G&K Craft GNKRET-16 Ind. Retayne 16oz, 16 oz

I am a basket weaver and dye my own reed. This is fantastic for setting the color and my dyed reed never bleeds.

Disappointing, but I knew it was a gamble to try this product on a synthetic fabric. My black skirt stayed black, without even a hint of the turquoise dye I tried to tint it with.

This product works great to stop bleeding dyes. In my HE washer I always use the extra water fill.

This is the best. If you have never used it you need to because it keeps the colors of your fabric from running on your other colors.

The best one of these Ive ever seen.

product works great.

I dye a lot of clothes with an all purpose dye that tends to bleed and fade with each wash. I read about retayne online and decided to give it a shot. The first time I used it, I didn’t rinse the dye, I just submerged the over-dyed black garment straight from the dye bath into the mixture of retatne and HOT water and started stirring. Immediately I saw the color of the water turn into a thick black color, but after a few minutes the water seemed to become translucent again. It was like the retayne pulled the dye back into the fabric and locked it in. While rinsing in cold water afterwards, the water became clear within 10-20 seconds. Normally, the dye would continue rinsing out with the water and I’d have to count on using the washing machine to rinse the remaining excess dye. After washing I noticed the fabric was more stiff than usual, but a second wash in cold water took care of that. This stuff works. I’ve even put fabric dyed a light color in the same retayne mixture with fabric dyed black and the black dye didn’t bleed into the lighter colored fabric -though I wouldn’t recommend trying this right away. The colors seem to stick to the fabric a lot better and are more vibrant initially. The color still fades slightly over time, and I’d recommend washing the items in cold water with like colors, but overall retayne has significantly increased the vibrancy and washfastness of all my dyed pieces.

absolute necessity for batiks

use this product with all my quilt fabrics

It only takes a small amount to keep the color in your fabric from fading and bleeding.