Does the printed fabric have to be washed?
The product is design to be used according to the directions on the bottle, which include washing the fabric before using it. Using printed fabric that has not been washed would be like using fabric that had been dyed with fiber reactive dye and not washed. Not all the ink molecules react with the fabric. The loose ink molecules and the chemical need to be washed away. If the fabric gets wet with loose molecules still in it, they will migrate (run) to another part of the fabric which still has the chemical in it, and react where they are not wanted. The best product for washing is Bubble Jet Rinse, because it is not only designed to wash away the loose molecules and chemical, it is also designed to further set the ink that has reacted with the fabric. Even if you are making a product that you don’t plan to wash, the fabric should be washed before you use it. If the iron should dribble, or if a stray drop of water gets on the fabric, loose ink molecules will spread with the liquid and r
