Rit Color Remover, 2 Ounce (Pack of 1)

I accidentally ruined a load of my favorite white shirts by washing them with a small white sock that had a light red band. Everything came out with a pink tint—I was so bummed! My mom suggested I try this product, and it was amazing. The first time, I didn’t follow the directions exactly, so it didn’t remove all the color. But it worked well enough that I could tell it had potential. I bought more, followed the directions to a T, and I’m so glad I did! It completely removed the pink tint from my white shirts—they look brand new. I also used it on some older white tees and button-downs that had yellowed over time due to age, hard water, and sweat stains around the collar and underarms. For those, I had to go through the process twice. While they didn’t come out looking brand new, the yellowing faded significantly—they now look great and are totally wearable again. Highly recommend if you're trying to rescue white clothes!

This product works as expected bb

I was new to the whole RIT product line. Just putting that out there. I had - 1 pair of dark blue jeans that were 98% cotton and 2% spandex/lycra that I wanted to dye a darker blue. So I bought a bottle of dark blue (royal, I think?) RIT dye, which said to *first* use a color remover. That's how I came to purchase this. Bottle of remover says - "this will not work on denim" but I tried it anyway. I filled a huge pot with boiling water and then added the remover and then the jeans. (If it didn't work, I'd just buy new jeans!) Did it Work? - Sort of. The water instantly turned a weird yellowish-green and then dark blue. My heavens did it *reek* like Nair does while it burns the hair off your legs. I opened all of the windows in the kitchen. After draining & rinsing I still had a sort-of-dark pair of jeans. They were slightly lighter than what they started with, but not much. Later - I immediately used the RIT dye using the stove-top method with salt & dish soap. They appeared to be a dark indigo blue and once they were dry they were still the same dark indigo - I love it! The color is uniform and it dyed away the lighter spots where there was more wear. Note - the jeans are now slightly tighter; I'm not sure if it was the color remover or the dye but something I felt should be noted. And this will *not* strip your denim of ALL color - just a bit.

Did NOTHING! The white cotton bathrobe is more pink now after using 6 packages of the RIT color remover than when it originally turned pink. To say that i am disappointed is an understatement. It was complete waste of time and money. Merry Christmas, BAH-HUMBUG!!

I have tried this twice now and am updating my review, but leaving it at 4 stars. First review: I think that this would work in certain conditions but it didn't really work for me. I have a poly/rayon shirt that I dyed purple recently with polyester dye on the stovetop. It didn't turn out right because some of the threads just stayed white. I decided to try to remove the dye. I did the washing machine method with the color remover. I threw in a white bra that had some rubbed off blue dye from a shirt. The instructions on the site said to start the machine and then put the color remover in, which I think is weird. When the cycle got done, the shirt was still very purple and my bra was then also purple. It seems to me the color remover "worked" and removed some of the dye, but it could be the hot water did that by itself (I'm not sure if that's possible). The dye did have a fixative and the shirt had been washed. It's possible that there was some error in the process, and also I didn't use the stovetop method which is recommended for polyester. I may try doing the stovetop method. I'll edit the review with the results if I do that. I am also going to try it with a cotton dress. Second review: I did try the stovetop method with the purple shirt and bra but it didn't do anything to the shirt. It worked on the bra to remove the purple. I tried color remover again with the cotton dress (below). The dress I want to dye was mustard yellow. I'm dyeing it coral, and wanted to remove the yellow as much as possible. I did the stovetop method but if I were to do it again I'd do the washing machine method. Firstly, it's hard to get a giant pot of water to be exactly 200 degrees and to get it to stay at 200 degrees. Mine started to partially boil and I was like, I better get going. I turned down the heat but I just feel like there's too much water to get it to heat evenly on a home stove. I did my best. The color remover smells horrible by the way and made the whole house smell. The dress was in the pot for about 45 minutes. I think it just took extra time because of the inconsistent heat. It probably wasn't hot enough. I know that because I accidentally put my fingers in the water and they didn't burn. But it was very hot. I added pictures to show before and during. The white area isn't a glare, it really appeared that white. It was hard to get it to be even because fabric always has areas sticking above the water because it floats and has air pockets. That's why I think I'll do the washing machine next time, because it constantly agitates. The Rit site says stovetop is the most reliable, but I'm not sure. The color ended up to be a pale yellow. It didn't remove color from the zipper tape (luckily it's an invisible zipper) or some thread on the inside. But I'm happy with the results and I think the coral will turn out well.

Used this for reverse tie dye and worked perfectly

I thought this would take out color bleed during a wash. It does not! It took all the color out of my shirts. One went from blue to orange, one peach to yellow, the only one it did work on was my grandsons yellow T-shirt went from dark yellow to light yellow and it took out the color bleed. So it was the only one it actually saved. Maybe I read it wrong, I did the stove top method. It just takes all the color. It was easy to use.

Very good. I had a cotton beige shirt that was tinted with patches of blue in the washing machine by a pair of dark jeans but Rit saved it. Use with boiling water and a nice bucket in open air and it works magic - then rinse your clothing thoroughly after for the smell can get strong. Wash your lights separatly from any pair of jeans, people, because jeans tend to do that.