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keeping white shirt white in wash

  • 18-02-2007 6:51pm
    #1
    peter.brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    hey all,

    new member here.
    just looking for some washing machine advice. my leinster home jersey has white sides as you know. when i put it in the wash, the blue ran into the sides, and it looks crap. how do you keep the white white??? i used a colour catcher, and they're crap too. what can i do to get the white back?!?!?! :mad: :confused:

    thanks,
    peter


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  • #2
    Sundy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭Sundy


    Try the washing and ironing forum, they might be able to help you over there.


  • #3
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    I know your pain, OP. As someone who's always done his own laundry it's a case of once you destroy one €80 jersey, you soon learn what not to do.

    Get a detergent like Ariel Colour and wash the jersey at 30 degrees. If your machine has a quick cycle, so much the better. Don't use a dryer, instead use a good old fashioned clothesline or a clothes horse.

    As for the jersey you currently have with the colour run, chalk it up to experience.

    FWIW, the jersey I had colour run with was a Queensland jersey and all the white bits came out pink!


  • #4
    shoegirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭shoegirl


    There should be a "delicates" cycle on your washing machine. And don't put it in with dark or bright colours. Better again, handwash it and pop into the machine for a rinse and spin cycle. Works well for me anyway.


  • #5
    willj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭willj


    Try Punch Colour Run Remover - it saved a top of mine, read the label though i heard it can bleach some clothes. I'm pretty sure the Colour Catcher sheets are only meant to be used to prevent colour runs as opposed to fixing them.


  • #6
    remus808
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭remus808


    Slightly related: the B in bank of ireland has sort of chipped off my jersey, what can I do :(


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  • #7
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    karmabass wrote: »
    Slightly related: the B in bank of ireland has sort of chipped off my jersey, what can I do :(

    Peel it off altogether, get a black permanent marker and replace the B with W. You'll have a pretty unique jersey then, and be happy in the knowledge that you're not providing a bank with free advertising. :D


  • #8
    gcgirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,044 ✭✭✭gcgirl


    karmabass wrote: »
    Slightly related: the B in bank of ireland has sort of chipped off my jersey, what can I do :(


    you should have washed in lower temp there is not much you can do !


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