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Investment tip....buy white curtains.

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  • RacyRed
    RacyRed Posts: 4,930 Forumite
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    Have you founbd any suitable ones yet Aliasojo?
    My first reply was witty and intellectual but I lost it so you got this one instead :D
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  • aliasojo
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    I've found some completely plain white ones that look fine but they are dry clean only which I'm not happy about so the hunt goes on.........:)
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    Och dry clean only my bum! Every pair of curtains I own says Dry Clean only on them. Cool wash and they'll be fine, what fabric are they?
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  • aliasojo
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    Percale.....appparently. *knows nothing about percale* :D
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  • RacyRed
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    aliasojo wrote: »
    Percale.....appparently. *knows nothing about percale* :D

    Percale

    I agree with Jackieglasgow if that is the case, check the fabric content on the label, if they are 50% cotton and 50% polyester then a cool wash and hung dry should do the trick nicely.

    If they are 100% cotton buy a slightly larger size to allow for a little shrinkage unless it says the are pre-shrunk.
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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Says this...

    100% cotton. Lining 50% cotton 50% polyester. Bonded backing 100% acrylic.

    Seems to have a built in lining.....I'm assuming that's why they are dry clean only. *insert shruggy smilie here*
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • RacyRed
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    Oh, Ok, if the curtains and lining are different fabrics then I'd not risk it either.

    I'll keep my eyes open :)
    My first reply was witty and intellectual but I lost it so you got this one instead :D
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  • Miss_Spud
    Miss_Spud Posts: 23 Forumite
    I was trying to do the same as you.. white walls, white curtains, and various white & coloured duvets to break the room up.
    I managed to get some in Next (but this was last year)..They were dry clean only, but basically this is because they have a plastic coated lining material behind. You will find with white curtains that the sunlight does beam through them considerably more. If you are trying to keep the room darker....i.e child sleeping etc. then I would recommend having a pair lined.
  • spirit
    spirit Posts: 2,886 Forumite
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    I got some curtains recently from here

    - http://www.tjhughes.co.uk/fcp/product/brands-for-less/Curtains/Emily-Embroidered-Voile/1257
    Mortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j
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