Dyes Clothing: How to avoid the fabrics fade?

One of the matters that I like is the color of clothing matters. I wonder and I have asked to professional people, if there is any way to know if the coloring or dyeing of a garment is good, durable etc. I’ll publish some articles in the coming weeks on this subject to be able to answer some frequently asked questions ... Is possible to prevent discoloration of clothes? Does the sun remove the color of clothing? Do stain removal commercial products damage the colors of clothes? Which fibers fade and which not? How to know if the color of a garment is irregular?

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The cause of the main "accidents in clothes "

We all know that most accidents about clothes are caused by the "famous" faded: a garment of various colors fades and the colors are mixed together, or a single color garment loses much color in first washed, sometimes causing other clothes fade. When we buy clothes "a priori" we can’t know whether they will fade, labels don’t say anything about it. Quality clothes are supposed to have solid colors and they don´t fade

How to avoid fading

The first thing to consider is what the label recommends, it is prudent to follow what we are advised, particularly the choice between water washing or dry cleaning. Sometimes the same composition clothing to another - for example 100% linen – recommends different washing procedure and this can be, sometimes, depending on the colorant or dye of the garment.

When we have a new garment that can be washed in water and we don’t know how it will react, we can soak it with some hot water and laundry soap, and over the weir or a sink, squeeze it between your hands and check for loose color. If we see that this system loose much color, it is best to hand wash the garment alone. If it Releases color but not too much we can wash it mixed with another clothes of the same color or the like and laundry detergent color - this is critical, it doesn’t contain bleach, or detergent for black clothes , if it is dark  for a successfully wash.

What kinds of fibers fade?

Synthetic fibers don´t fade, among these the most used: polyester, polyamide, and acrylic fibers. Only natural and natural polymer chemistries fade. We almost always found mixed fibers clothing and for this reason it gets more solid in color and avoid fading, the most common are cotton-polyester, wool-acrylic, wool-polyester, acetate-polyamide, viscose-polyester.

There is a lot of information about fading in this blog, especially solutions that can help to solve the clothes, but also good to know that not always arranged, depends on many factors.