To ask what to do with this top!!!

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I got fresh turmeric on this top. You can see, badly, but still, the spots of yellow. I didn't realise until it had dried so I used bicarb of soda/white vinegar paste to get it out but then washed it, and it hasn't worked.

It's cotton. I love it. Any thoughts on what to do next? If I bleached the whole top, would the pattern fade?

I'm so pissed off at myself

I wouldn't bleach it. Imo curry stains (which Tbh are mostly turmeric) usually come out eventually. I would try taking some laundry liquid and really working it into the stained area before washing it again, and try washing it a few times.

But I can make no promises. Turmeric is a total pain if it stains.

Turmeric stains will come out eventually. Just use Vanish and keep washing. Or try a little spray bleach on the stain if you think it won't take the colour off the red bits.

I have the same problem but with the yellow pollen from lilies, cannot get it out

Hang it in the sun for a bit - even a sunny windowsill will do. It may take a while but the direct sunlight will fade organic stains usually.

Vanish Gold.
Dampen the top and rub in the vanish, then leave to soak in warm water for 30mins. Pop in the machine with your usual washing powder/tab/liquid whatever you use, and another scoop of vanish.
That should work first time, but if it doesn’t, I would try drying in the sun like PP suggested

Lilies do stain, I’m not sure that will ever come out fatas sorry

Leave it in direct sunlight when wet for as long as possinle

Try dr beckhams stain remover , I used that on
An oil stain and worked fab .

Rub some fairy liquid into it and lather it up. Then soak in white vinegar (put on loads) and leave for a few hours before washing normally. It worked on a curry stain in a white top of mine that I really didn't think would come out.

thank you all sooooo much.

Good to know it will fade.

Turmeric - Amazing but TROUBLE.

Second drying it in the sun - something to do with the bleaching effect of free radicals created by UV.

Vanish with some water and leave it in the sun

Try a strong concentration of sterilising tablets have removed loads of stains this way without damaging colour

Or add a lot more turmeric in a pattern?

Yep, sun for this. Curry, tomato and orange stains all disappear in the sun.

Vanish spray

Vanish soap bar removed all trace of turmeric from my top

Ace (colour safe bleach I.e hydrogen peroxide based) should work on it. Leave it for 15 mins before washing.
Ace has also worked on lily pollen for me.

I use Ace a lot as it’s safe on cashmere, silks etc. With cottons I use vanish and I’d go along with northern runners advice with the vanish.

However, if something cotton has been washed and stain spotted later, I tend to chuck Ace at it. Literally sometimes

Another vote for sunshine. Leave it on a windowsill for a few days if the weather’s not great.

Get some Elbow Grease (I'm not taking the piss) it's yellow in a spray bottle. Can be found in home bargains and the like. Best degreaser and stain remover ever. I clean everything with it and have saved many clothes.

Another vote for sunshine, got curry stains out of a white shirt perfectly for me.

Washing up liquid is a better degreaser than Layndry liquid. Try soaking it in some of that.

Another vote for getting into the sun. When my son was in cloth nappies we'd put them out after washing and believe me much worse stains were bleached out by the sun.

Neat vinegar! Works a treat on stains