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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Pigment dyed clothes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.223845.7280@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 22:38:45 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cbnews.1992Nov5.223845.7280
- References: <1d13i0INNs6e@skat.usc.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
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- In article <1d13i0INNs6e@skat.usc.edu> jslee@skat.usc.edu (John S. Lee) writes:
- >What is the proper way to stop pigment-dyed clothes from bleeding
- >color?
- >
- >I have a pair of green cargo shorts which still rub green after the
- >initial washing, the one they claim will halt the color rub.
- >
- >My hands get green just from reaching into the pockets on a typical
- >use.
-
- Sounds like a dollar bill. The green color on the back stays
- forever and ever.
-
- Actually "pigment-dyed" is sort of a misnomer. In a dye the color
- particles mix and dissolve in the liquid, while in a pigment the
- color particles remain as small undissolved particles.
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- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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