HELP!! I've ruined my son's Christmas Present!

[Shoppingveggie]

I have just put my son's new football shirt in the wash together with his kit he played football in this morning, which included a new royal blue skin (undershirt). I have been washing football kits for 10 years BUT the white cotton collar on the black and white Newcastle United has turned blue from the skin .

It hasn't turned any of the nylon type material blue, just the cotton collar. Should I try and bleach the collar only?

[frasersmummy]

try vanish with bleach..you can just put the vanish on the collar and then stick the whole top back in the wash.. good luck

[HoratiaWinwood]

Agree with frasersmummy but put a colour catcher in the load as well just in case.

[Shoppingveggie]

Thank you - will wash again now .....

[Fluffycloudland77]

Get some colour run remover to soak it in, it's always best to keep some in reserve.

Homebargains do it cheaper, the cost in the supermarkets is eyewatering.

[Shoppingveggie]

It's still the same after a second wash with vanish soaked on the collar. Thank you - I will try colour run remover. Otherwise it looks like Zi may have go visit the club shop again !

[Fluffycloudland77]

Colour run remover will sort it out. Brilliant stuff.

[ChippingInLovesChristmasLights]

How old is he?

Good luck!!

[tigerdriverII]

If all else fails then bleach will probably work, but how you keep the bleach off the rest of the shirt, goodness only knows. Worth trying, these shirts cost a fortune, I am always worried about staining them! (Not Newcastle ones of course )

[Shoppingveggie]

I will definitely hunt down some colour run remover in the morning.

He is ten Chipping and as it was a Christmas present had his name and premiership badges on each sleeve - was £60 .

[Shoppingveggie]

Tiger was thinking same about the bleach - it literally touches the black bits so it would never be perfect :-(.

[SoldierKatnissEverdeen]

What about rubbing vaseline into the black bit to act as a water barrier and then applying bleach to the white/blue collar?

I'm kinda thinking its ruined anyway so may as well give it a shot.

Should any of the black be bleached off I would colour it in with a permanent marker to fill in the bleached bits. It may take a few bleachings and colouring in to get the right white/black colour.

[SoldierKatnissEverdeen]

I would use a lot of vaseline, to make sure it protected the black part.

[Shoppingveggie]

Thanks solider. I agree that it's ruined already so might as well try - had not thought about using Vaseline ....

[Mspontipine]

But vaselines greasey - that'll add oil marks too :( would not recommend.

[Shoppingveggie]

Umm - good point! I'm off to buy some Colour Run Remover this morning - see if that works first .....

[Shoppingveggie]

Not worked ................. just bought another online

Thanks for all your ideas - only good thing is managed to find it cheaper (£48!) at Sports Direct.com.

What's the betting he gets spag bol down in first wearing!

[Fluffycloudland77]

Did you soak it overnight? First time I did my pillowcase it needed an overnight soak.

[Shoppingveggie]

No fluffy, I soaked it for 5 hours with both packets. I then tried one more wash ..... oh dear, hope I haven't been to hasty - although to be honest there was no change whatsoever ...

[Fluffycloudland77]

Well you tried and that's all we can do. Very annoying though.

I ruined one of dh shirts once. It happens to us all he had said don't soak that wash too so it was ALL MY FAULT

[SoldierKatnissEverdeen]

Shame.
Ps my son always eats spag bol naked on his top half unless he is wearing black!