lol-- appreciate the den mother nod.
DEFINITELY do the presoak in the tub w/ vinegar. Be careful of adding vinegar to your normal wash henceforth-- I usually base further vinegar addition to how the gi seems to handle repeat washings. If it's fading out easy, I'll add vinegar occasionally. If it seems to be staying put, I don't.
Important-- if you're using a detergent with baking soda in it (arm and hammer, for example, here in the states), do not be adding vinegar. chemical interaction bad juju.
also, from my experience, wash temperature can affect fading. I try and wash in cold/cold, unless my gi is just exceptionally funkay.
looks like a handsome gi, this. hope you get back on the mats real soon, foz.
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Originally Posted by Fozzy
some people (like lowcofg) suggest adding it to the wash to set the colour EVERY time she washes it. I colour set my gi's before the first wash. So i like put them in a tub with water and 3 cups of vinegar. leave it for about 20-30 mins, then do it's first wash. then I just wash it normally on cold (since i shrunk it in the first wash to get the size down) there after.
~Foz
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