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What about the "NOOO! ITS RUINED I GOT THIS FROM WOOT NOW I CAN NEVER GET ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS EVAR AGAAAAINNN!"

gravityisweak wrote:What about the "NOOO! ITS RUINED I GOT THIS FROM WOOT NOW I CAN NEVER GET ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS EVAR AGAAAAINNN!"

Yeah, we don't have that problem anymore.

I had the incident of using a university dorm dryer. Which somebody previously ran a exploded pen through, leaving streaks of ink everywhere. It looked like just little scratches or marks from the fact that it was an old dryer, so I assumed everything was A-OK. 8 shirts in the dryer. Lost 5, two weren't horrible and fixed easily, while one is mildly stained but not enough for me to not wear it.

And then two days later, the catalog came out...

littleedge wrote:I had the incident of using a university dorm dryer. Which somebody previously ran a exploded pen through, leaving streaks of ink everywhere. It looked like just little scratches or marks from the fact that it was an old dryer, so I assumed everything was A-OK. 8 shirts in the dryer. Lost 5, two weren't horrible and fixed easily, while one is mildly stained but not enough for me to not wear it.

And then two days later, the catalog came out...

Ah, the classic tale of trust, betrayal, loss, and finally...redemption.

Actually my first trick is usually dish soap or shampoo to interrupt the lodging in process. Nothing works on curry stains though.

lonelypond wrote:Actually my first trick is usually dish soap or shampoo to interrupt the lodging in process. Nothing works on curry stains though.

I second dish soap. It even works on set in grease stains.

I've yet to meet the stain I can't get out if I care enough to try.

For ink, saturate the area with aerosol hairspray, then use a clean towel or kitchen roll paper over your finger to gentle tap at the spot. Make sure to move to new spots as the ink comes up.

For curry, Carbona Stain Wizard general treatment has always worked. It usually is the tumeric that stains (yellow), so dish soap, rinse, white vinegar, rinse, then wash as normal.

Mavyn wrote:I've yet to meet the stain I can't get out if I care enough to try.

For ink, saturate the area with aerosol hairspray, then use a clean towel or kitchen roll paper over your finger to gentle tap at the spot. Make sure to move to new spots as the ink comes up.

For curry, Carbona Stain Wizard general treatment has always worked. It usually is the tumeric that stains (yellow), so dish soap, rinse, white vinegar, rinse, then wash as normal.

Oh? Let me send you my daughter's shirt she wore to slide down the red clay embankment. I soaked that thing in oxy-whatsit for a week with no luck.

j5 wrote:Oh? Let me send you my daughter's shirt she wore to slide down the red clay embankment. I soaked that thing in oxy-whatsit for a week with no luck.

Oxiclean won't work on a mineral stain. Windex and ammonia--soak, scrub, rinse, repeat.

Mavyn wrote:Oxiclean won't work on a mineral stain. Windex and ammonia--soak, scrub, rinse, repeat.

I bought a new one.
Now she has another camping shirt.

If saliva doesn't get the stain out it's beyond my ability.

Mavyn wrote:I've yet to meet the stain I can't get out if I care enough to try.

For ink, saturate the area with aerosol hairspray, then use a clean towel or kitchen roll paper over your finger to gentle tap at the spot. Make sure to move to new spots as the ink comes up.

For curry, Carbona Stain Wizard general treatment has always worked. It usually is the tumeric that stains (yellow), so dish soap, rinse, white vinegar, rinse, then wash as normal.

Do you have a good nutella solution?

strawberry144 wrote:Do you have a good nutella solution?

Freeze the item, scrape off the solids. Soak in dish detergent solution, working gently to get any remaining solids out. The dish detergent will get the grease out as well, so soak, rinse, and go.

Mavyn, you have to start a regular column where people send in their shirt problems. How would you get excess 'cute' out of a shirt?

PixelPants wrote:Mavyn, you have to start a regular column where people send in their shirt problems. How would you get excess 'cute' out of a shirt?

Sometimes, scissors are your only option.

Mavyn wrote:Oxiclean won't work on a mineral stain. Windex and ammonia--soak, scrub, rinse, repeat.

Do you have to use both or can you just use ammonia? Windex is mostly ammonia but is there something else in it that makes it work?

I have lots of minerals/rust on my favorite clothes from working with steel a lot.

ochopika wrote:Do you have to use both or can you just use ammonia? Windex is mostly ammonia but is there something else in it that makes it work?

I have lots of minerals/rust on my favorite clothes from working with steel a lot.

You can use white vinegar instead of Windex. Make sure to remove as much of the solids as you can. I use a plastic kitchen scraper.

Mavyn wrote:I've yet to meet the stain I can't get out if I care enough to try.

For curry, Carbona Stain Wizard general treatment has always worked. It usually is the tumeric that stains (yellow), so dish soap, rinse, white vinegar, rinse, then wash as normal.

will try; thanks!

Obviously Mavyn is the Stain Maven of Wootdom... WOW! Great to know some new stain-fighting techniques.

And I second the motion for a special "Mavyn's Advice for the Laundry-lorn" thread.