Dye RIT COLORSTAY, 8 fl oz, Dye Fixative (2-Pack)

I LOVE this stuff and wish I'd known about it years ago. We've all been there. We've bought something new and washed it once or twice separately to ensure that it won't stain other laundry and then it just never stops shedding colour! Colour catchers only help so much whilst the vibrant patterns you were drawn to in the first place begin to look drab. It's depressing. This fixes the problem provided that you notice it soon enough. I'm so grateful and will now always keep an emergency bottle in the linen cupboard. Do consult the RIT website for more details than what are on the bottle as they explain very clearly how to deal with delicate fabrics and the pros and cons of the different methods of application. NB the site is in "American," so they a priori assume a top loader washing machine. Front loaders are called HE (high-efficiency) machines. Go forth and buy Indian block prints with confidence!

This is definitely worth using if you’re dying with Rit. It makes a huge difference to the colour intensity and fastness of the dye.

Watched the video of a young lady changing the colour of a chair looked easy so had ago, mixed the dye as required applied with a brush chose a sunny day, looked at the BBC weather forecast sunny for next couple of days. put the armchair out to dry, clouds appeared then rain but managed to put the chair under cover. over the next days managed to dry the chair and applied the fixer no good with brush or roller. The young lady was in sunny California.

Needed for dying items.