Carbona® Color Run Remover | Powerful Color Bleed Eliminator | Fixes Color Run Accidents | 2.6 Oz, 1 Pack

Useful to prevent colors from transferring to other fabrics. I use for the first wash for quilts to prevent fading. Easy, just put in Washer. Works well.

One star is not low enough. Out of desperation to fix a sentimental set of pajamas, I had to try this product. My child had a red, white and blue patterned pajamas that were thrown into the wash by accident with a red table cloth. The red table cloth bled, and pinked all the white parts of the pajamas. I tried all oxy products and stain fighter detergents to no results. Tried this product as directed with test spots, seemingly ok. Clothes didn't appear to be colorfast after spot testing, and especially after getting washed at least 20 times before without bleeding I thought I was in the clear. Started to wash with this product and at first there was no change, but then it started to activate. The reds on parts of the shirt bled out and left a mustard brown color. The deep blues were nearly wiped out like acid was jeans. Some parts of the shirt seemed un-phased. In an attempt to stop the product from making things worse, I tried to rinse asap but the damage was done, it continued to bleed for another 10 minutes afterwards. There was no stopping the reaction. Ironically, the pinks I intended to remove are still just as pink with no result. This product worked hard to remove the existing colors that it was not supposed to work on, but not the pink bleed it was intended for. Any chance of saving these pajamas are now completely out of the question, I should've left them alone with the pink bleed. To be honest, I don't know how some people made out good with their results. This product failed miserably. My only advice is only attempt this on a garment you're willing to part with if it doesn't work.

Worth every penny. My daughter had a light colored shirt that ended up getting dye transfer on it when it sat too long in the washing machine with another piece of clothing. The stain was dark pink and covered a large area of the back shoulder of the shirt. I tried re-washing with color catchers, letting it soak with numerous types of our usual stain removal combos, and nothing worked. I tried this as a last ditch effort and was amazed the dye stains are completely gone. I don’t ever leave reviews so take this for what it’s worth. Even my husband was impressed lol. Wish I had a before photo but as you can see, there is no trace of the previous damage.

I did the cliche thing and threw in a maroon clothing item with a load of mostly light colored clothes, including brand new clothes for my kids that I was washing for the first time. An unpleasant surprise awaited me when I opened the washer -- literally every single other item of clothing was pink-hued -- like a dark pink. Some were splotchy and some were solid pink. (I had put in a color catcher but it wasn't enough to guard against this apparently highly saturated piece of clothing.) I was SO UPSET! I immediately dove into research mode, read about using vinegar, very diluted bleach, or Oxiclean -- totally useless. Then I read about Carbona's Color Run Remover and decided to give it a whirl. OMG, it really worked and saved my entire load of clothes!!! Now, I did do a colorfast test as recommended and saw no difference, however, after going thru a wash cycle, some of the clothes did indeed fade or change color a bit. I didn't mind though as it was oodles better than being stuck with a buncha pink clothes. I wish I had taken pix of the clothes before and after so I could post, but alas, I did not. I have other stain removal products from this brand and they always work -- this product was no different. I feel like I sound like a commercial, but seriously, thanks Carbona! You rescued hundreds of dollars of clothes!

The product smells pretty bad. Kind of sulfuric. It didn't work on tan linen that was stained blue. I tested it in a small area and it stripped the tan color out and turned it yellow. I tried hot water with dish soap and it worked just fine!

Easy to use but unfortunately this time didn’t work for me. Didn’t remove red color from my white t shirt. I used it before on other colors snd it worked perfectly fine, but I guess red color more permanent

It removed the red on my damaged clothes

I don't know if they've changed the formula on this. I doubt it because it still smells the same sort of unpleasant chemically smell that it always used to. But I just accidentally washed some whites with one red thing and they all turned pink. I didn't dry them. I just bought six of these as I normally would. They came the next day, so I was able to do a Color Run removal wash almost immediately after accidentally staining the items, which were still wet. And yet none of the color came out. I used all of them over two washes. It says you might have to repeat a wash to get all the color out, which I've never had to do before when I've made a mistake like this, but I bought enough to do two, and when it didn't come out the first time I did it a second time. Still not a drop of color was removed. I've given up and just accepted that the sheets for my guest bed are now going to be pink. I'm quite concerned, because this stuff always worked before, and I don't think I'm going to stop making this mistake every year or two. So if I can't rely on carbona, what am I going to use to get the pink out of my lighter colors when a red sock or something accidentally winds up in with the whites? I could always rely on carbona to take out the color run without harming the pattern on whatever it was I'd ruined. Apparently that is no longer the case.