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Removing Suncream stains

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  • Wish I could help you but I have the same problem with some of my sons T shirts. He just wears them for play now.Nothing I tried removed the marks.
  • troo
    troo Posts: 252 Forumite
    Just found LISTINGS:1" rel="nofollow">THIS, hope it's useful.

    Neat bleach might have ruined them, you may have bleached the white out. I read that somewhere, not sure if it's true though :confused:
    I am a coffee bean
  • troo
    troo Posts: 252 Forumite
    Oooh just found this NAPISAN

    I remember Judi saying how great it is :D
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,638 Forumite
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    Hi aliasojo,

    Long time no see! :hello: It's great to see you back again. :j

    This thread might give you some ideas: Removing Suncream stains

    I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies together.

    Pink
  • maryb
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    You can get specific stain removers for different types of stains -fruit based, grease based , ink etc. One of them says it works on suncream and I found it quite good
    It doesn't matter if you are a glass half full or half empty sort of person. Keep it topped up! Cheers!
  • aliasojo
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    Brilliant Troo, thank you!

    I'll try that as soon as I can get to the shops for a Stain Devil.

    Fingers crossed. (I'll just have to hope the bleach thing didn't stuff it all up, lol.)
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Oh you all type fast around here. :D

    *waves* to Pink. :D

    I remember Napisan! Might get that too.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • elona
    elona Posts: 11,806 Forumite
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    Have you tried the white Oxiclean as it worked well on some school shirts that had gone grey!!!
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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Ok....so I'll need a trolley instead of a basket when I go to Tesco? :rotfl:

    Will add that to my hitlist elona, thanks. :D
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • I've just got sun cream stains out of my grandaughters white cotton dress by soaking it in a bowl full of diluted bleach. Don't be tempted to pour neat bleach on the stain though as this will turn it yellow. I've soaked it for about 4 hours now and the stains have almost gone. I think with a bio wash it should be fine.

    Hope this will be useful for someone else.
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