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Cleaning Faux Leather?Hello. I hope you can help. My son cleaned his leather seats with Armor All cleaning wipes. I sat in his car with a pink faux leather coat. Dark marks transferred onto my coat. I have tried everything you suggested and the marks remain. Not even slightly gone. Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you.

 

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Removing Fabric Transfer Dye from Clothing?My son was working with this transfer dye at school, but someone bumped into him and he has got it on the back of his school shirt. I don't know how to get the transfer dye out of it.

 

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Cleaning a Stain on Velvet Blazer?I've got a small dried on food stain, on the front of my blue velvet blazer. The stain is only the size of a grain of rice, but it is on the front centre, so in full view. I have not tried cleaning it yet, as I would surely make it worse not knowing the correct trick.

 

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Removing Stains from Wool Pants?A bowl of chili loaded with sour cream was dropped in my lap. Any suggestions for removing chili and sour cream from wool pants that say "dry clean only"?

 

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Removing a Coke Stain From a Raincoat?How do I remove a Coke stain from a white raincoat?

 

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Cover a Nicotine Stain on Blouse?I have a white cotton blouse that I tried to get nicotine stains out of. A lot of the stain was removed, but you can still see yellow. Can I dye the blouse black to cover it?

 

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Cleaning A Christening Shawl?How do I clean a cream 70 year old crepe christening shawl. It has some light shading stains.

 

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Ink On Shoe?How to remove pen ink from the rubber sole of shoes if the area isn't smooth?

 

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Get Blue Jean Dye Out of Pink Jeans?So I got these lovely pink jeans and I threw them in the wash stupidly with my blue jeans and this is how they came out with a purple stain from the blue jeans :/ I love the colour so much and now I feel they are ruined. I've tried soaking them in Resolve stain remover and Oxiclean overnight but the stain is not going away. I also didn't see the stain until after they dried. Any ideas?

 

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Removing Turpentine Stain from Cotton Fabric?How can I remove a turpentine stain from cotton fabric?

 

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How to get Soot Out of Clothing?I Have a light pinkish hoodie that I dropped on a kerosene heater, which was off thank gosh, but it has soot on the top. So now there is soot on the top of my hoodie, is there a way to get it out?

 

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Black Color Transfer On My Laundry?There is black color transfer from my other laundry to my new light color undergarments which material is 90% nylon & 10% spandex. The black patches are all over it now. Please help how to fix it.

 

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Red Color Bled On White Lace?Twenty-five years ago, I made a Christmas tree skirt with green/red plaid taffeta and red twill on other side, with expensive delicate white lace. I over watered the tree this year and the skirt got wet. The red twill bled onto the white lace. How do I get the red dye out of the white lace. I have used Oxyclean with peroxide so far. Waiting a little while before rinsing. Any other suggestions?

 

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Removing a Stain From a Jersey?Notice the yellow stain on the jersey at 3 o'clock. There is not actual glue, just its color. How do I get the yellow fly-paper glue stain off the number on my jersey?

 

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Black Clothing Dulled my Pinks?Basically, an unsuspected piece of black clothing got into my pinks. After washing I put them into the dryer overnight. Waking up the next day, I take them out and two clothes stand out to me. My brand new pink gym top and my pink gym bra. The colour has been dulled!

 

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How to Tub Wash my Shorts?I have some white clothing I would like to tub wash, since i'm broke until end of the month. I have 1 pair of white "thick material" shorts that I have a hard time washing, its 60% Polyester and 40% cotton, it's hard to get some blood stains and other "gross" stuff off it.

 

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Black Clothing Dye Ran on White Shirt Waistband?I have a black skirt with a white elastic waistband and it's turned grey/pink. How do I get it white again without ruining the black part?

 

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Black Dye Transferred in the Wash?I usually wash different colored jeans separately, but didn't this time. I washed a new pair of black jeans with bleach-washed blue jeans and now the blue jeans have black dye on them everywhere. Anyone have any great tricks to remove the black dye from the blue jeans? I am trying hard to save them.

 

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Removing a Spot on a T-shirt?I have a spot that somehow got on the front of my t-shirt that I really like. It doesn't seem to come out. I don't have any idea what it was. I've tried 409 and some other spot removers that I have and nothing seems to work.

 

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Dark Clothing Dye Transferred to Bra?I have a brand new bra that was worn with a black scrub top and black tank top. After work I noticed it was stained how can I remove it?

 

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Removing Dark Wax Stains on Light Coloured Clothing?I got dark green wax on a blue, purple, and neon yellow hoodie. The worst of it is on the neon yellow and I have no clue how to fix it. I scraped the wax off and blotted the remaining wax out, but there's very large stains of the green colour still. I tried OxiClean and a baking one - Dawn - peroxide mix, but it didn't eliminate the stains. Is there a way to fix it?

 

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Jeans Dye Transferred in the Wash?I got this Adidas hoodie a few weeks ago it is white, but I washed it with jeans and it has a blue tint on the outside. And the inside is full on blue . What do I do to recover my $68 hoodie? It is the only one I have and I am having a panic attack.

 

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Removing Motor Oil from a Hoodie?How can I get a set in motor oil stain out of a hoodie jacket?

 

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Cleaning Dirty Uniform Work Shirts?My husband works for WM. His work shirts are yellow and silver. I tried to get the stains he gets on them out with Oxi stain remover and a Spray and Wash with no results. Can someone give me a good recommendation to get these tough stains out?

 

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Removing Dye Transfer from Jeans?I tie dyed a shirt and had it (still wet) sitting in a tied up bag near some of my clothes. Today I went to grab my favorite pair of jeans and saw that the bag with the shirt in it was ripped. The dye leaked onto my jeans and (it's a thrifted pair so I can't go buy it again) and I'm like devastated!

 

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Removing Makeup Stains from Clothing?How can make-up stains be removed from the necks of sweaters and turtle necks? I have tried Shout and Oxi-clean. Some of the items are all cotton, some are blends, and some are man made fabrics.

 

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Removing a Chapstick Stain on Clothing?I washed and dried my scrubs with Chapstick in my pocket. What can I do to get this out now? I already tried scrubbing them with stain remover and re-washing them, it didn't work at all. The scrubs are dark grey in color.

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I have a white shirt that I put in the wash with brand new black jeans. They stained the shirt really badly. How do I get the dye transfer out?

 

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Removing a Blistex Stain from Dried Clothing?Is there a way to remove Blistex from clothes after running them through the dryer?

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I accidentally washed a pair of blue jeans with my daughter's light pink pants. Now there is blue all over her pink pants. And my husband put in the dryer.

 

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Removing Rust Colored Stains on Stored Cotton Blouse?I have a red and pink striped cotton blouse. It has been packed away for many years. There are what look like rust spots (?) on several areas of the blouse. I would never have stored a spotted piece of clothing without removing the stain. I have tried various methods to remove it and have refrained from putting it in the clothes dryer. I hung to dry.

 

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Removing Stains from Calvin Klein Sweatpants?I have a couple oily stains, from having sat on something, and now I have spots of red Gatorade on the front of them. I just bought a few pairs of Calvin Klein performance yoga pants and sweatpants so I'm freaking out on how to keep them looking more fresh than worn.

 

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Clothing Dye Bled on Itself?I have a beige dress with a black lace. I washed it by hand, but left it for few minutes in the water. Black color transferred onto beige. Any tips to remove it?

 

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Removing Dye That Transferred in the Wash?My daughter's 100% polyester cheer jacket is maroon on the bottom and white on the top. After washing in cold water, on the delicate cycle it looks pink where it should be crisp white. What is a mother to do? I have washed it with 2 color grabber sheets already.

 

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Washer Leaving Brown Streaks on Laundry?My washer leaves brown streaks on the clothing, almost like lines. What causes this?

 

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Removing Dye Transfer from Clothes?I put my white clothes inside the washing machine with a baby pink sweater and trousers. My white clothes, jeans, shirts, t-shirts, and my bra are a bit pink now. They have a tone of pink. What should I do?

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I washed a bright red sweatshirt with some of my black clothes. I think one of my pairs of black jeans leaked into the red shirt that now has black/dark stains on it. The shirt has been dry for a few days. Do I have any chance of removing it?

 

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Removing Diesel Stains from Clothing?Could you please tell me the name of a solvent that will remove diesel stains from clothing. I am in New Zealand.

 

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Removing Acrylic Paint from Clothing?How do I get blue acrylic paint out of a white sweatshirt? It's my friend's and I really need to get it out.

 

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Removing Dye Transfers on Clothing?Today when I was on my way to school with my bike it started raining. My jacket which is orange on the inside bled onto my neon yellow hoodie. I was wondering how do I get the orange colour off.

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?So I washed my pink hoodie with my dark clothes and now it's discolored and has dark spots. How would I take them out?

 

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Removing ChapStick Stains from Clothing?Recently I washed a load of laundry that apparently had ChapStick, or something waxy in it. It got spotted on maybe four or five of my favorite shirts. I took each shirt and scrubbed (and I mean scrubbed) each little spot individually with water and Dawn (which should be really good for greasy things) and then threw them in the washer and dryer.

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I accidentally washed my orange pants with dark colored clothes. How do I get the stain out?

 

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White Shirt Dyed Pink?My 100% polyester white, nice shirt has been dyed pink. How can I get it back to white without ruining my shirt?

 

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Fixing Khaki Pants After a Dye Transfer?Unfortunately I accidentally washed my khaki pants with black clothes without noticing. Is there any way that I can revert my pants to their normal color? Can I go to the laundry and get it fixed? Please help, I literally start school next Monday.

 

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Removing Hairspray from a Satin Dress?Will hairspray come out of a satin dress when dry cleaned?

 

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Removing Dust Stains from a Robe?I have a full length white terry cloth robe that is completely covered in dust stains. How do I clean it?

 

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Dye Ran on Knitted Sweater?My mother-in-law knitted a two tone (green and cream) western sweater cardigan for my husband many years ago. We were planning on giving it to a grandson, but I wanted to clean it first. I now have a color run sweater, is there a chance of a remedy?

 

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Hydrogen Peroxide Left Yellow Stain on Workout Bra?I have a sports bra. I am not sure the fabric (maybe rayon) that had a tomato stain on it I treated it with Oxiclean. It didn't get the stain out so I put hydrogen peroxide on it and put it in the sun and now there's yellowing where the hydrogen peroxide is. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

 

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Removing Yellow Discoloration from White Pants?I have two pair of white pants that are older. They both have severe yellow discoloration on top of the pants as well as down parts of the legs. What can be done to make them white again? I have tried the tip about using a mix of baking soda/white vinegar. That did not help.

 

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Removing Pumpkin Soup Stain on Wool Sweater?Could you please advise me on how to remove a pumpkin soup stain on my new woolen jumper. I have washed it in warm water with Woolwash then in laundry powder, but no good.

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I just bought this cream dress and accidentally put it in the washer with dark clothes. I got it out of the washer and now it's a dark gray. I haven't put it in the dryer. What can I do to get it back to the cream color?

 

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Dress is Bleeding Onto Itself?I have a black, white, and salmon colored dress that is polyester and spandex. I washed it by hand with cold water and when I hung it up to dry I noticed the black ran into both of the other colors. What's the best way to remove those stains while still washing by hand?

 

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Getting Stains Out of Constructionworker Clothes?I have heard that Mean Green gets stains out of work clothes. Do I add it with my detergent or just put a cup of Mean Green in the washer? I would really appreciate it if anyone knows.

 

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Removing Aleene's Jewel-It Embellishing Glue from a Shirt?How do I remove glue spots from a shirt that we put embellishments on? I tried Goo Gone, but that has not worked. I used Aleene's Jewel-It embellishing glue.

 

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Hydrogen Peroxide Stains on Canvas Shoes?I used hydrogen peroxide to clean my white canvas shoes like it said to online, and it left yellow stains. What should I use to remove the yellow?

 

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Removing a Cooking Oil Stain on a T-shirt?I would like to know how to remove cooking oil from my t shirt.

 

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Removing Black Stains on a Red Suede Skirt?How do I get a dry black stain off my suede skirt?

 

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Dye Transferred to White Areas on Pants in Wash?I washed my checkered pants in the wash without thinking about it and the black from my checkered pants bled into the white. Is there anyway I can get the white back to fully white?

 

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Cleaning an Old Yellowed Silk Christening Gown?How can I clean a 60 year old yellowed silk and net christening gown?

 

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Mystery Bleach Stains on Two Jackets?I recently began having a problem where two of my jackets. They have developed mystery bleach spots! The first was a trench coat with spots on the back, waistband, and by the pocket. The second was a field jacket that had stains on the pocket, collar, and on the back. This was a bizarre incident- the stains appeared over an hour when I wore it in the rain while wearing a backpack.

 

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White Sleeves on T-shirt Turned Pink in the Wash?I attended a concert of my favorite band, finally, and when I washed my concert jersey that's black with white sleeves the white sleeves turned pink. There was nothing red or pink in the wash. Nonetheless, how do I correct this? I can't wear it with pink sleeves!

 

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Removing Dried Paint from a Wool Top?How do I remove dried in paint from a woolen top?

 

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Fabric Dye from Belt Transferred to Basketball Umpire Shirt?My daughter's grey umpire shirt for basketball has black stains from her belt rubbing on the front and back. Can you please help me?

 

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White Polyester Spandex Top Turned Pink?My daughter's cheer crop is blue with white inserts on the arms. The white has turned pink! The fabric is polyester and Spandex. I've tried hand washing in the sink and I'm now trying the baking soda paste to see if it helps. Anyone have other ideas? Will the RIT color remover work or will it ruin the blue?

 

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Dress Dye Ran Onto Itself?I just got this great vintage dress. It is a dashiki from Etsy. I put it in Woolite in cold water and it bled onto the white background. The dress is still wearable, but if there is any way I can get rid of the bleeding part.

 

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Whitening Yellowed Sleeves on a Green Jacket?I have an older Jets jacket, the white sleeves have turned yellow from storage.

 

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White Sleeves on Jacket Have Yellowed?I have a color block sports jacket with white sleeves. The sleeves have yellowed from being stored. How can I get those sleeves white again?

 

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Removing Nail Polish On Acrylic and Waterproof Materials?I recently went to the nail salon and accidentally dropped a bottle of nail polish and it broke and spilled on my acrylic material boots and a bit got on my waterproof North Face! I tried acetone on my boots, but I think it might ha've stained and I don't know how to remove it.

 

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White Portion of a Two Color Cotton Hat Turning Yellow?I have a half purple half white starter hat, the white half has started turning yellow. I would like to know what I could use on the white side to bring it back to white that won't affect the purple colour if it ran into it?

 

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Dye Transferred from Jeans to Red Dress?My red dress got black dye on it off of jeans. What can I do to remove it? I really like my dress and it was new.

 

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Cleaning Black Stains on Safety Clothing?I work security outside at a shipping warehouse, checking tractor trailers in and out. We have to wear yellow or orange safety vests, shirts, or coats. Even with regular washing, the yellow and orange uniforms accumulate black marks which just won't come off. Any tips on how to remove or reduce these would be appreciated.

 

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Velvet Pants Transferred Color While Wearing?My red velvet pants, which had been washed before, rubbed the red color onto the bottom of the new ivory colored t-shirt I was wearing. The tee has a color emblem at the top so I cannot use bleach or a color remover.

 

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Color Transferred onto a T-shirt in the Wash?My mother messed up my favorite t-shirt in the washer. A pink blanket transferred some of its color to my beige shirt and she has already put it in the dryer. I want to know if there's a way to fix it or not.

 

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Removing a Red Stain on Shearling Coat Lining?I have a gorgeous Penny Lane coat with real shearling inside, but there's a big reddish pink stain on the fur. I'm not sure where the stain came from, it was there when I bought it. What's the safest bet to get it out?

 

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Removing Dye Transfer from Dried Clothing?I laundered polyester/spandex/cotton blend light colored clothing with a pink, purple, and blue 100% polyester top. I didn't notice the transfer until after clothes were dried. Everything, including the top has large spots or streaks of dark dye transfer in various areas of each article of clothing.

 

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Removing Stains on a White Nylon Sweater?I have a white nylon sweater that I love, but I have used oil on my arms causing the sleeves to yellow. I have used white vinegar and lots of other things. Nothing works. I haven't used any bleach or put it in the dryer. Any help would be appreciated as it is a beautiful sweater that I hate to part with.

 

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Preventing Clothing from Bleeding onto Itself?I have white dress with red stripes. I was washing it so the red colour bled on the white portion. How do I I make the white portion stay white?

 

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Removing a Melted Chapstick Stain on Clothing?How do I remove set in, melted Chapstick stains from clothing? The Chapstick ingredients include beeswax and shea butter.

 

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Removing Dye Transfer on Clothing?I washed new black jeans with a green shirt and now has stains all over it. Is there a way to fix it?

 

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Removing a Paint Stain from a Sweater?I have this white sweater and it's my favorite one, but I got paint on it and it's been washed and dried and nothing came out.

 

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Mystery Pink Spots on Whites After Soaking in Vinegar and Water?I tried soaking a few whites in a mixture of hot water and vinegar. I had a few of my husband's undershirts, a pair of ankle socks, and a sports bra in a bucket. After a couple of hours I checked on the items and noticed pink stains on my sports bra. We have city water, a water softener, and I have had my water tested.

 

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Whitening a Yellowed Wedding Dress?My daughter was married last year and me being the person I am, I'm planning ahead for any future babies so that I can have a christening gown made out of my dress. It was heirloomed back in 74. Anyway, it is no longer white and I was wondering how and if I can get it white again.

 

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Using Gojo Hand Cleaner on Clothing Stains?How long do I leave Gojo hand cleaner on laundry stains? Would it be over night or for a few hours before washing the clothing article with the stains.

 

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Removing Nail Polish from Sweatpants?I just got new sweatpants, and I accidentally spilled reddish pink nail polish on them. What do I do and how can I get it out?

 

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Removing Dye Transfer?I mistakenly dropped my Arab jalaba into hot water and the brown part of it stained the cream colored part. Please how can I remove it?

 

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Removing a Stain on a Polyester Dress?I bought a polyester dress and the back of the dress has a yellowish stain. Just like a circle where the fabric is discolored. I have no idea what stain it is. I am wondering what is the best way to try to get it out.

 

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Removing a Dye Transfer on Polyester Top?I have a neon yellow exercise top that was damp and I guess it picked up blue color from what it was laying on before it was washed. It is 92% poly/8% elastane. I didn't realize this until I took it out of the dryer.

 

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Jeans Bled onto Khakis?I washed some of my khaki joggers with some jeans. The jeans bled on to them and now they have blue streaks on them and they got darker. How do I fix them?

 

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Removing Dye Transfer from Dried Clothing?I put a wet hot pink top in the dryer with loads of other clothes and when I took it out it had these dark blue/purple stains all over it. I looked up ways to get them out, but all of them say you can't put it in the dryer, but I already have. How do I get these stains out?

 

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Getting Putty Out of a Swimsuit?I feel like I have tried everything. So far freezing it didn't work. Neither did soaking it in hot water or scraping it off (which just made it worse.) This is a 200 dollar swimsuit. I really don't want it to be ruined. Though I am afraid it is. Any suggestions?

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I washed a dress that has a combination of strips black fabric and mesh of skin color using warm water - gentle cycle. I added a couple of color catcher sheets, but the black still bleed into the mesh and colored it dark gray. I also stupidly threw it into the dryer.

 

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Removing a Set In Dry Erase Marker Stain?My 1 year old was playing with dry erase markers and got some all over his t-shirt. My husband didn't pay attention when he did the laundry, so it's gone through the wash and the drier already. Is there anything I can to get it out?

 

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Dress Dye Transferred onto Kimono?I have a 100% polyester kimono, that is ivory in color. I wore it with a maroon dress. Although, I have washed the dress several times, the maroon dye rubbed off on my kimono. Now my ivory kimono has a pink hue. Please, please help me get this back to its original color. Keep in mind this is hand wash only.

 

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Removing Permanent Marker on Jean Jacket?I got water resistant black marker on my jean jacket and can't get it off. Any tips about how to remove it?

 

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Removing Colour Transfer on Multicoloured Clothing?My husband thought it would be a good idea to wash our daughter's blue jean and white cotton sundress with my multi-shade blue skirt. The skirt is handwash only because the dyes run whenever it's washed. He didn't check the dress before throwing it in the dryer and now it has blue splotches on the white skirt.

 

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Removing Dye Transfer from Faux Leather Coat?A black leather/fabric dress transferred black dye to my long white faux leather coat. The tag says 100% polyester. I've tried vinegar, baking soda, Dawn, Tide, Carbona Stain Devils #2 and #8, but nothing works to remove the black stain.

 

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Fabric Dye Transferred from Shirt to Bra?Today was a hot sweaty day. My burgundy shirt from Kohl's bled on my white bra. How do I remove the color from my white bra? The shirt and bra both have been washed separately several times. The shirt is 2 years old and the bra is 2 months old.

 

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Removing Colored Receipt Dye Stain on Clothing?A pink receipt got wet and the color ran on to some light yellow clothing. How do I remove the reddish pink color?

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Dried Clothing?So when I was in China with one of my new shirts, I decided to put all my clothes together of all colors in this questionable washer. At home I always put my whites, jeans, brights, etc. together with no stains and no dye transfers, nothing. I have done this from the very first time I washed clothes when I was 10.

 

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Removing Dye Transfers from Clothing?I have an orange suit with grey embroidery work. My maid soaked it and washed the kurta. What I saw was to my surprise. The grey color work has spread in onto the orange kurta. What can be done?

 

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Getting Acrylic Paint off Clothing?How do you get dried on acrylic paint off of a hoodie jacket? It's just a few little spots. The packaging says it washes off, but I can't get it out of my jacket. I've tried to pick it all off and used soap and warm water, but nothing works.

 

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