OT (sort of, maybe) Bleached a "use No Bleach" top

Hmm - I've never had a problem like that. Had you tried the "not bleach" (aka Clorox II) already?

Couldn't hurt to try another oxy soak. Hot water and time.

I find I like the "Zout" pretreatment better than anything else. Does the job on pizza stains, olive oil and "I don't know what I spilled Mom" stains.

Cheryl

I am not sure if my experience has any bearing, but here goes. I had two Tilley hats, which I used the way Tilley hats are supposed to be used; for gardening, out jogging, at the cottage, on the lake, etc. Though they were washed regularly, they got to be pretty disgusting. I gave them both identical Oxyclean treatment. One came out not too bad; the other has yellow stains all over it, and I cannot get them out.

Jim, While reading the most recent Kathy Reichs novel, she mentioned several things that sent me screaming to the nearest Southerner to get answers to, but no one knew what a Tilley hat was. Wanna explain it for me? Tegan

F.James Cripwell wrote:

If you soak it longer, you may end up with a pale yellow top (or even mottled yellow). If you've already decided it may be a weeding top, what have you got to lose? Just stay away from traditional bleach, this will certainly yellow lycra.

What else did you use in the wash with the oxyclean? That was probably the cause.

Tara

Try

They are know for mak>Jim,

to add to the discussion, I've found that some of my daughters' t-shirts get those yellow spots on them but it's from their acne cream...so now they've got quite a few at-home shirts and the reason why I make them take their school clothes off as soon as they get home before they mess around with anything!

Donna in S. Indiana

Thank you, Tara. Someday I'll learn to just google stuff myself. I don't know why I never think to do that. Frustration, I think. Seems like everytime I run across a word in a foreign language that I can't figure out, it's one of the few words Babelfish can't tell me what it is! So that tends to just carry over to other things after a while.

Thanks for the l> Try

I am so glad you asked the question. I have no financial interest in Tilley Endurables, so I can "pass useful information" without "advertising" a Canadian company. Tilley was a very, very keen sailor; he was sailing in all different sorts of weather. He wanted a hat to meet very severe conditions. It had to look good, no matter what. It would get soaked, and when it dried it still had to look good. It had to float. You must be able to easily tie it to your head, so no matter how strong the wind, it did not blow off. You must be able to scrunch it up, and put it in your pocket; then unscrunch it, put it on your head, and it still looked presentable. etc. etc. He could not find such a hat, so he got onto a sewing machine, and experimented. He finally got his hat. However, when his sailing friends saw it, they all wanted one, and he made several, before deciding to go into business. Now he sells high end travel and sports clothing; not cheap, but IMHO, value for money. I have two Tilley shirts. I can wash them in the evening, hang them over a bath, and wear them without ironing the next day. IIRC, he now sells underwear with the same characteristic. The washing instructions are "Give 'em Hell. Wash with any combination of temperature, detergent and bleach". The hat, incidentally, has a very simple oval crown, with brim, made of a heavy cotton duck. It has been imitated, but is still very distinctive. For one military mission, all Canadian forces wore Tilley hats.

Babelfish seems to be more persnickety about diacritical marks lately. Has anyone else noticed this? Maybe the source material I have now is just not as good as the stuff I was trying to translate ten (or so) years ago.

First ya gots to 'splain to illiterate me just what a diacritical mark is! LOL

Tegan (who's obviously not illiterate, but apparently didn't progress that far > snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:

You wouldn't have learned about it in English class because we don't use them. In plainest English, diacritical marks are the funny symbols affixed to letters in other languages. More commonly called "accents".

Snicker - We both have Tilley hats (in fact I think almost everyone in the family has one). When the DH's Tilley finally rotted through on the sweat band, they replaced it with no questions - they really do honour the lifetime guarantee.

I also love their crinkle cotton shorts and tops. I have a pair of their crinkle cotton shorts which must be ten years old, and are only now starting to look a little worse for wear. I also have a Tilleysilk outfit which rolls up for packing, as well as several Tilley tops (crinkle cotton and Liberty of London cotton), and a pair of crinkle cotton capris. The DH has two pairs of Tilley shorts,two Tilley shirts(plus undies and socks). Since I live close to Toronto I can go to the main Tilley store, and also hit the Tilley year-end clearance in August.

Now, the total bill on all of the above would be more than I would usually pay, but I bought it over about 10 years, and since the stuff wears like iron, I know I'll get years, and years of wear, so I actually feel quite virtuous :). The stuff really is great for travelling.

MargW