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Washing out specific stains

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willow ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 12:13 am

How do I get out #2 from babies clothes? Addionally can I just wash it reg. without worrying about staining the rest of the load?

goldrose ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 6:12 am

I know a good way to find out LOL

↑ willow ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 6:16 am

? How?

↑ goldrose

Thu, May 18 2006, 6:19 am

try it

↑ willow ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 6:53 am

Yeah but I don't want to ruin all her clothes. I've already ruined enough embarrassed

shopaholic

Thu, May 18 2006, 7:45 am

If the #2 is in the material, it shouldn't ruin the other clothes. If theres stuff to scrape off (sorry for being too graphic Smile

) then wipe it off first. Is this happeneing to a lot of clothes? Maybe you should buy bigger diapers or change brands.

Meema2Kids ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 8:26 am

If you are exclusively breastfeeding it should not be a problem to wash it with other clothes. to get the stains out you should put it in the sun while it is still wet.

↑ willow ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 8:49 am

So I should just do a regular cold wash with reg detergent (after scraping of course!!! Wink

) and then putit out to dry? Does it have to be direct sunlight? It is really important that I do this right as I can't afford new clothes.

chocolate moose

Thu, May 18 2006, 8:56 am

Cold water is no good for most stains. Pretreat and soak. Scrub beforehand if you can.

You might have to wash it a couple of times.

↑ Meema2Kids

Thu, May 18 2006, 9:34 am

Just wash it normally, then put it in the sun to dry. I would put it in direct sun if possible. If not, try it anyway, you can always just get it wet again and put it somewhere sunnier if it doesn't work the first time. This may work on clothes that you've already put in the drier with the stain.

granolamom ↓

Thu, May 18 2006, 10:53 am

I wouldn't scrape. dip the garment in the toilet, hold on tight and flush.
then pretreat and wash (cold first, then if no luck I'd try hot. at that point what do you have to lose)

happyone

Thu, May 18 2006, 12:40 pm

I would do what granolamom does. It really gets the 'stuff' off prior to washing.

↑ willow

Fri, May 19 2006, 7:48 am

Yeah!!!!!! O.k this is what I did.
I took her clothes and soaked it with detergent then ran a warm/cold wash voila! I got it all out. Thank for all your speedy tips

↑ granolamom

Fri, May 19 2006, 7:52 am

anyone know how to get crayon out? somebody left a crayon in a pocket. it must have fallen out of the pocket in the wash and hung around for the whites when it got transferred to the dryer and wreaked havoc. Everything has blue marks. worst of all dd's uniform shirts were in there, the underwear and socks are more easily replaceable (are white undies with blue streaks ok during shiva nikeim?) but the shirts, oh the shirts!

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