How do you clean dirt off of nylon jacket shells?
My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her
jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Nothing I do at home gets this stuff out - it's nothing more than ground-in dirt, perhaps a little grease, but mainly dirt. Tonight, I did the following with one of her filthy jackets: 1. Saturated it and slathered Stain Stick all over the cuffs and other dirty parts. 2. Soaked it for 90 minutes in HOT water with a little Clorox, Oxy cleaner, and regular Tide 3. Pulled it out, slathered on MORE stain stick, and washed it in hot water/cold rinse, with bleach, Oxy, and Tide again When it came out of the wash, the bad parts looked as filthy as they did going in. It's just dirt! What am I supposed to do to get it out? She has oodles of other jackets that look the same way. |
zinxx wrote:
My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Nothing I do at home gets this stuff out - it's nothing more than ground-in dirt, perhaps a little grease, but mainly dirt. Tonight, I did the following with one of her filthy jackets: 1. Saturated it and slathered Stain Stick all over the cuffs and other dirty parts. 2. Soaked it for 90 minutes in HOT water with a little Clorox, Oxy cleaner, and regular Tide 3. Pulled it out, slathered on MORE stain stick, and washed it in hot water/cold rinse, with bleach, Oxy, and Tide again When it came out of the wash, the bad parts looked as filthy as they did going in. It's just dirt! What am I supposed to do to get it out? She has oodles of other jackets that look the same way. experiment with other cleaners? carpet cleaner? cover the cuffs with a dark colored cloth? fake fur? |
zinxx wrote: My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Nothing I do at home gets this stuff out - it's nothing more than ground-in dirt, perhaps a little grease, but mainly dirt. Tonight, I did the following with one of her filthy jackets: 1. Saturated it and slathered Stain Stick all over the cuffs and other dirty parts. 2. Soaked it for 90 minutes in HOT water with a little Clorox, Oxy cleaner, and regular Tide 3. Pulled it out, slathered on MORE stain stick, and washed it in hot water/cold rinse, with bleach, Oxy, and Tide again When it came out of the wash, the bad parts looked as filthy as they did going in. It's just dirt! What am I supposed to do to get it out? She has oodles of other jackets that look the same way. Try Zout. Works miracles. Good luck! jen |
zinxx wrote:
My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Nothing I do at home gets this stuff out - it's nothing more than ground-in dirt, perhaps a little grease, but mainly dirt. Tonight, I did the following with one of her filthy jackets: 1. Saturated it and slathered Stain Stick all over the cuffs and other dirty parts. 2. Soaked it for 90 minutes in HOT water with a little Clorox, Oxy cleaner, and regular Tide 3. Pulled it out, slathered on MORE stain stick, and washed it in hot water/cold rinse, with bleach, Oxy, and Tide again When it came out of the wash, the bad parts looked as filthy as they did going in. It's just dirt! What am I supposed to do to get it out? She has oodles of other jackets that look the same way. Try Fels Naptha, it's a bar soap in the laundry aisle. I get an old toothbrush wet run it over the bar and then scrub the stain with said soapy toothbrush, wash as usual. I've used the same bar for an easy three years for all stain treatments on laundry. It's cheap and it works. Even some stains that have been set in with the dryer it has removed. Jessica |
zinxx wrote:
My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Nothing I do at home gets this stuff out - it's nothing more than ground-in dirt, perhaps a little grease, but mainly dirt. Tonight, I did the following with one of her filthy jackets: 1. Saturated it and slathered Stain Stick all over the cuffs and other dirty parts. 2. Soaked it for 90 minutes in HOT water with a little Clorox, Oxy cleaner, and regular Tide 3. Pulled it out, slathered on MORE stain stick, and washed it in hot water/cold rinse, with bleach, Oxy, and Tide again When it came out of the wash, the bad parts looked as filthy as they did going in. It's just dirt! What am I supposed to do to get it out? She has oodles of other jackets that look the same way. Try massaging in a goodly amount of mechanics' hand cleaner before you try washing it again. More sensible is to realize that 8-year-olds don't -- and shouldn't -- worry about keeping their clothes clean and buy everything for her in black, dark gray, etc. -- Cheers, Bev ================================================== =============== "The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution." -- Ronald Reagan |
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:23:45 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote: Try massaging in a goodly amount of mechanics' hand cleaner before you try washing it again. More sensible is to realize that 8-year-olds don't -- and shouldn't -- worry about keeping their clothes clean and buy everything for her in black, dark gray, etc. Amen. That mechanics cleaner does a miracle job on many things but I doubt it will ever restore a pink fabric. Yeah. Just get her clothes that can handle her lifestyle. Its good for the environment and for your's and everyone's health that you don't use too many chemicals or effort to keep your 8 year old's workclothes spotlessly clean. |
PaPaPeng wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:23:45 -0800, The Real Bev wrote: Try massaging in a goodly amount of mechanics' hand cleaner before you try washing it again. More sensible is to realize that 8-year-olds don't -- and shouldn't -- worry about keeping their clothes clean and buy everything for her in black, dark gray, etc. Amen. That mechanics cleaner does a miracle job on many things but I doubt it will ever restore a pink fabric. Yeah. Just get her clothes that can handle her lifestyle. Its good for the environment and for your's and everyone's health that you don't use too many chemicals or effort to keep your 8 year old's workclothes spotlessly clean. I agree. If you try to keep an 8 yr old's clothes spotlessly clean your'll end up with early grey hairs and high blood pressure ;) |
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx wrote:
My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. She sounds like a charming child ,,,, and will go far with her ZEST for life! Joel |
"PaPaPeng" wrote in message
... On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:23:45 -0800, The Real Bev wrote: Try massaging in a goodly amount of mechanics' hand cleaner before you try washing it again. More sensible is to realize that 8-year-olds don't -- and shouldn't -- worry about keeping their clothes clean and buy everything for her in black, dark gray, etc. Amen. That mechanics cleaner does a miracle job on many things but I doubt it will ever restore a pink fabric. Yeah. Just get her clothes that can handle her lifestyle. Its good for the environment and for your's and everyone's health that you don't use too many chemicals or effort to keep your 8 year old's workclothes spotlessly clean. I'd find it kind of depressing to think about dressing a child exclusively in dark colors, but assuming I could get the same kinds of great deals on kids clothes I get on my own, I'd probably buy most of her clothes at Goodwill, anyway. |
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:26:18 -0800, Joel M. Eichen wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx wrote: My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. She sounds like a charming child ,,,, and will go far with her ZEST for life! Joel Only in your IVORY tower. |
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 05:18:16 -0800, kingsnake
wrote: On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:26:18 -0800, Joel M. Eichen wrote: On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx wrote: My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. She sounds like a charming child ,,,, and will go far with her ZEST for life! Joel Only in your IVORY tower. DANG? You mean you got out of your room? We gotta bolt the door better. |
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:03:36 GMT, "Chloe" wrote:
I'd find it kind of depressing to think about dressing a child exclusively in dark colors, but assuming I could get the same kinds of great deals on kids clothes I get on my own, I'd probably buy most of her clothes at Goodwill, anyway. Not necessarily dark colours. I would think warm colors including earth colours as light as beige would easily accommodate odinary dirt stains and still look pretty good. I would dress her in clothes that befits an active outdoors kid rather than try to dress her like a sweet little Miss Lacey always ready for a formal concert. --------------------------------------------- She sounds like a charming child ,,,, and will go far with her ZEST for life! Joel Only in your IVORY tower. The point of rebuttal escapes me. I would be delighted to be the parent of an active outdoors kid not afraid to get her or his hands dirty. Would you rather have an unresponsive one or one who is stuck to the TV set or video games all day? I got really messy as a kid and delighted in catching every creepy crawly there was. No TV then and we had to makeup our own pastimes. I am waiting for my son to find a nice wife so that I can have grandkids and do that creepy crawly thing all over again. |
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PaPaPeng wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:23:45 -0800, The Real Bev wrote: Try massaging in a goodly amount of mechanics' hand cleaner before you try washing it again. More sensible is to realize that 8-year-olds don't -- and shouldn't -- worry about keeping their clothes clean and buy everything for her in black, dark gray, etc. Amen. That mechanics cleaner does a miracle job on many things but I doubt it will ever restore a pink fabric. Yeah. Just get her clothes that can handle her lifestyle. Its good for the environment and for your's and everyone's health that you don't use too many chemicals or effort to keep your 8 year old's workclothes spotlessly clean. I agree. If you try to keep an 8 yr old's clothes spotlessly clean your'll end up with early grey hairs and high blood pressure ;) And stop letting her work on that minivan transmission. |
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx spewed forth :
My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Thank your lucky stars that she's not already a high-maintenance Barbie clone. Wooly Who would raise tomboys if she had girls, but has a boy so needn't worry about it |
Wooly wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx spewed forth : My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a new set of rings in a car. Thank your lucky stars that she's not already a high-maintenance Barbie clone. Wooly Who would raise tomboys if she had girls, but has a boy so needn't worry about it Raising tomboys doesn't work. We tried for years turing a kid into a prim and proper miss, nope, doesn't work. As soon as she could vocalize, the dresses and bowes went out the window. Some gals just don't like that kind of thing. In my perspective, I dress feminine when required, neutral if I can get away from it, but when gardening or around the house it's jeans and a t-shirt. Mind you I wouldn't go out in public in jeans but hey, for gardening and around the house, they are great! |
Serendipity wrote:
|| Wooly wrote: || ||| On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx spewed forth : ||| ||| |||| My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of |||| her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets |||| and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a |||| new set of rings in a car. ||| ||| ||| Thank your lucky stars that she's not already a high-maintenance ||| Barbie clone. ||| ||| Wooly ||| Who would raise tomboys if she had girls, but has a boy so needn't ||| worry about it || || Raising tomboys doesn't work. We tried for years turing a kid into a || prim and proper miss, nope, doesn't work. As soon as she could || vocalize, the dresses and bowes went out the window. Some gals just || don't like that kind of thing. In my perspective, I dress feminine || when required, neutral if I can get away from it, but when gardening || or around the house it's jeans and a t-shirt. Mind you I wouldn't || go out in public in jeans but hey, for gardening and around the || house, they are great! What do you have against jeans in public? I always scope out the babes in jeans to detect panty lines. |
freespeech wrote:
Serendipity wrote: || Wooly wrote: || ||| On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:07:26 GMT, zinxx spewed forth : ||| ||| |||| My daughter has a knack for just grinding filth into the cuffs of |||| her jackets. I mean, she's only eight, but if you saw her jackets |||| and overlooked the pink colors, you'd think she'd been putting a |||| new set of rings in a car. ||| ||| ||| Thank your lucky stars that she's not already a high-maintenance ||| Barbie clone. ||| ||| Wooly ||| Who would raise tomboys if she had girls, but has a boy so needn't ||| worry about it || || Raising tomboys doesn't work. We tried for years turing a kid into a || prim and proper miss, nope, doesn't work. As soon as she could || vocalize, the dresses and bowes went out the window. Some gals just || don't like that kind of thing. In my perspective, I dress feminine || when required, neutral if I can get away from it, but when gardening || or around the house it's jeans and a t-shirt. Mind you I wouldn't || go out in public in jeans but hey, for gardening and around the || house, they are great! What do you have against jeans in public? I always scope out the babes in jeans to detect panty lines. Absolutely nothing. I just prefer not wearing jeans in public myself unless the event dictates. It's a personal choice ;) |
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