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What the hell is bleaching he’s hoody’s?

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overstimulatedhermit · 29/10/2025 22:34

This has been happening for weeks and I’m baffled. No bleach has been used. No bleach in or around the machine and it’s only certain hoody’s not all. I’ve had to bin so many it’s a joke. I’ve just pulled this out of the washing machine and it’s got bleach stains, nothing else in the load has stains just this? What am I missing? Anyone had this I feel like I’m going mad! I’ve added some photos to show you what I mean.

What the hell is bleaching he’s hoody’s?
What the hell is bleaching he’s hoody’s?
OP posts:
whatawalley · 30/10/2025 07:45

Is he sniffing aerosols through it?

thecatneuterer · 30/10/2025 07:45

HelenSkeleton · 30/10/2025 07:37

When I read the title of this thread I thought it was on Pedants' Corner.

Me too. I only clicked because I thought someone was asking for some sort of indecipherable message help.

LillyPJ · 30/10/2025 07:46

FrauPaige · 30/10/2025 07:38

Haha! Humour content: 2/10

I wasn't attempting humour. You corrected someone else and made a mistake - that was the funny part.

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

Coconutter24 · 30/10/2025 07:46

MinnieBaldock · 30/10/2025 07:40

OP has asked about stains on her husband's hoodie, then it's turned into pendant corner. I'm sure everyone knew what OP meant for heavens sake hasn't anyone got something better to do than lesson's in grammar. So snobby.

It’s not snobby to correct grammar

HelenSkeleton · 30/10/2025 07:50

Coconutter24 · 30/10/2025 07:44

No one says he’s for his, it’s not a big deal we know what you mean but it does makes your sentence incorrect.

What the hell is bleaching he’s hoody’s?
You’re are saying ‘what the hell is bleaching he is hoody’s?
When you mean HIS hoody’s

And what belongs to the hoody, as an apostrophe is used to indicate a possessive, not a plural?

I've noticed too that people often write his instead of he's: "My husband gets on my nerves, his always out with his mates, his never in."

To answer the question though I've had this on bath mats and leggings. It's the spray bleach cleaner from Aldi that's splashed in my case.

Ratafia · 30/10/2025 07:53

Coconutter24 · 30/10/2025 07:44

No one says he’s for his, it’s not a big deal we know what you mean but it does makes your sentence incorrect.

What the hell is bleaching he’s hoody’s?
You’re are saying ‘what the hell is bleaching he is hoody’s?
When you mean HIS hoody’s

Well, I'd hope she means "his hoodies."

Muphry's law always strikes with these posts.

moggiluv · 30/10/2025 07:59

@overstimulatedhermit as it is mainly on the back, could it be something leaking from a bag he carries? My son had a leaky pen in his bag. He removed the pen, but the bag was stained and the stains transferred to his clothes whenever the bag got wet in the rain.

Meredusoleil · 30/10/2025 08:00

Are you using fabric conditioner straight in the drum? When I did this a few times and it spilled onto an item of clothing before the wash started, it left light coloured marks like bleach on them.

Mydadsbirthday · 30/10/2025 08:03

Coconutter24 · 30/10/2025 07:44

No one says he’s for his, it’s not a big deal we know what you mean but it does makes your sentence incorrect.

What the hell is bleaching he’s hoody’s?
You’re are saying ‘what the hell is bleaching he is hoody’s?
When you mean HIS hoody’s

Hoodies!

Rubyupbeat · 30/10/2025 08:08

Sorry, a bit off subject, but for a few years I was getting blue staining, ink like, under the boob part of my bras. No one else had this ink on their clothes and mine was only on my bras, turns out that very few people can have blue sweat, described exactly has mine, so other than ruin many bras, the secret is solved!

Soontobe60 · 30/10/2025 08:10

MinnieBaldock · 30/10/2025 07:40

OP has asked about stains on her husband's hoodie, then it's turned into pendant corner. I'm sure everyone knew what OP meant for heavens sake hasn't anyone got something better to do than lesson's in grammar. So snobby.

‘Lessons’ 😂

Coconutter24 · 30/10/2025 08:16

HelenSkeleton · 30/10/2025 07:50

And what belongs to the hoody, as an apostrophe is used to indicate a possessive, not a plural?

I've noticed too that people often write his instead of he's: "My husband gets on my nerves, his always out with his mates, his never in."

To answer the question though I've had this on bath mats and leggings. It's the spray bleach cleaner from Aldi that's splashed in my case.

I don’t know, ask the OP? I quoted their sentence. I’m not going to quote and change things to correct them

Coconutter24 · 30/10/2025 08:19

Ratafia · 30/10/2025 07:53

Well, I'd hope she means "his hoodies."

Muphry's law always strikes with these posts.

If I’m quoting someone then I write what they’ve wrote, so yes hoody’s is incorrect

Bulbsbulbsbulbs · 30/10/2025 08:22

These stains can also be created by P20 suncream ( as well as the acne cream, some face creams and whitening toothpaste)

I own a holiday cottage and have lost 2 full sets of linen and lots of towels this way.

If you use a colour remover first you can dye them.

FrauPaige · 30/10/2025 08:22

LillyPJ · 30/10/2025 07:46

I wasn't attempting humour. You corrected someone else and made a mistake - that was the funny part.

@LillyPJ I wasn't attempting humour

You should have. Humour is more appealing than pettiness.

And sadly, in your fit of pettiness, you have totally missed that I was using humour to correct someone that had used humour to correct the OP.

Effort: 0/10
Pettiness: 10/10

Have a fantastic day!

LillyPJ · 30/10/2025 08:39

FrauPaige · 30/10/2025 08:22

@LillyPJ I wasn't attempting humour

You should have. Humour is more appealing than pettiness.

And sadly, in your fit of pettiness, you have totally missed that I was using humour to correct someone that had used humour to correct the OP.

Effort: 0/10
Pettiness: 10/10

Have a fantastic day!

In that case, it's a shame your humour was completely invisible!

Glittertwins · 30/10/2025 08:42

Bulbsbulbsbulbs · 30/10/2025 08:22

These stains can also be created by P20 suncream ( as well as the acne cream, some face creams and whitening toothpaste)

I own a holiday cottage and have lost 2 full sets of linen and lots of towels this way.

If you use a colour remover first you can dye them.

we do have P20 but she’s not used it since the summer when she wouldn’t have worn the hoody. Must be hair related products (different to what I use) and her hair is a lot longer than mine.

overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 08:43

Muffinmam · 30/10/2025 01:11

Not job done. Please proofread your posts.

No sorry I won’t

OP posts:
overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 08:46

VioletSkies89 · 30/10/2025 01:51

@overstimulatedhermit this has happened to loads of my toddlers clothes, couldn't put my finger on it. Guess what, theyre from Tesco!

Omg! That’s crazy. What is going on

OP posts:
overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 08:51

Desmodici · 30/10/2025 05:56

This used to happen in my ex's washing machine. No kids, no bleach products, neither of us swim. The only difference between his house and mine was the machine and the washing detergent. (He used a liquid - can't remember the brand, and I use liquid tabs.) It was a mystery!

I use liquid 😬

OP posts:
TeaRoseTallulah · 30/10/2025 08:51

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 30/10/2025 07:17

Ex textile scientist here.

You can dye bleached fabrics. All fabrics are bleached over and over again during production. The only exception being wool.

You can dye them if they are all man made or all cotton. You can buy dyes for both. You will struggle if they are mixed fibres.

Its doubtful that it’s the dyes or Tesco. Dyes are meant to be fast by law. If they weren’t the colour would have bled onto other clothes. They have to be fast to both the fabric and other fabrics. If they weren’t there would be general fading all over not just in patches. It also wouldn’t happen just in the back.

Those marks have come from some sort of contact with a bleaching agent which has discharged the dye.

This is interesting, so the law changed and now all dyes have to be fast? I was talking the other day about how it's so rare to have anything bleed in the machine these days.

overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 08:56

MayaPinion · 30/10/2025 07:03

You’re not that stupid, surely? The OP came on here looking for some help with a problem she’s having and all you are interested in is berating her over a spelling error. Most other responders have been able to successfully interpret the meaning of the question and offer helpful questions and suggestions, so why do you feel the need to derail the thread with such pointless meanness. The OP has acknowledged the error so for heaven's sake can you say something actually useful?

OP, is he only one who buys Tesco hoodies? It seems odd that the stains are confined to his. It might be worth getting in touch with their customer service team to ask if this is a known problem (and maybe get a refund!).

Yes he’s the onlY one and it happened to one or two short sets that he got from there. I’m going to email them later thank you

OP posts:
overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 09:05

ChristmasFluff · 30/10/2025 07:38

If anyone ever finds out what causes this, please let me know, as I had this problem too. Not all my clothes, only some - and I don't buy from Tesco.

It's stopped now I've bought a new machine, so I think it was something to do with the old one. but what? I don't want it to happen again with this one.

I used to dye my stuff with Dylon - I'm a bit goth, so I'd tie-dye it, but Dylon is great, you should get full coverage so long as you choose a darker colour than the hoodies.

I got my washing machine this year so don’t think it’s about age

OP posts:
overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 09:06

Driftingawaynow · 30/10/2025 07:42

Could it be that he is leaning back when on the toilet and the back has been cleaned?

That doesn’t explain why it’s only happening to the clothes from Tesco though

OP posts:
ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 30/10/2025 09:11

overstimulatedhermit · 30/10/2025 09:06

That doesn’t explain why it’s only happening to the clothes from Tesco though

I suspect that Tesco use a certain dye recipe for all their garments. This is why it’s happening to their clothes.

Maybe residue from fabric conditioner or washing powder.