I found a pair of pants with a bleached place on it, so I had black pants that had places bleached to a rather pale peach/orange. I have no idea what was on them, but it was disgusting, so I took them to the laundry a week ago. Then, I rewashed them here at home and hung them to dry.
This pair is a good pair. I took a black marker and colored on the bleached places. The marker places appear darker than the surrounding undamaged area. However, the largest stain is about 9 inches below my waist on the back with smaller places in different places.
When I say "bleached," it was not laundry bleach.
Even if these pants are not wearable outside the house, I will not be wearing a better pair. That is a great win for me.
I use markers all the time to salvage clothes. Do you ever use a marker to salvage something? Other than mending, alternating, using scotch tape or a stapler, do you have a favorite method of salvaging clothing?
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I have a cushion on an antique kitchen stool that has a one inch tear in the leather and the stuffing shows. I took a black marker and filled in the tear and looks good for a month or so and then I have to do it again. The ink apparently bleeds out of the stuffing. I have a bottle of white nail polish I use to touch up chips on lots of things.
ReplyDeleteJean R.,
DeleteGood save. I do lots of temporary fixes. It is easy to redo with a marker on hand. I will have to keep the white nail polish in mind. Thanks.
I don't salvage clothes but wear them down and out passed mending.
ReplyDeleteurspo,
ReplyDeleteThat is one way to do it. As long as a person does not throw out clothing with life left, even if that life is in a diminished status. Pants no longer fit to go out and eat can eventually become gardening clothing... perfectly acceptable.
I have never used a marker to save clothing but I have been known to use the stapler trick and the sticky tape trick. These days I have a very small number of clothes and tend to wear them until they fall apart
ReplyDeletekylie,
DeleteI was quite sure someone had used tape of a stapler to salvage something. That is better than tossing them aside and eventually tossing them. It may seem I have lots of pants, but few are in shape to wear out. Thanks.
I have used a marker before whenI have gotten those tiny bleach splash marks on clothes. Usually happens on winter duds with long sleeves, so I try to do the couple of loads a month I use bleach with when I am wearing gross clothes.
ReplyDeleteAnne,
DeleteI have been known to change my clothes to use bleach in the washer. I wipe off the rim of the tub and change back into my clothes that are good ones. When I get bleach on my clothes, it always seems the bleach spots are around my knees. Oh, when I use bleach on my kitchen counter, I will change into a nightgown. I have some nightgowns that would not show little bleach marks.
I've used a marker to fill in light spots on a jacket or two that I got at the thrift shop. Works great!
ReplyDeletekt,
DeleteGreat is correct! I love it.
With n sewing skills and lots of mishaps,I have a lot of quick hacks. Scotch tape a skirt hem,anyone else?
ReplyDeleteI have an abundance of sewing skills. So, thankfully I have never had to resort to scotch tape. But, I know people who do.
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