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Originally Posted by UKCardGuy
My lessons:
- Oxiclean works well but only use if for short amounts of time (e.g. an hour or two at most)
- If using Oxiclean, what for any bleeding of the graphics. As you as you see that, take it out and stop.
- Bleach on white pennants, can't be beat.
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Red is always going to be an adventure. Sometimes it runs immediately. Sometimes it takes a while. Sometimes it holds up fine. I suspect your Phillies would've had problems even if you had gone with bleach. The bleeding red is manageable though. Just keep soaking/rinsing it with plain water until the running stops. I've never had one that didn't stop running and the bleed usually rinses away completely if you stay on top of it.
Using Oxyclean with red graphics, 30 minutes is my limit. I find most of the improvement occurs within that time any way. For dirtier, non-red pennants I may leave in a little longer. I did do an overnight on an old 70s Bengals pennant (white pennant with orange/black graphics) to see what would happen and the graphics faded pretty badly.