help! washed trousers with tissue in pocket!!

[bonnyb1]

Please help - I have just pulled my lovely new black linen trousers out of the washing machine and I've bloody washed them with a white tissue in the pocket and they are covered in horrid fluff -
any top tips anyone?

[Ponders]

give them a bloody good shake outside then wash them again & see how they look then. It will come off but may take a while!

[SwansEatQuince]

Dry them with the pocket inside out (if possible) then flick the worst of the tissue off with your fingers and finish the tiny bits which are left with sellotape.

[bonnyb1]

thanks will give that a go........have a feeling they will never be the same though

[nickschick]

Tumble dryer will get rid off the bits.

[PlanetEarth]

You can also get rollers with sticky stuff on that work for this, dog hairs etc. Or (preferable as it lasts forever) a clothes brush. I have one, forget what it's called, it's not exactly a brush but has a rough one way nap. Try John Lewis or similar (or Kleeneze come to that!)

[Ponders]

oh, yes, PE, one of these things! I used to have a couple but they have vanished.

They pick up bits brilliantly used in one direction, & then you can rub the bits off by using your hand in the other direction.

Really really good, honest!

[PlanetEarth]

Yes Ponders, mine's a different style but same principle. It's been working for nearly 30 years now!