urgent help needed please!

harvestmoon

Hi all
Hope this is the right forum to ask for help. Having a clear out of my car boot ( which, admittedly, I haven't done for some time!) I have discovered a red waterproof coat sitting at the bottom. It has clearly had some liquid spilt on it and is full of black mould spots. I have washed it - nothing! Soaked it overnight in Vanish and re-washed it - nothing!
Before I throw it away (which I don't really want to do) I'm making a plea for any tips you may be able to offer me. Don't hold out much hope but feel I needed to ask!
Thanks in advance.

rosie383

Depending on the fabric, could you maybe dye it if you can't get the mould spots off? I haven't come across any way to remove them unfortunately.

misskool

Spot treat with bleach to kill the mould and see if that will get the black bits off?

mymerrywidow

bleach on a red coat?:eek::eek:

patchwork_cat

You could try Dr Beckmann stain devil for tea, red wine and fruit juice. It removes mould.

squeakysue

I once had mould on a pushchair seat that had been left outside, I just had to persevere with machine washing then spot treating the stain with one of those little stain remover tubes, then scrubbing, then washing again, it took several goes but I managed to get rid of all the mould and the seat looked really clean and bright afterwards. Good luck x

cheeswright

Im seconding the bleach
as the coat is waterproof the fabric and dye will be coated with a polymer layer
( the waterproofing)
so if its properly waterproof - it should be bleachproof......but the mould wont be
but if its only showerproof it'll be destroyed

harvestmoon

Thank you all for offering advice - I'm going to try them all - nothing ventured nothing gained eh?!!