Eek useless housewife help please
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Topic: Eek useless housewife help please
Posted By: Bombshell
Subject: Eek useless housewife help please
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 6:42am
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Ella wore her divine new fisher price outfit from usa a few weeks ago and got food on it so i put it in tub as washing machine was full - thinking I will do it next load. In meantime SOMEONE (both mum and DH deny it!) put a soaking wet towel on top of it.
SO by time i come to wash it 1-2 days later it has mouldy spots on it. I have sprayed stain remover, I have soaked and soaked and soaked it in napisan, oxywash and hung it out and it still has spots on it. it has been washed at least four times now..... It is cotton so .......how the heck do i get mould out of this outfit???? |
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 7:38am
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Dry Cleaners? I've NEVER managed to get mould out of anything. Not that I have mouldy clothes all the time, I had a cloth nappy that I used to burp Cooper with go all mouldy from being under a towel..
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 7:45am
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I agree with Mel I havent ever been able to mould out of anything either. Hopefully the dry cleaners can!! Argh at The denial from DH and Mum ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:00am
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What colour is it? Can you use a weak bleach solution? Also have you tried dishwashing liquid? It's one of the harshests soaps available (as an aside if you have a new hair colour you hate washing with dishwashing liquid will fade it quickly). ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:02am
Sorry to say, I don't think you can get mold out of anything  It's happened to me too, so gutted! Let us know if you do manage it though!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:05am
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Same thing happened to one of Laurens things and to this day its still stained!
Let me know if you fidn something that works! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:28am
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I was given heaps of baby and toddler clothes when I was pregnant and while sorting and washing them I found a few items with food still in the pockets (they'd been stored for a couple of years by then) and the mold and stains were disgusting so I shoved everything in a bleach solution - I figured I had nothing to lose becuase she wasn't going to wear it stained so if I ruined it I didn't care. I did ruin a couple of items but others turned out perfecting including a beautiful pink floral pp dress - you wouldn't know it had been bleached.
So, if you don't mind that there's a chance it'll be ruined try bleach. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:46am
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or you could dye it a different colour? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:57am
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Just went through exactly the same thing with a beautiful pink body suit of Olivia's with "Sugar and Spice" writing on the front of it!
Get some bleach and put 1/20th of it into a spray bottle, top up the bottle with water and spray the stain then soak in some oxyaction stuff for over night. If the solution isn't strong enough make it a little stronger. The solution only needs to be strong enough to kill the mould and not the colouring. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:57am
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This also works really well at getting rid of banana stains! ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:00am
Great tip Peace  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:14am
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The_Stuarts wrote:Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:16am
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I've also recently learned that if you accidentally splash a small amount of bleach onto an outfit the bleach stain can be easily covered by felt tip pen.
I was doing laundry before work recently and got a dot of bleach on my grey suit dress, I rinsed it immediately but too late to save it so now everytime I wash it I colour in the stain with a grey felt afterwards. Worst comes to worst if your kids clothes get small stains or tears you can always pop to spotlight and buy a sew-on or iron-on fabric badge to cover it (am going to do this with Michaela's winter Jacket which has a small tear). For more delicate clothing like dresses you could get a piece of fabric and cut it to a shape you like (heart/butterfly) overlock the edges then sew it on. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:46am
Sunlight Soap!! My nana swears by it, she got 3 year old grease stains out of a jacket of mine  ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:59am
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I got shocking mould out of the high chair straps after it had been stored for months in the shed with a weak bleach solution and then leaving it in the sun to bleach the mould out, it worked perfectly.
Sucks how easy it is for clothes to get mould spots in this heat tho  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 3:05pm
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My MIL said to make a 1/2 and 1/2 solution using uniodised salt and water (like .5 kg of salt to .5 litre water -- just get the cheap stuff). Dissolve the salt in the water in a bucket, then put the mouldy clothing into the solution and let the solution evaporate. Supposedly the salt should sort of suck up the mould and then you can brush the salt/mould off and launder as usual. However, this apparentyly works best when the mould stain is fresh and hasn't been laundered. If you're desperate, it might be worth a try. I have never been able to remove mould stains from clothing either, despite significant investment in Napisan and even imported stain-removal stuff from the US! |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:50pm
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I have no ideas, hope something works for you. I've seen the pic of the outfit and it's soooo gorgeous, hope you can save it ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 24 February 2008 at 5:47am
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ugh will try today....fingers crossed...
outfit is pink and line green cotton checks....so wont try the bleach i dont think...piccie in march thread of outfit 
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 06 March 2008 at 1:20pm
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How did it go? Did you ever get the mold out? ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 06 March 2008 at 10:54pm
| been too busy to try yet - with them being sick and being away...it is sitting there waiting...ive washed it twice more in hopes it would come out but NO!....so off to the vingar we will be going....I was hoping she could wear it this weekend but that wont happen now.... |