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Baby Tip Exchange!

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  • 17-10-2013 12:03pm
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    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭


    Much like the vanish tip exchange on Facebook, here's somewhere to leave tips or ask questions!

    I'll start! Query: how do you get yellow poo stains out of white babygros? I used vanish on them and then put them in the machine but I'm worried the vanish will be rough on his skin. Any ideas?


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    bp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭bp


    I googled that before and surprisingly what worked was washing them normally and then hanging the clothes outside on the clothes line in direct sun light and the stains actually faded....don't know why or how but it worked!


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    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭nikpmup


    bp wrote: »
    I googled that before and surprisingly what worked was washing them normally and then hanging the clothes outside on the clothes line in direct sun light and the stains actually faded....don't know why or how but it worked!

    Hopefully the sun will shine today!


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    cyning
    Registered Users Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭cyning


    I used ace or Milton and washed a second time...

    The sun sounds so much easier!!


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    How Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭How Strange


    Direct sunlight!!!

    Works every time for me.


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    peter_dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭peter_dublin


    It's the UV which also kills bacteria. Same reason blacks fade when line dried.


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    Rose35
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Rose35


    Napisan is very good at removing stains, found in either detergent section or sometimes baby section (tesco)


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    iguana
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    It doesn't even need to be sunny, any natural light will do, it just takes less time in sunshine. It works for any biological stain, so tomato sauce, jam, etc will come out in light too.


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    Xdancer
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Xdancer


    iguana wrote: »
    It doesn't even need to be sunny, any natural light will do, it just takes less time in sunshine. It works for any biological stain, so tomato sauce, jam, etc will come out in light too.

    Ah, that would explain why I have had very few issues with stains! :)
    You learn something new everyday


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    Mink
    Registered Users Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭Mink


    peter_dublin wrote: »
    It's the UV which also kills bacteria. Same reason blacks fade when line dried.

    Ah I never copped this, was getting annoyed with all my "grey clothes".

    Yes I've heard the sunlight for organic stains as well


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    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    bp wrote: »
    I googled that before and surprisingly what worked was washing them normally and then hanging the clothes outside on the clothes line in direct sun light and the stains actually faded....don't know why or how but it worked!

    Agreed - I use cloth nappies and sunshine is the best thing for poo stains. Even hanging them in the window works, it doesn't have to be outside.

    It also works for other organic stains like tomato juice.


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    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭nikpmup


    This thread has turned into the poo stain removal thread :D


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    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    nikpmup wrote: »
    This thread has turned into the poo stain removal thread :D

    Let's face it, we all spend a lot of our time surrounded by and thinking about poo these days!!


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    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭nikpmup


    Tru dat!


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    krankykitty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭krankykitty


    i found just rinsing out and having a little scrub of the stain with some soap as soon as it happened would mean the stain comes out when it goes through the wash. I think if you leave it any time before washing it stains worse..


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