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If you are washing hand dyed clothes for the first time-please wash with like colors as the dye might bleed the first few washes!
Wash hemp like any other clothes!
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- Separate dark from light clothes.
- Greasy clothes -> wash as warm as possible.
- Protein stains -> wash in cool water, for example: blood, milk, chocolate, poop etc.
- Use bleach only with whites and only if you have no magnesium in your water.
- Use vinegar instead of bleach if there is lots of magnesium in your water.
- Add baking soda to your wash to keep your clothes and oven mitts etc. fireretardant.
- Fabric softener makes clothes more flammable.
- Elastics and any form of rubber or lycra wears out very fast in a dryer.
- Never let wet clothes sit.
- Save energy by line drying.
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Wash hemp like any other clothes!
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- Separate dark from light clothes.
- Greasy clothes -> wash as warm as possible.
- Protein stains -> wash in cool water, for example: blood, milk, chocolate, poop etc.
- Use bleach only with whites and only if you have no magnesium in your water.
- Use vinegar instead of bleach if there is lots of magnesium in your water.
- Add baking soda to your wash to keep your clothes and oven mitts etc. fireretardant.
- Fabric softener makes clothes more flammable.
- Elastics and any form of rubber or lycra wears out very fast in a dryer.
- Never let wet clothes sit.
- Save energy by line drying.
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Oh, and if you like to home-dye, always do it in a pot on your stove. The colors will be more brilliant and you need less dye.
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