DeeClutter wrote:How did you ruin a pair of capris, Kathryn?
I wore them gardening and stained the knees. Washed them and left them for 2 weeks before going to iron them for this morning. Noticed the knees had speckles so not all the dirt had come out when I washed them. Put laundry stain soap on them. Nothing. Sprayed with bleach and water. Nothing. So I poured bleach directly on them (they were light ivory.) Added more water to the material and left it to work while at choir. When I got back I rinsed them and the stains were gone. Ran them through the washer and when I went to hang them up, you can see two distinct colours. My laundry room tub is in shadow so I hadn't noticed when I tossed them in the washer.
I'm hoping by bleaching the whole thing (I was just working on the knees earlier) that it will end up a uniform colour. The bleached colour is fine too, just a different shade of ivory.
It may not work for a number of reasons, the first being that they are only soaking in a 1:8 concentration of bleach right now. But I'm giving them time. Again, my laundry room is shadowy so I'm not sure if I'll be able to tell if this has worked without actually washing them.
They were $5.99 at the thrift store and I got 16 months out of them. Theoretically, they will only fit for a few more months anyway (there's positive thinking for you!) because they don't have belt loops and I've been losing weight.
