the baby arrived… I was so sad since didn’t have the chance for the baby to even wear it, did a research in amazon and got to this product which did the job. The blue dye that was transferred from other onesie was eliminated and revived the original colors looking as good as new.

I thought this would take out color bleed during a wash. It does not! It took all the color out of my shirts. One went from blue to orange, one peach to yellow, the only one it did work on was my grandsons yellow T-shirt went from dark yellow to light yellow and it took out the color bleed. So it was the only one it actually saved. Maybe I read it wrong, I did the stove top method. It just takes all the color. It was easy to use.

I have a white swim suit cover up that was accidentally washed and dried with colors. I tried bleaching it to no avail and using Rit was my last ditch effort at saving it. I could hardly believe how well it worked! I used one packet stove top method and it came out crisp white yet again. I will absolutely be using this again in the future when white articles of clothing inevitably end up in the color load again.