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Dyeing poo stained stuff and selling it?

59 replies

ihatemycat · 15/10/2012 11:41

I have loads of baby items which have poo stains on which I just can't seem to remove... towels, vests, sleep suits etc.
Would I be unreasonable to dye them with Dylon and sell or pass them on? I'd be upfront about it but not sure if people would be grossed out...?

OP posts:
CelineMcBean · 15/10/2012 12:06

I know you've decided against but what on earth colour were you going to dye them? Do Dylon do korma brown? Or meconium green?

pigletmania · 15/10/2012 12:06

Yabvu. The dye would cost more than the items. Baby basics are so dirt cheap from the supermarket, it's not worth it to buy secondhand

Firawla · 15/10/2012 12:06

ebay might not even let you do it anyway, they dont let you sell reusable nappies
but anyway as mentioned i don't think anybody would buy it (i wouldn't!)

poocatcherchampion · 15/10/2012 12:08

The sun or rain bleaches out baby poo. Otherwise I'd have a lot of yellow nappies.

MrsKeithRichards · 15/10/2012 12:08

Black?

silverten · 15/10/2012 12:10

I used purple and dark maroon. It worked well. I'm thinking of doing it again for the massive pile of greying vesties DD has created, so that they look spruce and nice for DC2 (if they ever turn up).

plutocrap · 15/10/2012 12:10

I really hope I'm not the one who gave you this idea, as I'm always going on about Dylon for exactly this reason!

monkeysbignuts · 15/10/2012 12:10

I bin anything with stains on, poo or food. I would be gutted if I bought clothes second hand with poo stains on :(
Bin it or weigh it in for rags

squoosh · 15/10/2012 12:11

Ewwww, that's taking the Make Do and Mend spirit a tad too far.

Mummiesarescary · 15/10/2012 12:14

As colly says charity shops will take them for rags

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 15/10/2012 12:14

Have you tried hanging them out in the sun? Bleaches out poo stains very effectively...

silverten · 15/10/2012 12:14

Ewwww, that's taking the Make Do and Mend spirit a tad too far.

But why, if the stains aren't visible? I don't quite understand why it's such a problem to re-wear clothing that has had stuff split on it, if that clothing has been washed properly and doesn't have visible stains.

brighterfuture · 15/10/2012 12:15

Give them to oxfam or put them in a clothes recycling bin. They get sent overseas in containers to countries where mothers are only to happy to receive clothes for their Dc's . The OP said the clothes are clean , just stained... no wonder the world is rapidly running out of raw materials if everyone thinks its ok to bin them !

PickledFanjoCat · 15/10/2012 12:16

Grin @ meconium green.

Original poster
ihatemycat · 15/10/2012 12:16

I'm certainly not the poo troll - goodness gracious!! Grin

Loving the ideas for Dylon names for covering poo stains though, maybe 'Bolognese Residue' for orange?

Don't worry plutocrap I've been a die hard (ho ho) Dylon fan for a while, it revives knackered faded jeans amazingly, but I accept using it to cover up poo stains is pushing it too far!

OP posts:
Meglet · 15/10/2012 12:20

Clothes bank / local tip for rags.

squoosh · 15/10/2012 12:23

But why, if the stains aren't visible? I don't quite understand why it's such a problem to re-wear clothing that has had stuff split on it, if that clothing has been washed properly and doesn't have visible stains.

Fine if you're going to have your own kids wear them, no problem. But selling them on? Nope.

toddlerama · 15/10/2012 12:28

I agree squoosh. Tarting up the vest stash between your own kids is fine and sensible, but you can't sell them.

silverten · 15/10/2012 12:31

OK so the issue is selling them then?

I'm curious: if you saw a vest that'd been dyed deep red, with no visible stains, obviously been used but clean and of good material in decent condition, in a charity shop for 50p, would you buy it?

megandraper · 15/10/2012 12:33

Silverton - NOT now I wouldn't!

silverten · 15/10/2012 12:37

Why not bedhopper?

(how would you know that the red was to cover up poo stains? maybe it was always a deep red vest? and surely they aren't stains any more if you can't see them..?)

Original poster
ihatemycat · 15/10/2012 12:40

silverten - yes, but i'm biased!!

Most of the stuff has been reworn, embarassingly took baby out in highly poo stained vest (all up the back) then had to strip her down to vest to avoid overheating while we sat in sweltering pool viewing area to watch DS swimming Blush

OP posts:
ceeveebee · 15/10/2012 12:41

Selling them? I wouldn't even give them away. In fact I am often too lazy to wash them at all and just put straight in the bin especially if starting to grow into next size anyway...

silverten · 15/10/2012 12:47

This is what I can't quite get my head round.

I wouldn't want to have visibly stained clothing, but I see nothing wrong with using second-hand clothing with no visible stains and giving it a good wash.

I got three matching vests for DD when she was little from a charity shop: 50p each, clearly used, but unmarked and good quality (better quality than supermarket cheap things, and definitely worth 50p each). I'm under no illusions as to the likelihood of the previous owner having pooed in those vests, but as far as I'm concerned, once they went through my washing machine, they were clean.

Pretty much the only thing that would stop me buying your old vests, dyed funky colours, with an advert that said "these are used and I dyed them" so that they aren't mis-described, is the fact that I already have a million vests that I can dye for myself for about the same amount of hassle.

plutocrap · 15/10/2012 17:30

Phew! Because navy Dylon does cover a heck of a lot!

Who knows what stains may be lurking in dark clothing? Shock Grin