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everything is now covered in purple fluff, help

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griphook · 22/04/2011 20:16

I put a load of clothes in the wash with a throw, the throw has been washed lots of times, but this time I put it on a higher wash. Well the thing has made all the clothes look like they have been put through the machine with 100 purple tissues. My black leggings are purple, blue top is purple I managed to fix the machine by un blocking all the fluff, but know idea what I can do with the clothes. Anyone got any ideas.

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whydobirdssuddenlyappear · 22/04/2011 20:24

Lint roller (or 10)? Most dry cleaners sell them. Failing that, use the sticky side of duct tape (or other sticky tape, but duct tape is stickiest) to remove the worst of it, then bung it in the wash with a cup full of vinegar to remove any traces of stickiness.

itstheyearzero · 23/04/2011 05:33

Put them in the tumble dryer, that's get the fluff off.

CeliaFate · 24/04/2011 10:12

Definitely tumble drier. You may have to wash them again first if they're really bad though.

vanillamum · 24/04/2011 19:31

Tumble dry then wash again and tumble again BUT keep emptying the lint drawer or you'll set the tumble dryer on fire. Will definitely work I did something very similar at work and doing this meant noone ever knew.

griphook · 25/04/2011 22:18

thanks everyone, it worked. had a purple lint draw, and normal clothes surprised how well it worked

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