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Cover stain on Columbia park
I have a blue/white/grey Columbia Titanium parka that I paid a lot of
money for. Although I followed the instructions on how to launder it, I somehow ended up with stains. The stains are the color of red wine and only show on the white. I sprayed them with Shout and washed again, now I've got some blue stains that appear to maybe be from the blue liquid detergent I sparingly used. I'd love any suggestions on how to get the stains out, but I think my only real option is to try to mask the stains. Any suggestions on how to cover the stains? Maybe some kind of white marker, or maybe even "white out" you'd use on typing mistakes? The white on the jacket is really an off-white... Comments appreciated. |
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Cover stain on Columbia park
Steve Miles wrote:
I have a blue/white/grey Columbia Titanium parka that I paid a lot of money for. Although I followed the instructions on how to launder it, I somehow ended up with stains. The stains are the color of red wine and only show on the white. I sprayed them with Shout and washed again, now I've got some blue stains that appear to maybe be from the blue liquid detergent I sparingly used. I'd love any suggestions on how to get the stains out, but I think my only real option is to try to mask the stains. Any suggestions on how to cover the stains? Maybe some kind of white marker, or maybe even "white out" you'd use on typing mistakes? The white on the jacket is really an off-white... Comments appreciated. The first key of stain removal is to know exactly what you got on it.. Blood? rust? wine? permanent marker? something greasy? Did ink come off an old ski ticket? Did you clean out your pockets? What else was it washed with?Did you call Columbia and ask them for specific laundering for the stain before you tried things on your own? You have to use the chemically correct solvent for each different kind of stain. Shout and other commercial stain removers work just OK and tend to leave ghosting on laminates and coated fabrics. I"d suggest trying a paste of an Oxygen based cleaner like Oxiclean.. at this point you have nothing to lose, IMO and YMMV of course. As for a cover up as you are thinking of.. there's nothing that will work that most likely won't look bad. Nylons do not take dye or paint well. You don't say what area of the coat it's on, but it's possible that some sort of decorative wear patch could be applied. Penny S -- Specialty Outdoors Modification & Repair of Outdoor Gear & Clothing Factory Authorized by The North Face www.specialtyoutdoors.com |
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