Help!!!! they are all stained
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Topic: Help!!!! they are all stained
Posted By: peanut butter
Subject: Help!!!! they are all stained
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 1:44pm
We treid Tom on cloth nappies last night and now they are all stained bright yellow. I dry pailed them and then stuck them in the wash with ecostore. We then tried to rewash them with some Friend Oxyaction stuff but still stained.
What can we do???? I know they are clean but they dont look as nice any more??
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Posted By: Nic01
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 1:58pm
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Hang them out in the sunshine. It's amazing how much it will get rid of the stains! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 2:32pm
| really??? they are pretty stained? |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 2:35pm
Yep. Sunshine. 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 2:45pm
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were they pooped or peed on? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Nic01
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 3:09pm
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Seriously - try it! I had some nappies which were stained & looked awful but after a day of hanging in the clothesline they looked as good as new. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 3:34pm
| Sunlight really does work.. mine got a lil stained with newborn poop but they are all white now |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 3:56pm
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Yep Sunlight is good at bleaching out stains and sanitises (sp) at the same time too. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 4:12pm
ok, I'll give it a try. 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 4:47pm
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sunlight - and FYI a good frost will help too... not that it is freezing anywhere now though! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 5:17pm
i had some out on the line today that were stained and now they are white again ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 8:05pm
Agreed here too  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 8:44am
| Ok, so there is no sun today so I have had to put them in the dryer. Please tell me that the stains can still come out another day in the sun? |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 9:09am
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possibley, but even if the sun isnt actually shining it is the UV that does the whitening...so it might have helped them anyway.
You might want to consider giving them a quick rinse before chucking them in the pail too. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 9:11am
| They will come out. We put everything through the dryer when Caleb first went into them as the weather was really bad. I thought I'd have to give them a long soak with nappy san but the first time I put them out on the line they all came up white again. |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 10:43am
cool!!! I will pretend not to see the stains untill the next fine day
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 11:15am
| OMG!!!! The sun is amazing!!!! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 11:22am
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Yay! Glad it worked for ya
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 11:28am
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It did...I really didnt believe it would. Now on overcast rainy (snowy) days I just change his naps in poor light and I cant see the stains
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 11:57am
| Good ol sunshine is a bit cheaper than whiteners too! |
Posted By: Tricia
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 12:19pm
| It worked on my FB's too! If only it would do the same on DH's stained t shirts! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 12:20pm
I was told by a friend that in Roman times they used to pee on their togas and hang them out in the sun to whiten them...so maybe its not just the sun that does it
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Tricia wrote:Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 4:11pm
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Makes sense - Urine (if it's stale anyway) has amonia in it which is bleach.
Hmm now why can't I remember important stuff?? -------------  
 
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