https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:08:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768895 Wed, 08 May 2013 21:13:18 +0000 photojane 768895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: just an FYI... you can get pills off with a regular disposable razor. Just shave the fabric like you're sweeping the floor! I do it to all my throw pillows, my linen couch, and all of our clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768888 Wed, 08 May 2013 21:06:56 +0000 shopaholic 768888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Trust me - I type one-handed on my phone so much... I get it! ;) </p> <p>Just submitted an email to try and exchange it. It was a gift from our registry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768862 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:49:30 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 768862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: by the way, my phone (wrongly) auto corrected so many words in my reply that in surprised you even bothered reading!! I meant "idiot move in MY* part" and a whole lot else was butchered;)<br /> So glad the blanket turned out great! I'd try to exchange;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768837 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:39:14 +0000 T-Mom 768837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: our dream blankets actually do kinda pill...</p> <p>Oxiclean is seriously good stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768810 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:28:22 +0000 Smurfette 768810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I love OxiClean! Only thing that gets out poop when she has a diaper blowout. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768809 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:27:13 +0000 shopaholic 768809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Yeah. It's from Amazon. I was thinking that. Because even the swaddle blankets didn't pill like the dream blanket did. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768778 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:15:26 +0000 PrincessBaby 768778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: where did you buy the dream blanket? I would get the stains out and then return it to where I got it and just tell them I washed as directed and it pilled up like that. Especially if you ordered from Amazon, omg they take anything back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768765 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:10:53 +0000 shopaholic 768765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Yeah I feel like an idiot for not thinking the red blanket would bleed. Never again!!!</p> <p>UPDATE: SO - Oxi Clean is AMAZING! Almost all the dye bleed came out! All came out on the A&amp;A blankets, so I'm not that upset about everything else. Sad thing though is that my stain-removal cycle on the washing machine was over 2 hours and must have been VERY rough because the Dream Blanket and sleepers came out super pill-y and the swaddle blanket seems a bit thin. But what are you going to do. At least the dye is GONE! :) I'm doing an Oxi-soak for a couple of left-over stained pieces and can see the dye dissolving already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768475 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:29:42 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 768475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened to me!!! I washed my burgundy pillow cases with a bunch of LOs stuff and everything came out patchy:( I took the hearts out and treasured everything with Oxi Clean and it all came out. Granted: the yellows were a bit did colored as we're the beiges, but the other colors cleaned up nice. It was an idiot move on y part but honestly, after a wash, they looked fine.<br /> Update us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768466 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:26:47 +0000 Smurfette 768466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no advice but I would be upset too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768462 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:25:34 +0000 lawbee11 768462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, that sucks. No advice, but at least you have a girl that likes pink? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768442 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:13:41 +0000 birdofafeather 768442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sad for you. i don't have any better tips than what was given. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768395 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:38:40 +0000 singingbee 768395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soak it, oxi clean, and use shout dye catchers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768391 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:35:16 +0000 pl0508 768391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't dry anything !!! Rerun the wash minus the blanket and I second an oxi soak ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768387 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:32:33 +0000 loveisstrange 768387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I accidentally washed a pair of Cs silver shoes with a load of laundry last week and it turned allof her white stuff gray! I soaked it all in oxyclean and it came out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768384 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:20 +0000 shopaholic 768384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: Thanks - I will have to look for them. I'm praying all the Oxi-Clean and tough stains cycle work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768383 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:29:55 +0000 creativemomma15 768383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a scarf bleed on a bunch of stuff recently and I soaked the stained things in a big tub of oxyclean and cold water for about 1 day... When I washed next it was all out! This was also after I had dried them before noticing the stains. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768382 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:29:27 +0000 JerricaBenton 768382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: They might have Carbona at Target too - I know they have RIT at fabric stores like Joann - or maybe if you have a Walmart that has a fabric/sewing department. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768378 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:27:57 +0000 shopaholic 768378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: IDK where to get the first thing, but I think I remember seeing that Rit Dye Remover before. If I can't get out the dyes after this cycle, I'm going to run to Target to try and find the Rit! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768372 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:26:18 +0000 yin 768372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:( hopefully some of the bleeding will come out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768369 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:24:14 +0000 JerricaBenton 768369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sucks! Maybe try this? <a href="http://www.soap.com/p/carbona-color-run-remover-single-garment-87688?site=CA&#038;utm_source=Google&#038;utm_medium=cpc_S&#038;utm_term=CBN-001&#038;utm_campaign=GoogleAW&#038;CAWELAID=1323129777&#038;utm_content=pla&#038;adtype=pla&#038;cagpspn=pla" rel="nofollow">http://www.soap.com/p/carbona-color-run-remover-single-garment-87688?site=CA&#038;utm_source=Google&#038;utm_medium=cpc_S&#038;utm_term=CBN-001&#038;utm_campaign=GoogleAW&#038;CAWELAID=1323129777&#038;utm_content=pla&#038;adtype=pla&#038;cagpspn=pla</a> </p> <p>There is also a RIT one I've used before. They are supposed to be used on whites or colorfast items but if you have stuff that is ruined otherwise maybe it's worth a try? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768367 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:23:53 +0000 autumnlove 768367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, that is terrible! :-( I'm sorry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/laundry-disaster#post-768362 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:19:56 +0000 shopaholic 768362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Arghh!!! I just need to VENT!</p> <p>Washed a small load of laundry to pack stuff for this weekend and included a RED silk baby blanket from my MIL (from China). It's the 3rd silk blanket we've gotten and the other 2 washed fine, so I figured this one would be too. Opened the laundry and HALF of the load is splotchy HOT PINK! </p> <p>Here's where I SOB: It bled all over our Brand.New.A&amp;A DREAM BLANKET. *sob* I only opened it because I wanted K to have a warmer blanket for the mountains this weekend. It bled on another one of her A&amp;A Swaddle blankets, a bunch of her onesies, and one of my white nursing tanks, among other stuff I don't care as much about. In fact, it even bled on itself and the trim was all ruined! What a piece of cr_p! </p> <p>I'm usually SO careful with laundry too! Washed it on Cold &amp; Delicate, like I do all baby's stuff. I've used a whole Oxi Clean stick on the two A&amp;A blankets and washing on super-stained cycle. Ah! I'm going to be so sad if the dream blanket is stained. Anyone ever BLEACHED their A&amp;A blankets? IDK, the backside is grey. :/ #firstworldproblemsbutimstillsad</p> <p>Lesson Learned: Trust nothing family brings back from China! Argh! </p>