https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:45:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1329061 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:19:51 +0000 Lisa 1329061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh noes! &nbsp;Well at least you can still sport this shade too. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1328121 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:25:02 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1328121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ack!</p> <p>You've gotten some great advice here and I think the fact that the new color wasn't "set" by the dryer is a positive. Best of luck!</p> <p>I agree with Sveta that the new lilac color is actually quite pretty and I think the tee can still work - just with a different vibe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1328064 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:41:19 +0000 viva 1328064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's still so pretty, but I understand your frustration. How did it turn out? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1328055 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:23:03 +0000 Mona 1328055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At least it is not blotchy. This is such a pretty top. If one of the above solutions do not work, I think you can still wear it as a lavendar top. I am sure nobody will know unless you tell them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1328034 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:42:48 +0000 Sharon 1328034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, there are definitely products designed for this exact situation. The one I am familiar with here is called Run Away&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dylon.com.au/fc-coloursafe.htm">http://www.dylon.com.au/fc-coloursafe.htm</a>&nbsp;but I am sure there would be similar ones in Canada. Give that a try first before any home remedies. Hope you have success! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1328017 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:56:58 +0000 sarah 1328017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh that is too bad. I hope the Oxyclean solution works, but if it doesn't I don't see any reason to not wear it with white - I think it would look great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1328001 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:06:12 +0000 AJ 1328001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well at least it is still wearable. I'm sorry and I bet hubs felt bad.</p> <p>I'm curious to know if any of the suggestions worked? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327997 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:48:31 +0000 Gigi 1327997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, so sorry, Suz! How heartbreaking. I hope some of the solutions above help. It's just not the same when it's lavender, is it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327976 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:31:06 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1327976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so sorry! I wish I knew what to tell you, but I don't have any practical wisdom, just sympathy. I do think the new color is pretty too, but it's hard when you know what it was supposed to be... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327967 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:19:01 +0000 Beth Ann 1327967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry, Suz!&nbsp; I still like it, but I know well the problems of white that loses its......well......whiteness.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327941 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:39:02 +0000 Thistle 1327941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No additional advice to offer, just giving you a big hug and sympathies.</p> <p>A laundry elf here once decided to help with laundry, and he ended up washing and drying two of my favorite wool sweater. I discovered them as I was folding laundry, and they were too small for even DD to wear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327936 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:31:31 +0000 Anonymous 1327936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I'm so sorry about your beautiful top but have no ideas to add. It still looks great with blue denim. Maybe it will gradually return to white. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327915 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:56:54 +0000 Zibbets 1327915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no! I'm so sorry. I've done that several times and it's always heartbreaking. I'll be watching this thread for miracle cures. I hope you find something that works.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327911 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:49:10 +0000 Elizabeth P 1327911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no Suz! One of my fav tops of yours :(. I don't know much about the products mentioned, but would love to know how this all works out. And somewhere along the way, definitely try sunlight. The real thing, not the detergent :). </p> <p>PS. Hope you had a good trip home! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327908 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:42:26 +0000 abc 1327908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry to hear this. Please keep us posted on what you try and how it works out. Crossing fingers for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327795 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:53:02 +0000 Nicole D 1327795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awww. &nbsp;This is the first time I have ever seen a pic of you without a stunning smile! &nbsp;I do not have any magic ideas, other than the advice to try not to feel too bad...if you can't fix it, it may be best to just get rid of it so you can't see it and remember the way it used to be. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327750 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:32:31 +0000 L'Abeille 1327750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Go for the Rit dye remover. The other stain removing techniques are not going to be very effective at removing dye, and the bleaching versions are likely to fade the flowers too.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap/page/2#post-1327749 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:31:59 +0000 Sveta 1327749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is a bummer...but I think it is still pretty and would work with white, just with a different vibe. If background is uniform lavender and not blotchy you basicaly got a new tee now :-)&nbsp;<br />I don't allow anybody else to do laundry in my house and for a good reason! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327728 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:39:09 +0000 Sal 1327728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Blast! How frustrating. I would soak in Napisan ( which I think is like oxyclean) and then out in the sun. But I am not sure if that will work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327722 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:32:49 +0000 Anonymous 1327722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Feel your pain! Why does it seem like this only happens to favorite items, not orphans? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327717 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:21:40 +0000 Lorem Ipsum 1327717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found a product that claims to help repair clothes that have been ruined by the colour of other clothes:<a href="http://en.dr-beckmann.ca/products/colour-protection-products/colour-run-repair/" rel="nofollow"> <a href="http://en.dr-beckmann.ca/products/colour-protection-products/colour-run-repair/" rel="nofollow">http://en.dr-beckmann.ca/produ.....un-repair/</a></a>. I don't know if it works, but if you can find it, it might be worth a try. There's a store locator on their main page; hopefully, it's available at a store near you.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327712 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:13:51 +0000 Ariadne 1327712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Try synthrapol. You may need to order it online. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327702 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:45:49 +0000 Glory 1327702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would try oxyclean for a good long soak. I think you can reblock to the size you prefer with a bit of stretching.</p> <p>Should I share the story of when my son at 14 decided to do all of the family laundry for the first time. All of it meant 4 loads in a very large front loader.<br />Well bless his heart for wanting to help out.<br />I came home to an overpowering smell of chlorine. He&nbsp;used bleach in every load thinking it was liquid&nbsp;detergent! I am not kidding.<br />Every single item of clothing was ruined without exception.&nbsp;<br />We laugh about it now :)<br />But seriously I know your pain.<br />&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327699 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:38:59 +0000 Anonymous 1327699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh, that's a shame. At least it's still pretty and wearable in the lavender, although I can see how it's less versatile now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327695 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:34:20 +0000 Debbie 1327695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am sorry! I gave no laundry advice to add. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327692 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:27:53 +0000 E 1327692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no! The purple does look lovely on you, but that's a small consolation I'm sure.</p> <p>Rit dye makes a colour remover: have you tried that? I don't know if it would take out the purple w/o affecting the print though: you'd probably want to e-mail and ask. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327691 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:22:56 +0000 Joyce B 1327691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am glad it did not go through the drier, Suz. I think there is hope.<br /> Carbona makes some sheets that absorb the extra dye in the wash, I always use those.<br /> Maybe a few soakings will help but the changes will be gradual.<br /> Soaking and sunning at the same time will restore the bright white. You just need to find the sun for that. I think that will be your best option. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327667 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:51:43 +0000 Kari 1327667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I would try soaking in Oxy Clean. It's done wonders with two big dye mishaps-once, laundering a red and white print dress with chocolate brown pillow shams by accident where my dress was stained tan, and another time when I unwisely wore a black and white top the day after dyeing my hair, and when it rained some dye residue trickled down to the neckline of my top.<br /> After an overnight soak and a regular laundry cycle, there's no trace of the mishap.<br /> I'm so sorry that it happened. At least it's a shade that doesn't clash with the print of the tee. Hope it's salvageable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327648 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:58:59 +0000 JAileen 1327648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no! There's a dye remover product out there. It might be next to dye products or by detergent in the store. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-blue-laundry-mishap#post-1327647 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:53:48 +0000 rae 1327647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh noes... I have no advice, sadly. Just commiserating because my favorite Theyskens top ripped in the back of the sleeve. :(&nbsp; </p>