Trying peroxide to bleach wood marks on cotton

Hello everyone,

I hung up some white cotton T shirts to dry on a wooden
drying rack, and they got yellowish marks on them where
they were touching the wood. Rats!

I'm trying to bleach the marks out with hydrogen peroxide.
I'm using the 3% stuff they sell for disinfecting cuts etc.
I just wetted a shirt with hydrogen peroxide straight
from the bottle. It looks like it's working, but will it
weaken or damage the cloth or something?

I guess I'll be more careful with the drying rack
next time. ;(

Have a great day!
L.O.

I don't know if peroxide will ruin fabric but I DO know a Great stain
remover that works the best I've ever used on whites.
It's "Mary Ellen's Stain Remover for Set-In Stains-for whites" there is
also one for colors but I have not had an occasion to use it.
This one will get stains out in minutes!!
I've only found it at Jo-Anne's Fabrics

Sijka


"Western Larch" <larix_occidentalis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I hung up some white cotton T shirts to dry on a wooden
> drying rack, and they got yellowish marks on them where
> they were touching the wood. Rats!
>
> I'm trying to bleach the marks out with hydrogen peroxide.
> I'm using the 3% stuff they sell for disinfecting cuts etc.
> I just wetted a shirt with hydrogen peroxide straight
> from the bottle. It looks like it's working, but will it
> weaken or damage the cloth or something?
>
> I guess I'll be more careful with the drying rack
> next time. ;(
>
> Have a great day!
> L.O.

"Western Larch" <larix_occidentalis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6869c57c.0312111248.744a03dd@posting.google.c om...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I hung up some white cotton T shirts to dry on a wooden
> drying rack, and they got yellowish marks on them where
> they were touching the wood. Rats!
>
> I'm trying to bleach the marks out with hydrogen peroxide.
> I'm using the 3% stuff they sell for disinfecting cuts etc.
> I just wetted a shirt with hydrogen peroxide straight
> from the bottle. It looks like it's working, but will it
> weaken or damage the cloth or something?
>
> I guess I'll be more careful with the drying rack
> next time. ;(
>
> Have a great day!
> L.O.

Peroxide is a slow reacting dye that shouldn't damage the fibres.
--
DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

i don't know how it would work on clothing, but on carpets with really bad
stains, a 50 / 50 mix of 30% volume of peroxide ( purchased at beauty
supplies ) and ammonia works great!

In article <zdqCb.33779$8y1.141066@attbi_s52>,
"FH" <nowaydude@hotmail.com> wrote:

> i don't know how it would work on clothing, but on carpets with really bad
> stains, a 50 / 50 mix of 30% volume of peroxide ( purchased at beauty
> supplies ) and ammonia works great!
>
>
There you go flirting with Marcey again! You're trying to get her mad
so she will email you and you can sweet-talk her.

If you'd get your mind on cleaning instead of your latest flame, you'd
remember that thirty-volume peroxide is 9%.

With all that ammonia, wouldn't the mixture have a pH around 11? Is
that higher than rug manufacturers recommend?
--
Barbecue Bob serving family-style roast bunny
at convenient restaurants
from Montana to New Mexico

"FH" <nowaydude@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> i don't know how it would work on clothing, but on carpets with really bad
> stains, a 50 / 50 mix of 30% volume of peroxide ( purchased at beauty
> supplies ) and ammonia works great!
>
>

Of course I originally meant bleach not dye but I'll add that:

Ammonia speeds up the reaction of the peroxide, which is why the two are
used together. However, I would tend to add the peroxide first, as you may
not need to speed it up.
--
DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

> If you'd get your mind on cleaning instead of your latest flame, you'd
> remember that thirty-volume peroxide is 9%.
>
> With all that ammonia, wouldn't the mixture have a pH around 11? Is
> that higher than rug manufacturers recommend?
> --
> Barbecue Bob serving family-style roast bunny
> at convenient restaurants
> from Montana to New Mexico

no, 11 is allowable on many carpets, 10 or less is preferred... but when it
comes to stains, you use what will work. lol