Blackberry juice stain!

mandi

Savvy_Sue wrote:

I spent a couple of hours picking blackberries this afternoon, and because I had so many I stewed some. Trying to get the lid on the bowl, I spilt them all over my tumble drier. I'm not too worried about that, or the new sheet which got splashed because that's dark brown, or the floor which was off white and may now need to be painted pink ... but I am a bit sad about my new pink trousers, which I was wearing at the time and which got a bit splashed!

Because it's so late (or early, depending on which way you look at it), I have just put them to soak in cold water and I'm hoping for the best. Any tips if that doesn't do the trick? Blackberry's not really my colour ... and I know DH was trying to help when he said at least it was the right colour, but it's not! :sad:

A bit of bleach in the water Savvy.. Dont go mental or anything.. possibly a capful.. worst senario is that they may be white tommorrow..

sophistica

The bleach may ruin them...try Oxy powder - you buy it in a small tub - put a teaspoon or so in a bowl of hot water and leave for 30 minutes. This got out some fruit stains off a new blouse and some very old coffee stains this week for me.

Contains_Mild_Peril

Oxy powder shifts all sorts of food and drink stains, so I'd give it a go. If you don't have any, try Poundland or (a little surprisingly) Farmfoods - it can be very overpriced in some other shops. Your DH is partly right - any small residual trace of the stain will be camuoflaged on the pink trousers.
Are the brambles ripe already where you are? They're early this year!

Talitha

I got blackberry jiuce on my jeans (that's what comes of carrying them home in a paper bag). I forgot to treat them and it washed out fine in a normal 40degree wash :T Of course, they hadn't been stewed.

Fingers crossed, maybe you'll be lucky.

Debt_Free_Chick

As Talitha says, do nothing at first. Simply was them as normal. The whole stain may come out - but at the very least, it should weaken. You can then decide what to do next.

I know it's not OS, but if you have some of that ACE bleach, it might work on a weakened stain and isn't harmful like normal bleach.

Savvy_Sue

Thank you everyone. I've got some of that liquid Ace stuff which I sometimes add to white washes. When I get home tonight I'll see what's left after the cold water soak, didn't have time this morning.

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote:

Are the brambles ripe already where you are? They're early this year!

I keep thinking that August is too early for them too, but I can assure you that last year near Taunton they were ripe in August, and this year in Bristle they're ripe - at least where they've been facing the sun! You must have missed the 'Millions - for free' thread which Martin linked to in this week's tip, calling it 'Blackberries, walnuts etc'.

The apples are not ready yet, so I'm hoping some of the blackberries will hang on until they are. There were certainly plenty of unripe ones left in my garden yesterday!

Savvy_Sue

Well, here I am home. The Practical Chap has pulled out the tumble drier and cleaned underneath and behind the fascia vent so that we don't have a smell of blackberry jam when we next use it. He says it smells better than the soup which exploded a month or so back - and he's quite right! :rotfl:

I think the trousers will be OK stainwise, they're in a wash right now. But after holding them up to check for stains, I'm a bit worried that they might have shrunk ... In my hurry to get the stains out, I forgot to check the washing instructions, and they're dry clean only!

Fortunately, although they were brand new, they were pre-owned new, so didn't cost a fortune! :rotfl:

Sydney_2

Can anyone help with the removal of blackcurrant juice from a lambs wool jumper?
Thank you!!

squeaky

Hi Sydney

I've added your question onto an earlier thread on the subject of blackberry juice which should be of help. You'll need to read from the beginning.

Good luck

BramleyHouse

Hi there
I was picking blackberries last night and once i had finished the first lot i had relized that i had about four stains in my top!! Any ideas how t oget it out!!??:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks:T:T