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2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

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  • alicef
    alicef Posts: 539 Forumite
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    Help needed.

    My M&S perfectly good cotton pants have greyed slightly compared to the new pack, which I'm loathed to open, as the aforementioned pants are fine but not brilliant white.

    Should I try to reverse the off whiteness or breakout a dye pod? 
    Fashion on the Ration 2025  37/66   
  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,666 Forumite
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    alicef said:
    Help needed.

    My M&S perfectly good cotton pants have greyed slightly compared to the new pack, which I'm loathed to open, as the aforementioned pants are fine but not brilliant white.

    Should I try to reverse the off whiteness or breakout a dye pod? 
    Try soaking them in any of the “oxy” bleaches prior to washing (peroxide based bleach not chlorine based).  If possible, afterwards dry them in the sun, rotating regularly for even bleaching.

    As a preventative measure, particularly when there isn’t enough washing to justify separating darks from lights, always add a colour catcher to your wash. (I cut mine into thirds.  I rarely use a whole one. A large box lasts us over 15 months.)

    - Pip
    "Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'

    It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!

    2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 39.5 spent.

    4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
    4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
    6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
    22 - yarn
    1.5 - sports bra
    2 - leather wallet
  • navelorange1
    navelorange1 Posts: 24 Forumite
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    edited 29 April 2024 at 8:41AM
    Hi, I don’t know if anyone has any advice as this might be too specific but do you know any charity shops in London that sell 13-16yo boy’s clothes? Most charity shops near me sell only women’s clothes and sometimes there is a small rack for men’s clothes at the back but it is usually full of shirts and suits for older men. I know you can buy secondhand clothes online but I’ve read too many hygiene horror stories/people hiding the true condition in photographs so prefer to see them in person before I buy. Thanks!

    Edit: I also prefer for things to be tried on before bought as I’m on a very tight budget.
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