I'm not meticulous about laundry. For me, I do two to three loads on the weekend and a load or two in between depending on my need for white coats or clean coveralls. Joe is very meticulous about sorting and washing appropriately. Though he does put gray t-shirts and light colored towels in white laundry loads...which is frustrating.
I like getting to wash my white coats in a load of whites because obviously that's where they belong. However, I'm not above putting them in a load of dress clothes which is what I did this weekend. I did however also have in that load of laundry a dark purple shirt which had never been washed before. I didn't really think about it then.
I have been hanging my clothes out on the laundry line to dry trying to save on energy and was doing so when I noticed that the lining of my white coats had a slight purplish tint. I didn't think too much of it as I hung this stuff up to dry, but when taking it down, I noticed that not only did the lining have a purplish tint but the rest of the coat did as well. In fact one coat, which also has jersey panels, was very lavender. The jersey panels remained white. My white coats were obviously no longer white. No longer did they say 'professional'.
Now how to fix it...
I first ran them back through the wash in a load of whites with bleach and hot water. Pulled out, my coats were still a pretty shade of purple. So they sat in a wet heap on my washing machine until something else could be figured out. I went to Yahoo! Answers and did find some answers and some products to look for.
Target and Michael's didn't have either of these products but remembering that one is used by quilters to remove bled colors, I went to JoAnn's. There I found two products. One by Rit Dye and one which was the actual product I was looking for. While standing there, reading the instructions on the product I wanted, I noted that there weren't any instructions for using a HE washing machine. I called the 1-800 number on the box, right there in JoAnn's. There was no answer but it did refer me to another phone number. I didn't think much of it since it was the weekend and everything. I called the next number and was greeted with 'Hot, Young Horny Women in your area wanting to chat now!!!!!' Ummm....that's not the laundry hotline I was expecting. Eventually, I just up and bought the product having found a newer box with the information I needed. Then I went home and tried to fix my coats. A bucket of hot, hot water and this stuff made my kitchen smell like a beauty parlor giving perms to old ladies so I moved the operation outside while I did dishes. After finishing the dishes, I went outside and my coats were white again! Miracle! So now my coats are white! Lesson learned. I did also buy some of those color catcher sheets when at Target...you know, just in case.
[EDIT-Originally published to Blogger on 8/10/11.]
I like getting to wash my white coats in a load of whites because obviously that's where they belong. However, I'm not above putting them in a load of dress clothes which is what I did this weekend. I did however also have in that load of laundry a dark purple shirt which had never been washed before. I didn't really think about it then.
I have been hanging my clothes out on the laundry line to dry trying to save on energy and was doing so when I noticed that the lining of my white coats had a slight purplish tint. I didn't think too much of it as I hung this stuff up to dry, but when taking it down, I noticed that not only did the lining have a purplish tint but the rest of the coat did as well. In fact one coat, which also has jersey panels, was very lavender. The jersey panels remained white. My white coats were obviously no longer white. No longer did they say 'professional'.
Now how to fix it...
I first ran them back through the wash in a load of whites with bleach and hot water. Pulled out, my coats were still a pretty shade of purple. So they sat in a wet heap on my washing machine until something else could be figured out. I went to Yahoo! Answers and did find some answers and some products to look for.
Target and Michael's didn't have either of these products but remembering that one is used by quilters to remove bled colors, I went to JoAnn's. There I found two products. One by Rit Dye and one which was the actual product I was looking for. While standing there, reading the instructions on the product I wanted, I noted that there weren't any instructions for using a HE washing machine. I called the 1-800 number on the box, right there in JoAnn's. There was no answer but it did refer me to another phone number. I didn't think much of it since it was the weekend and everything. I called the next number and was greeted with 'Hot, Young Horny Women in your area wanting to chat now!!!!!' Ummm....that's not the laundry hotline I was expecting. Eventually, I just up and bought the product having found a newer box with the information I needed. Then I went home and tried to fix my coats. A bucket of hot, hot water and this stuff made my kitchen smell like a beauty parlor giving perms to old ladies so I moved the operation outside while I did dishes. After finishing the dishes, I went outside and my coats were white again! Miracle! So now my coats are white! Lesson learned. I did also buy some of those color catcher sheets when at Target...you know, just in case.
[EDIT-Originally published to Blogger on 8/10/11.]
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