How to Stop Colour Bleeding in the Wash in Qatar
New Gulf football kits, black abayas, and market finds often dump dye on the first wash. Heat and long cycles make it worse. Sorting is not fussy. It is cheaper than re-dyeing a thobe.
The cloth test
Damp a white cloth and rub a hidden seam. If it stains, wash that piece alone, cold, inside out, until the water runs clear — or send it as a separate item.
Load rules
Whites never share with new darks. Thobes never share with team kits. Zip pockets. Turn darks inside out. Skip hot water for the first three washes of anything black or red.
If it already ran
Rewash immediately with a dye-transfer remover made for laundry, not bathroom bleach. Professional wet-cleaning can lift fresh transfer from cotton. Set dye in polyester is harder.
Prevention that works
Colour-catcher sheets, cold cycles, and telling the laundry driver which bag is new stock.
Everything You Need to Know
Can a stained white thobe be saved after dye transfer?
Often, if you act the same day and the fabric is cotton. Old, heat-set dye is much harder.
Should I salt new clothes?
Salt is folklore. A colour-catcher and a cold solo wash are more reliable.
Do you separate colours at Renova?
Yes. Still flag brand-new darks and sports kits so they do not sit on whites in the same bag.
Written by the Renova team
