Help! - Dry clean trousers & vomit.

[wonkylegs]

I'm torn about this one but believe me DH is paying for it.
Short version of the story - DH got drunk at a wedding, vomited on his suit trousers, next morning rinsed them off, to bring them back home. Brought them home, he soaked them in a bucket and then hung them up to dry. I refused to touch them. Fast forward to now.
Now have dry, not stinky but badly stained expensive black suit trousers.
He wants me to take them to the dry cleaners for them to sort out, from past experience I feel that they are likely to come back just as badly stained just pressed a bit better. Which would amount to very expensive ironing!
I was going to very gently hand wash them, and hang them out to dry as in the past I've got this to work for bad stains but he says i'll ruin them. I've pointed out he's already ruined them I might be saving them and at least I won't be paying lots of money out for the pleasure.
WWYD - anybody else tried something similar?

(I know he should be taking them to the dry cleaners but as he has been on call they aren't open when he's around ATM, so I'm charging him to deal with this - don't feel due to the circumstances he can get off with this one lightly, so he either pays for dry cleaning & pays me to take them OR he pays me to wash them)

What are they actually made off? I used to work in a dry cleaners and there's not a lot that I wouldn't risk hand washing tbh.

50%wool, 47% polyester, 3% elastine

I'd be machine washing them on a wool wash and he'd be thinking himself lucky I'd even do that.

Wash them. I wash pretty much anything in my machine (it has a really good wool cycle). But to be safe, hand wash them, cold water, minimal agitation as its that which shrinks wool as much as temp. Rinse very well and leave to dry, then when they are pressed they should be fine! Wouldn't bother dry cleaning, I think washing the only way to go now.

Hand wash them as hellymelly says, and when they're fully dry, get them dry cleaned to restore the finish and softness. And make him pay through the nose.

Hand wash them in cool water, roll them up in a big towel, place inside a pillowcase and pin closed then give them a spin (I used to work in a dry cleaners and we would do this, often) then hang them.

Wrapping them in in a towel helps to prevent creasing. You could then take them to a dry cleaners to be pressed or do it very carefully yourself, if they have come from a suit hire shop they will, of course send them to a dry cleaners anyway.

Thank you, I will give it a go (& make him pay handsomely for the privilege)

if you press them yourself, do it under a slightly damp linen tea towel. It avoids any shiney patches and protects the wool from scorching.