I was just folding laundry when I discovered that something bled on DD's brand new shirt and my favorite sweater of hers. :'-( It's already dried. Is there any way to salvage it?
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If the item has already been dried, then probably not. I would, though, run it back through the wash with a Shout Color Catcher in the off chance that it might work. I don't run any laundry without tossing a Color Catcher sheet in!
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@pwnstar: I loved this new shirt... I'll get some of those color catchers and see if that helps.
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Are the shirt and sweater white? If the color catcher doesn't work, I'd try bleach as a last ditch effort.
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Oh no!!! I feel like my mom may have gotten stains out like this for me using Zout. Or they at least faded from it. I'm sorry!
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@ValentineMommy: The shirt is white. The sweater is gray.
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@creativemomma15: hmm, never heard of that. I'll check it out!
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I'm not sure about with dye but hydrogen peroxide and dish soap gets out a lot of stains for me.
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Oxyclean saved a shirt of mine in college when I did that. It doesn't always work but worth a shot!
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Oxyclean Spray saved a pair of white shorts when I accidentally left a hot pink sports bra on them to dry. It took a couple cycles through the wash but a good spraying and then trip through the washer, repeat as needed, should do it.
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@Mrs.KMM: @erinbaderin: I have both the spray and the powder,but the powder doesn't seem to work right. How exactly do you use the powder for it to work on stains?
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Soak the shirt in water with Oxyclean and the color catchers. It is your best bet. It works maybe 50% of the time for me.
We pre soak a lot in Oxyclean and I always throw a color catcher in there to help. I learned my lesson.
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@Smurfette: oy, I'm getting color catchers ASAP!
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I pre- soaked in water with Oxyclean and then put some in the washing machine with the clothes too (when dealing with stains).
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@abbydabbydoodlebug:
Mrs. Bee did a helpful blog post awhile back and I have had some success using a paste of oxiclean as she describes:
http://www.hellobee.com/2014/03/24/how-to-get-any-stain-out-of-baby-clothes/
I also use a 3:1 hydrogen peroxide/blue dawn mixture that has been amazing on stains that I haven't noticed until after clothes have come through the dryer. I either spray the mixture on or soak the entire garment overnight, it has worked especially well on white clothes.
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UPDATE!
It worked!!! I got the color catchers and soaked the clothes in 2 of them, warm water, oxi powder, and I sprayed the stain with Oxi spray. I'm drying them now, but I am pretty sure all the stains are gone. Thanks everyone!!
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@abbydabbydoodlebug: yay!!!
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@abbydabbydoodlebug: woohoo!
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I see you've likely already had success, but just in case someone else wants the tip, I one time got a laundry stain out of a white t shirt using Murphy's Oil Soap. I think there are instructions on the bottle, even.
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Yay that's good to know that it worked!
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Yay!!
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Glad you got the stains out!!! I've also found Rit color remover to work on really tough ones!!
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