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I am SO angry, and it's a complete over reaction, but ARGH!

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Ready · 12/12/2006 22:52

We have just had our bathroom redone, and the plumber thought it would be ok to use the very old towel hanging over the banister to wipe his excess silcone sealant on !!!! WELL... the old towel is my DH's Spurs towel, and I know it's just a towel, but what the hell am I going to do???? When I asked the plumber how to get it out, he said it will wash out so I put it straight in the washing machine at 60degrees, and it's just come out with rock hard bits of sealant all over it. I could cry, but it's just a towel!! But he's had it since he was a boy (it's old!). Oh it's all my fault for leaving it within spitting distance of someone with sealant!!!

Any ideas how to get this stuff out??

Apologies for the overreaction... I do realise it is just a towel...

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JesusWasReallyWelsh · 12/12/2006 22:53

It

Is

Just

A

Towel

JesusWasReallyWelsh · 12/12/2006 22:54

And

Spurs

Are

Crap

Anyway

kid · 12/12/2006 22:58

just googled it, lots of advice on removing sealant from tiles using a towel, but nothing on removing it from the towel.
Maybe you can get your DH an Arsenal towel instead?

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 12/12/2006 23:03

I don't use the word often but that plumber is a fuckwit. He should wipe his dirty bits on his own.

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Ready · 12/12/2006 23:05

Ha ha. How funny! I am an arsenal fan, so my first reaction was to laugh at the towel...swiftly followed by "Oh sh*t" but my DH is going to be a little miffed at me for leaving it in the danger zone!! Thanks Kid for googling it for me!! Bless ya!

Thanks so much for your helpful comments JesusWRW, I know it is just a towel. But I am still peeved that someone would just use it, and now I want to try to get the muck out!!

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Ready · 12/12/2006 23:07

Frumpy!!! Thank you. I know I am over reacting, but it's a bit of a stupid thing to do. He just said it looked old and I'd given him an old towel earlier in the week when he asked for an old bit of cloth!!

So, it's my own fault really, which is why I am miffed.

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CranberryJelley · 12/12/2006 23:10

DP does this all the time (usually old t shirts though, not treasured towels.) I've never got it out of anything.
these are all I could find, but I've no idea if they would work on a towel.

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Ready · 12/12/2006 23:14

Thankyou CranberryJelley... I think I am going to have to earn some brownie points and then tell DH his towel has bitten the dust!! Thanks for looking for me, I might try that remover, although have images of it dissolving the sealant and the towel

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JustUsTwoTurtleDoves · 12/12/2006 23:17

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Ready · 12/12/2006 23:31

Aw bless you. Do you know the worst thing... it's even older than that one!!!! Oh well.

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JustUsTwoTurtleDoves · 12/12/2006 23:32

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Ready · 12/12/2006 23:37

Ha ha!! He doesn't usually use it, it's just I had to empty the airing cupboard for the plumber to do his job, and hung a couple of towels over the banister, and he saw it and used it. C'est la vie!

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rhubarbcat · 13/12/2006 10:39

Mmmmm,

could you try either freezign the towel and then chipping it off,

or - ironing the towel with brown paper over the towel - then when sealent gets hot it might come out easier.

Just ideas, don't know if they would work.

rockinrobin · 13/12/2006 11:06

We as women do have to ask the question would DP go to all this trouble for our towel that the builder ruined?????????? No because DP wouldn't be at home to deal with the builder, the builders mess or heaven forbid use the washing machine to try and clean it!!! I have to say though I would be gutted if it happened to me............why do we women have this extra guilt gene that men don't?

Twinkie1 · 13/12/2006 11:11

Buy him an Arsenal one - that should cheer him up!!

NAB3 · 13/12/2006 11:13

The plumber should sort it out.

HuwEdwards · 13/12/2006 11:15

It was not your fault - don't let your dh get within spitting distance of balming you.

It was the stupid bloody tiler.

When your DH waks through the door, be besideyourself with rage at the tiler - go completely over the top - be far madder about it in fact, than your dh would be.

DH will then be trying to calm you down rather than blaming you.

MerryPiffmas · 13/12/2006 11:16

Hmmm a man with an emotional attachment to a towel.
His attachment, his towel ruined, if he cares that much he will sort it in a suitable manly fashion. Beating up a plumber cos you love a towel
Now that would an awesome tabloid headline

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Ready · 13/12/2006 11:50

Thanks for all your suggestions and posts, really cheered me up.

If I am honest, it's nothing to do with the towel, I am just using it as an excuse to vent!! DH got home, I burst into tears (do I sound unstable??!) and he took one look at the towel and threw it in the bin, with some comment about "it's donkeys years old anyway, what's the matter with you?".

Thanks everyone for indulging me! I love mumsnet!

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NAB3 · 13/12/2006 12:17

What a lovely husband!! Us women always care more about sentimental things than men!!

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 13/12/2006 12:23

Yeah! Now you can buy him a towel of your choice for Christmas .

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Ready · 13/12/2006 12:31

When I told him I had posted on here to ask for ways of getting it out, he just laughed at me for being so daft!! I definitely agree that women have an extra gene for guilt over stupid pointless issues.

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FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 13/12/2006 12:35

Its called love

FluffyMummy123 · 13/12/2006 12:36

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Ready · 13/12/2006 12:43

Frumpy, you are certainly not Grumpy (probably not frumpy either!). Thanks

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