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Off Topic Forums => Off Topic Forum => Topic started by: red_Dragon888 on October 03, 2010, 07:29:17 am
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Recently, in the last two weeks, I'd lanudried my whites and made the mistake to mix my various clothes in the dryer. I am not sure if this was the cause of the malay, but a couple of my white tees now have blotches on the and I would like to know if anyone have any ideas on how to get these stains out? I am considering bleach, but that maybe too harsh on my tees. I have found a site that recommends using baking soda and hydrogenpreoxide, so that maybe my next action.
This is the site: http://www.ontheglam.com/2010/04/problem-perpetual-pitstains.html (http://www.ontheglam.com/2010/04/problem-perpetual-pitstains.html)
I was going to buy OxyClean, but I have had terrible experience with it when someone wash my favorite dress shirt in it and the shirt got totally discolored. There are also sites that discredit OxyClean.
http://oxyclean.com/oxyclean-rated.html (http://oxyclean.com/oxyclean-rated.html)
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Soak overnight in water and detergent made for white clothes. Then wash. Sun dry.
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I'm a huge believer in Biz (http://bizstainfighter.com/products/) which my dear mother turned me on to years ago -- I get the box of powder, not the other stuff. Mix a batch of Biz with water per the directions and soak the clothing overnight before washing in a machine again.
Any supermarket should have this product.
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Carbona. Have used it on whites that were contaminated by red dyes in laundry. Excellent outcome. Follow the directions.
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Carbona. Have used it on whites that were contaminated by red dyes in laundry. Excellent outcome. Follow the directions.
Do you mean specifically the "Color Run Remover" on their website? They have a lot of stain products. I've not used any of these, but I'm always interested in laundry stuff.
I have a tendency to get obsessive with household cleaning products, which is funny because I rather hate cleaning. I don't mind laundry so much though, but there's really nothing worse than those evil "laundry disasters" -- I have a couple of items that just mysteriously brushed against some minuscule amount of bleach (I assume) and I've set aside for now. I've been contemplating an attempted at dying them, but I don't think that will work. I guess my problem is the reverse, however, of what "Color Run Remover" is intended for, but it does look appropriate for the OP.
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A company called Dylon has a very good colour remover - I've used it in the past with excellent results. It's originally a British company (dye - London is how they got the name) but I'm pretty sure I remember buying their clothes dye in the States. The colour remover is usually sold where ever their dyes are sold. Do you still have Woolworths in the States? I know they went out of business over here, but not sure about over there. Woolworths will stock it.
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A company called Dylon has a very good colour remover - I've used it in the past with excellent results. It's originally a British company (dye - London is how they got the name) but I'm pretty sure I remember buying their clothes dye in the States. The colour remover is usually sold where ever their dyes are sold. Do you still have Woolworths in the States? I know they went out of business over here, but not sure about over there. Woolworths will stock it.
Give it a rest honey -- you know nothing any longer about the US. Fucking Woolworth's went out of business here 13 years ago.
As far as dye goes, the most common available one is Rit (http://www.ritdye.com/) and as long as I remember it's been that way since I was in college. We used Rit to make tie dye t-shirts while popping acid.
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Ah, that's it, Rit. The packaging must be very similar, because I remember when I was first living here and saw Dylon I thought it was the same company. I would imagine Rit makes a similar product to the one that Dylon makes.
As for Woolworths (Woolies as it was known over here), I had no idea they went out of business in the States so long ago. They went out of business here about two or three years ago when the recession first began.
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BLEACH works wonders, but, over use of it will ruin your whites, and they won't last as long.......
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Do you mean specifically the "Color Run Remover" on their website? They have a lot of stain products. I've not used any of these, but I'm always interested in laundry stuff.
I have a tendency to get obsessive with household cleaning products, which is funny because I rather hate cleaning. I don't mind laundry so much though, but there's really nothing worse than those evil "laundry disasters" -- I have a couple of items that just mysteriously brushed against some minuscule amount of bleach (I assume) and I've set aside for now. I've been contemplating an attempted at dying them, but I don't think that will work. I guess my problem is the reverse, however, of what "Color Run Remover" is intended for, but it does look appropriate for the OP.
I'll check their site and come back to this post. I got it in the store after a student living with us messed up her nice white hoodie and there were some other items with mystery "pink" mist over them. I was not counting on it working, but it did. Edited to add: YUP-- that's the stuff. The boxes I bought must have been on the shelf a while as the graphics were much more plain. I would definitely buy it again.
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Ah, that's it, Rit. The packaging must be very similar, because I remember when I was first living here and saw Dylon I thought it was the same company. I would imagine Rit makes a similar product to the one that Dylon makes.
As for Woolworths (Woolies as it was known over here), I had no idea they went out of business in the States so long ago. They went out of business here about two or three years ago when the recession first began.
We still have Woolies in Aus, it's still one of the largest retailers in the country. Although they pinched the name from the American company (it was not trademarked at the time) it is a seperate entity with no relation to the American company.
They did some 'greenwashing' recently and cam up with a new logo: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/person_or_apple_discuss.php (http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/person_or_apple_discuss.php)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/29029178@N03/3997111307/)
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I believe Woolworths is originally British. They (the media) sure made it sound like it was when they shut down.
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According to Wiki, Ann, it is one of the original American five and dime stores, started in 1879. The Aussie version was founded in 1924.
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Woolworth is as American as apple pie. The British division lasted longer than the American, that's all.
http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/t_woolworth.htm
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Woolworth is as American as apple pie. The British division lasted longer than the American, that's all.
http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/t_woolworth.htm
lol. i know it's only a saying, but apple pie existed for centuries before 'america' was even discovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie)
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lol. i know it's only a saying, but apple pie existed for centuries before 'america' was even discovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie)
Yeah and if it weren't for Great Britain, there would be no Aussie or American ANYTHING ;)
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Would Borax or Borax with detergent work if I soak my tees overnight in it?
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Try it and find out. You know you want to. :)
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Just don't dry the clothing in heat until the color is out. Setting it further will not make it any easier.
I have had the "pink mist" on whites before, and I went commercial on it. I bought RIT Dye remover, and used that in a wash according to directions. If I recall, it took several applications but it worked.
Now I just avoid wearing white, except for socks. Easier to acquiesce to one's limitations at some point than to attempt to overcome them :)
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Try it and find out. You know you want to. :)
it just that i got borax now and why not try it. but, after the oxyclean fiasco, I'm a bit gun shy...
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Now I just avoid wearing white, except for socks. Easier to acquiesce to one's limitations at some point than to attempt to overcome them :)
I've avoided white for years, even socks. Put white on me and I'm immediately a magnet for whatever substance is within a mile radius that will indelibly stain. Any other colour, even pastels, I'm fine. But white? No.
I think it's white's revenge for when I got married.
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I would go with the bleach if I were you.
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I think it's white's revenge for when I got married.
LOL :D
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I've avoided white for years, even socks. Put white on me and I'm immediately a magnet for whatever substance is within a mile radius that will indelibly stain. Any other colour, even pastels, I'm fine. But white? No.
I think it's white's revenge for when I got married.
I cannot eat a meal without half of it ending up on my shirt. I would very much like to blame HIV, as my hands tend to shake (even harder when i am trying NOT to shake) but I have always been a bit of a clutz.
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I cannot eat a meal without half of it ending up on my shirt. I would very much like to blame HIV, as my hands tend to shake (even harder when i am trying NOT to shake) but I have always been a bit of a clutz.
There's a joke in here somewhere I just know it!
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There's a joke in here somewhere I just know it!
Yet in arenas outside the dining room, I rarely spill a drop.
You are welcome.
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Yet in arenas outside the dining room, I rarely spill a drop.
You are welcome.
;D
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Eschewing white seems like giving up on the "finer distinctions" in life, and that is a slippery slope. Thats why they invented all these fabulous products to keep your whites whiter than white.
Still there are hopeless causes, permanent stains, and the best solution is to chuck.
Luckily, to date, there is a continuous supply of wonderful all cotton or linen bed clothes coming out of old Switzerland to the thrift shops, so that sheets and pillow cases can be replaced for 5 francs. Cheaper than the wash and the products, when they fail.
Socks and underwear - well some fabrics seem to hold the stains, some don't. Some go grey or yellow, and won't go white again. My experience says its hit or miss.
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Oh, now I see, so that's how I get out all the hash-marks & picker marks on my tighty whiteys ;D
now only if my 2 cats wouldn't steal my socks, and hide them, so I cannot find them :-\
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I've avoided white for years, even socks....
I think it's white's revenge for when I got married.
I was thinking about this all day and it dawn on me. You weren't a virgin when you got married. How dense am I to take so long to get this joke....
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Here is a couple of questions that I would be afraid to ask outside this forum. One, I have bathroom mats and they need washing; however, do I was them with my colors or by themselves? Two, is it possible to sew up a tiny hole in my dress pants? The hole is just a little larger that a pin head, so I am thinking of using a needle and thread to sew it in or should I just get a tailor to do it or better yet, is there a product out there that take care of such problems?
red_Dragon888
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Hello Red,
You are funny. First, I gotta say you are duty-bound to let us know which product(s) you end up using and whether your whites are now dye-free.
Wash the bathmats alone.
If you're able with a needle/thread and depending upon the size of hole, you can weave a patch in position. Second option, get iron-on patch, cut it so it's got a margin to exceed the diameter of the hole, and put it on the inside of the pants. Third option, take it to a pro. You might find one who works at or with a local drycleaner.
It sounds like something I would do were it my project especially if it's a small nick in the fabric.
Now, you have a second item to report back on! ;)
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Hello Red,
You are funny. First, I gotta say you are duty-bound to let us know which product(s) you end up using and whether your whites are now dye-free.
Wash the bathmats alone.
If you're able with a needle/thread and depending upon the size of hole, you can weave a patch in position. Second option, get iron-on patch, cut it so it's got a margin to exceed the diameter of the hole, and put it on the inside of the pants. Third option, take it to a pro. You might find one who works at or with a local drycleaner.
It sounds like something I would do were it my project especially if it's a small nick in the fabric.
Now, you have a second item to report back on! ;)
I know the answers are obvious but I just wanted opinions. :) thanks for the advice.
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I was thinking about this all day and it dawn on me. You weren't a virgin when you got married. How dense am I to take so long to get this joke....
Better late than never! ;D
I wash my bath mats with my towels - my bath mats are really just thicker-than-usual towels anyway.
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Better late than never! ;D
I wash my bath mats with my towels - my bath mats are really just thicker-than-usual towels anyway.
My mats are shags and I know if I wash them with my clothes, it will be "fuzz city" for days. The thicker-than-usual towel bath mats make ecological sense though. Less washing.
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Red,
To clarify, my replies were meant in the best of humor and help. I don't think the answers are necessarily obvious. I worked in a drycleaner many years ago and gazoodles of people cannot sew a button on and must pay for it. So, questions about repairing holes, reweaving, patching aren't always clear. MANY people throw easily repaired items out or pass them on to Goodwill. I don't, my family doesn't nor do most of my friends.
Wanna talk about vinegar sometime? I've recently been reading about, and using, vinegar more and more--for cleaning. laundry and killing stale basement odor.
Em
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Peroxide probably won't get it, though it does excellent on blood that has not set very long. Can't hurt to try the Rit on your other clothes. Hubby used to use it on his clothes when they got old and faded ( very frugal, always bought used clothes and wore them for years) to brighten them up so they didn't look so old and worn out. You'd be amazed how many years you can make a pair of jeans or sweatshirt look good by dying them every other year. Be SURE that you run the washer empty a cycle after you dye anything, or your next load will fall victim of the remnant dye.
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Yeah and if it weren't for Great Britain, there would be no Aussie or American ANYTHING ;)
The Indigenous peoples of both our fine lands may have something to say about that. The Brits bought nothing but mysery. ;)
And, rumour has it they don't like soap much, so don't ask them for any tips about getting stains out.
Thankfully, black is back in a big way in newtown so white is a no no in my cupboard these days.
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In every city I have lived in there has been some seamstress in town who can patch holes well enough.
If you want top of the line hole mending, there is a miracle worker in Midtown NY:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/alice-zotta-new-york
Pricey but she always did it perfectly for me, or if she couldn't, she told you up front.
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Dirty laundry is dirty laundry no matter where you live in the world so, how do you down under get your whites the whitest? :D
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Interesting thing about blood. Did you know that you can get your OWN blood out of clothes using your saliva? The two are linked, via your DNA. You can not suck anyone ELSE'S blood out of a shirt, or a sofa, or anything. But you CAN, with enough determination, suck out your own with your saliva.
I found that out when I had a massive nosebleed on my futon a year ago. And though it was a little stomach-churning, I will be damned if it didn't work.
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Interesting thing about blood. Did you know that you can get your OWN blood out of clothes using your saliva? The two are linked, via your DNA. You can not suck anyone ELSE'S blood out of a shirt, or a sofa, or anything. But you CAN, with enough determination, suck out your own with your saliva.
I found that out when I had a massive nosebleed on my futon a year ago. And though it was a little stomach-churning, I will be damned if it didn't work.
You're totally pulling my chain.
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You're totally pulling my chain.
Not even. seriously! It worked for me. does not work on anyone else's blood. Believe me, I tried.
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But, you sucked your nosebleed out of your futon? Or drooled all over it and blotted? ??? ::)
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But, you sucked your nosebleed out of your futon? Or drooled all over it and blotted? ??? ::)
He's having a laugh riot at the idea of me trying to suck my own blood out of various sundry cloth items around the house I just know it.
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Not even. seriously! It worked for me. does not work on anyone else's blood. Believe me, I tried.
Well, at least you didn't post a question in the "Am I" forum right after doing that ;D
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Red,
To clarify, my replies were meant in the best of humor and help. I don't think the answers are necessarily obvious. I worked in a drycleaner many years ago and gazoodles of people cannot sew a button on and must pay for it. So, questions about repairing holes, reweaving, patching aren't always clear. MANY people throw easily repaired items out or pass them on to Goodwill. I don't, my family doesn't nor do most of my friends.
Wanna talk about vinegar sometime? I've recently been reading about, and using, vinegar more and more--for cleaning. laundry and killing stale basement odor.
Em
Em,
Well, I did not take it as an attack but I just wanted to ask questions that maybe others are afraid to ask. Actually, my mom and dad were professional tailors so I do know how to wash, sew, iron, repair and I try to not throw away anything that I can fix. “Middle class” is, proudly so, my middle name. So is “Scavenger” for even today I had found a shirt on the street of Manhattan, New York, that looks perfectly good and in my size. Now I plan to wash it and wear it one day.
Thrift Stores are also my passion for they sometimes have things so cheap that I can resist buying them. (nothing personal but I am such a shopping demon sometimes) My last ten suits cost me twenty dollars each and seven pairs of dress shoes cost ten dollars each. It is particularly interesting that some of my suits are Polo, Pierre Cardin, and Perry Ellis. I know… I am such a name dropper. ;)
I would like to hear more about the vinegar cleaner. I am always tempted to use it in my ironing but I am afraid that the smell will linger and people will mistake me for a Caesar salad. :)
Red
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lol. i know it's only a saying, but apple pie existed for centuries before 'america' was even discovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie)
Ok sweetheart, he or she meant cherry pie.
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I've avoided white for years, even socks. Put white on me and I'm immediately a magnet for whatever substance is within a mile radius that will indelibly stain. Any other colour, even pastels, I'm fine. But white? No.
I think it's white's revenge for when I got married.
One comment, I always try to be careful when I wear a white shirt or tee for I know mishaps are possible in the best of situations. That is why I use a napkins to cover my clothes for one drop of sauce or drink will mean stains for days. Although, I can't understand when I see someone wearing white pants. Do they have to stand all day or are the pants stain resistant?
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In every city I have lived in there has been some seamstress in town who can patch holes well enough.
If you want top of the line hole mending, there is a miracle worker in Midtown NY:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/alice-zotta-new-york
Pricey but she always did it perfectly for me, or if she couldn't, she told you up front.
Thanks I must check this place out.
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Interesting thing about blood. Did you know that you can get your OWN blood out of clothes using your saliva? The two are linked, via your DNA. You can not suck anyone ELSE'S blood out of a shirt, or a sofa, or anything. But you CAN, with enough determination, suck out your own with your saliva.
I found that out when I had a massive nosebleed on my futon a year ago. And though it was a little stomach-churning, I will be damned if it didn't work.
lol... OMG!!! That is detemination I must say.
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The Indigenous peoples of both our fine lands may have something to say about that. The Brits bought nothing but mysery. ;)
And, rumour has it they don't like soap much, so don't ask them for any tips about getting stains out.
Thankfully, black is back in a big way in newtown so white is a no no in my cupboard these days.
Minus the attack, there is history no matter where you go. My college professor once made the comment that there was no history in North America, aka United States, until after the Europeans arrived. I had to pointedly remind him of the Aztecs, The American Indians, Eskimos, and other Natives of the lands and he had to rethink his statement. I guess it is easy to forget the people whose history has been erased, rewritten and belittled.
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Anyone knows good thrift shops in NYC?
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Minus the attack, there is history no matter where you go. My college professor once made the comment that there was no history in North America, aka United States, until after the Europeans arrived. I had to pointedly remind him of the Aztecs, The American Indians, Eskimos, and other Natives of the lands and he had to rethink his statement. I guess it is easy to forget the people whose history has been erased, rewritten and belittled.
red_Dragon888 thanks for your comment, well said ;)
Fearless.....you drive on the same side of the road as the UK does, also your country stole the land from the natives, and caused as much pain & misery as other countries have done, so what makes you any different than anyone else.... and to say that the UK doesn't use any SOAP is just plain SILLY :D
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red_Dragon888 thanks for your comment, well said ;)
Fearless.....you drive on the same side of the road as the UK does, also your country stole the land from the natives, and caused as much pain & misery as other countries have done, so what makes you any different than anyone else.... and to say that the UK doesn't use any SOAP is just plain SILLY :D
Well, in truth, soap and bathing is a recent last 100 years event. It not like everyone in the world took a bath once a day, much less once a week, but I guess it was meant as a joke. I heard said that there would be special ceremonies for the king for him to disrobe and take a bath once a year back when baths were unheard of. If the king needed a bath imagine his subjects. And as to stolen lands and pain & misery to the natives, to the victor the spoils, the loser the toils.
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well i pre soak and wash the 2 tees. not much happened. time to get new under shirts.
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Dye them red!
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Dye them red!
honey, they're under-shirts. just two, which is strange since the others are unstained. i'll just wear them till they turn to dust.
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There is a rule that undershirts must be white? Hubby doesn't own a white one. Black, Red, Green. Blue, Yellow, yes..... White No. And the colorful underpants we see hanging out of guys britches now days when they have their shirts off...... ::)I must know these rules. Conformity and Uniformity is mandatory. We must be assimilated.
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There is a rule that undershirts must be white? Hubby doesn't own a white one. Black, Red, Green. Blue, Yellow, yes..... White No. And the colorful underpants we see hanging out of guys britches now days when they have their shirts off...... ::)I must know these rules. Conformity and Uniformity is mandatory. We must be assimilated.
sorry sister, me makes me own rules.
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Denture cleaning tablet. Put a whole heap in and soak over night.
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Denture cleaning tablet. Put a whole heap in and soak over night.
Does this work?
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Haven't actually tried it but saw a show once where they cleaned lace curtains this way. Worked well.
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Haven't actually tried it but saw a show once where they cleaned lace curtains this way. Worked well.
I've got some of my grandmother's embroidered napkins that I think I'll try this on. I've been afraid to bleach them. They have darkened places on them from being folded in a drawer for 50 years and I would love to use them.
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Granny, certainly don't bleach the old linens! Try different soaps, soaking, and the sun.
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Granny, certainly don't bleach the old linens! Try different soaps, soaking, and the sun.
Yez, that is why I never have. I am afraid that bleach would make them fall apart. Each one is embroidered with a different design for each family member and they would be irreplaceable. I have two friends that always dress in the most blinding white athletic tee shirts and it is not just their dark skin that makes them look so white. I just don't get it how their tees have always looked brand spankin new. >:( I really mean NEW.
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Is it odd for me to hand wash my underwear? I mean it not that hard and it saves me a trip tp the laundry mat.
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Is it odd for me to hand wash my underwear? I mean it not that hard and it saves me a trip tp the laundry mat.
No it is not odd to hand wash your underware! :) It is only odd when you don't wash them at all and just turn them inside out every other day :D
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No it is not odd to hand wash your underware! :) It is only odd when you don't wash them at all and just turn them inside out every other day :D
Dad does that... ;)
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No it is not odd to hand wash your underware! :) It is only odd when you don't wash them at all and just turn them inside out every other day :D
underware??? underwho?!! Is that some kind of industrial strength type deal?
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underware??? underwho?!! Is that some kind of industrial strength type deal?
Good catch. Your caught me in a typo. ::) Maybe some type of mechanical heavy duty devise? ;D :o
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Good morrow to all and I hope you will have a great day. Well, I finally broke down and brought bleach to whiten my whites and the results were fantastic. I did not realize that my white tees were yellowing until after the bleaching process. I had a tee shirt that I have forgotten to put in the wash, I just poured some bleach in a bucket with water and let it soak for a few minutes, and the spots on it just went away. Wow... Even my white tube socks got brighter. I guess I gotten out of the habit of using bleach for I thought I was being environmentally safe but the bleach worked.
Now how do I get the white spots off my black jeans? They are old so it not a big thing from me.
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Now how do I get the white spots off my black jeans? They are old so it not a big thing from me.
If they are bleach spots, you can't fix em. :-[
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If they are bleach spots, you can't fix em. :-[
I was afraid of that, but luckily they are old and not new jeans. It seems everytime I handle bleach I get the urge to wear black jeans. Go figure...
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Do it naked in your bathroom. After you soak your stuff, you can use the bleach water to wash your tub and tile. More bang for the bother of using bleach. Wear gloves and open the window.
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Get some RIT dye and re dye the black jeans. Hubby was alway too tight to buy new jeans , but would spend a buck and a quarter once in a while and dye his to get the color back. Just be sure and run your washer an empty cycle after you dye anything or the residual color will taint your next load. do not intend to discuss tainted loads. ::)
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Do it naked in your bathroom. After you soak your stuff, you can use the bleach water to wash your tub and tile. More bang for the bother of using bleach. Wear gloves and open the window.
[/quote]Any reason to be naked is a good reason. What I did with the bleach in the bucket was to leave it there in the bathroom and let it sanitize the area, so when I got home there was neither bleach smell nor any other odor. The bathroom window is always left open because I love fresh air in the apartment. I also took the left over bleach and poured it into the toilet and scrubbed it clean, which is an added bonus. But thanks for the advice. Next time I will get bear ass naked and do my thing.
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Do it naked in your bathroom. After you soak your stuff, you can use the bleach water to wash your tub and tile. More bang for the bother of using bleach. Wear gloves and open the window.
Any reason to be naked is a good reason. What I did with the bleach in the bucket was to leave it there in the bathroom and let it sanitize the area, so when I got home there was neither bleach smell nor any other odor. The bathroom window is always left open because I love fresh air in the apartment. I also took the left over bleach and poured it into the toilet and scrubbed it clean, which is an added bonus. But thanks for the advice. Next time I will get bear ass naked and do my thing.
Yes, I know someone who cleans the bath al a nude. Doesn't hurt a thing.
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Get some RIT dye and re dye the black jeans. Hubby was alway too tight to buy new jeans , but would spend a buck and a quarter once in a while and dye his to get the color back. Just be sure and run your washer an empty cycle after you dye anything or the residual color will taint your next load. do not intend to discuss tainted loads. ::)
Thanks for that. I just have to fine a place that sells it. "tainted loads".... ;D
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should I be worried. I came home and found the mouse dead in the kitchen. I did not poison it or anything, but I just wondered how it died and why in the middle of the kitchen floor.