What should I do if my black clothes fade

 8:55am, 2 July 2025

What should I do if black clothes fade?

Black clothes tend to fade after wearing them for a long time, and even start to turn white. What should I do when black clothes fade? We can use salt water soaking method, edible vinegar soaking method, floral water cleaning method and other methods to ensure that the color of the clothes is as smooth as new.

Method 1: Edible vinegar soaking method

This method mainly targets pure cotton clothes and knitted products with bright colors such as red or purple. The method is to add some ordinary vinegar to the water for washing clothes before washing them for a while! Don’t need too much vinegar. After it cools down, soak the dark-colored clothes for 30 minutes. If you can clean your clothes like this frequently, you can ensure that the color of the clothes is as smooth as new!

Method 2: Brine immersion method

Brine immersion method is the easiest method. In order to prevent the newly bought black clothes from fading, soak them in concentrated salt water for half an hour before entering the water for the first time, and then follow the usual method of washing clothes. If the black clothes still fade slightly, you can soak them in light salt water for ten minutes before washing. If you persist for a long time, the clothes will never fade again! This method is most suitable for the fading problem of denim suits and pattern clothes, and the effect is extremely effective. Method 3: Pay attention to drying black clothes when drying, it is recommended to dry them in reverse to avoid direct sunlight.

Method 4: Floral water cleaning method

This method is more suitable for cotton and wool fabrics. The method is to first wash the clothes according to the conventional method. After the clothes are rinsed, add a few drops of dew into the clean water, and then soak the washed clothes in such water for ten minutes. Clothes washed in this way can also disinfect and sterilize and remove sweat smell.

Black clothes turn red

Why do black clothes turn red? This question confuses many people. Black clothes turn red because of fading, and may also be related to the water used. So, what should I do if my black clothes turn red? The specific treatment method is as follows:

1. Detergent soaking method: Blue cloth dyed with vulcanized fuel generally has stronger adhesion, but has poor wear resistance. Therefore, it is best to soak in detergent for 15 minutes first, rub it gently with your hands, and then rinse it with clean water. Do not rub it with a washboard to avoid the cloth from turning white.

2. Salt soaking method: A strip cloth or standard cloth dyed with direct dye generally has poor adhesion. It is best to add a little salt to the water when washing, soak the clothes in the solution for 10-15 minutes before washing, which can prevent or reduce fading.

3. Shilin fuel dyeing method: Although the dyeing of various colored cloths dyed with Shilin fuel is relatively good, the color is generally attached to the surface of cotton yarn. Therefore, when wearing this type of colored cloth, you should prevent friction and avoid the whiteness of the cotton yarn, causing serious fading and whitening.

4. Oxidation fuel dyeing method: The green cloth dyed with oxidation fuel is generally dyed firmly and shiny, but it is prone to green when encountering reducing gases such as coal gas. Therefore, do not bake the washed green cloth clothes by the stove.

What to do if black pants are white?

What to do if black clothes are white? Everyone wants to know how to solve this problem. Black clothes may have poor quality and fade over time. For the problem of whitening black clothes, we can use colored wading water, soak spinach water, and soak it with salt.

1. Soak the spinach water

and wash the black clothes to turn black, which has the effect of improving color.

2. Use color rinse to treat white black clothes

1. First wash the clothes with laundry detergent;

2. Pour half a basin of water (about 2L), pour appropriate laundry detergent into the water, observe the changes in the stains, and then rinse the clothes.

Precautions: Color bleaches are not suitable for easy fading clothing, dry cleaning clothing, and avoid contact with metal buttons, zippers, metal accessories, etc. on the clothing.

3. Soak the clothes in tea for two hours, then wash them so that they will not turn white.

4. Add salt to soak

You can add a little salt to the water during washing, soak the clothes in salt water for about 15 minutes, and then wash. Do not expose them in the sun after washing, so as to prevent or reduce fading. (Because salt has the effect of fixing color).