Save my shirt!

mrbadexample

:hello:

My (expensive) England rugby shirt is looking a little sorry for itself.



Surprisingly, I'm not sure exactly what happened. Someone must have been drunk and spilled their pint / curry on me. :A

The stains are not fresh. The shirt has been washed several times since they appeared. The label says it's 100% cotton, and not to iron the design (iron? As if! :eek: :rotfl: )

Can it be rescued? Will anything shift these stains?

Please help spruce me up in time for the next match.

Cheers,
MBE.
:beer:

snoozer

I have rescued son's shirts by carefully dripping neat bleach on to the stains. They disappear very quickly and then the shirt can be rinsed out to get rid of the bleach.

Disclaimer - this has worked for me when the only alternative was for the shirt to be thrown away, you might want to try some less drastic remedies first.

LameWolf

As the stains are on white material, Snoozer's idea might well work - I have to say, it looks more like curry than beer to me. If you're going to use bleach, I'd paint in onto the stain very carefully with something like an artists paint brush; you don't want to risk getting it on the design.

bunty109

My mum swears by a solution of Milton fluid, but personally I'd go with teh bleach: had to do it to a brand new white blouse last week after DD threw (literally) some sausages into a pan with some chorizo into it. I got terrible oily stain with a paprika tinge and the bleach got them out.

mrbadexample

Isn't bleach meant to rot cotton?

bunty109

mrbadexample wrote: »

Isn't bleach meant to rot cotton?

My shirt was very fine cotton and it's ok. I put the whole white shirt in a bleach solution and it's fine. I guess you could do that to your shirt so long as you can leave the soloured parts out of the water (might be a bit fiddly though).

LameWolf

mrbadexample wrote: »

Isn't bleach meant to rot cotton?

You should be OK as long as you wash it through in clean water as soon as the stain has disappeared. I'd put a clean cloth underneath, then dab clean water on where you've bleached, and only then wash the whole garment through in clean water (avoids risking even dilute bleach getting on the design iyswim)

mrbadexample

Ok, I've got some Domestos Thickest Ever Citrus Fresh Bleach. Is that ok to use? I can't soak the whole shirt, as it's got red polyester bits, and the designs, so I guess I'll have to attack each stain individually? Should I use the bleach neat or diluted?

BTW, I'm fairly sure it's beer, not curry. People tend not to bump into you in the curry house, and I'm not that messy. I'd have noticed.

LameWolf

If it's very thick stuff, I'd be inclined to try it diluted first. I'm surprised that beer didn't wash out in the ordinary wash - what on earth do you normally drink?:p

bunty109

mrbadexample wrote: »

Ok, I've got some Domestos Thickest Ever Citrus Fresh Bleach. Is that ok to use? I can't soak the whole shirt, as it's got red polyester bits, and the designs, so I guess I'll have to attack each stain individually? Should I use the bleach neat or diluted?

BTW, I'm fairly sure it's beer, not curry. People tend not to bump into you in the curry house, and I'm not that messy. I'd have noticed.

Maybe dilute it a bit if it's really thick and apply with an old toothbrush....

mrbadexample

LameWolf wrote: »

I'm surprised that beer didn't wash out in the ordinary wash - what on earth do you normally drink?:p

Normally, Scrumpy Jack, or Strongbow. But on rugby day, it could have been anything. Might not even have been mine. :whistle:

It may have been left a while before it ended up in the wash.