Please help! I've ruined my daughters whitefox hoody

[Weezee0409]

So it was my daughters 11th birthday Friday she asked if she could have a whitefox hoody as one of her presents. I bought it in January and took weeks to pay it off on klarna. She wore it twice over weekend and had a few marks on it so instead of washing the whole hoody to try and keep it in good condition for longer I tried to spot stain the marks and I didn't rinse out the stain remover properly and then stupidly put it out on the line to dry in the sun and when I went to get it in to my horror it had big bright yellow stains dotted all over it! 🙈 she's crying, I'm crying because I can't afford a new one. I'm so gutted .
I've washed it 3 times since, tried vinegar and more laundry detergent on it and still no different.

Any help and advice to get these out would be gratefully received. Thanks guys .

White fox hoodies are really bad for this.

Thank you

I know right ,exactly my thoughts too..why did it have to be that. Thanks

Crying over a stain on hoody? Maybe I’m just being a bit harsh but really?!

I have no knowledge of the brand but I am happy to send you a Blue Light discount code if they have it.

Hope you can sort it OP. The stress of laundry responsibility for a White Fox hoody is INSANE!!!! Good luck.

Oh I'm sorry. It's the kind of thing that happens to me. Always the nice stuff that gets ruined.

It's easy to see how someone would be upset I think.

OP because it was a lot of money comparative to what she has, and now it is ruined after a couple of wears. I don't think I'd be too happy if I accidentally chucked £50 down the drain!

11 year old because clothes can mean so much at that age and she knows Mum's finances aren't infinite, and it was a much sought-after item that she's probably looked forward to having for a long time and now It's ruined. I can see how that could feel dreadful when it isn't easy to replace. She's not had much fun of owning it yet.

How rude. If you bothered to read the OPs posts properly, this was clearly a major treat for the DD, who obviously lives in a household where there isn't a lot of disposable income. So it's not unreasonable to be completed gutted that your really special gift is potentially ruined.

I do think you are being harsh. Its not a cheap one and the OP's DD obviously really liked it. I do feel sorry for them both.

Where does it say constant tears and tantrums? I think she’s entitled to cry that a special present has been spoilt so soon. Doesn’t mean she’s giving her mum a hard time-she probably feels doubly bad as she knows she can’t afford another one.

Quite. Some people just can’t imagine anyone’s life but their own, can they? Such a shitty, unhelpful remark.

Sorry, no tips, OP, but following because I’ve done exactly the same as you on a white top! Hope you manage to get it sorted x

Soak in a mix of vanish, white vinegar and bicarbonate of soda - this is what I did when I (stupidly) put a bright orange hoodie through with a complete load of white clothes including ALL of my daughters new ish white Nike socks and DPs new white T-shirts

Then - hang on the line and hope that it’s a sunny day.

All our washing is now back to white. Fingers crossed for you OP!

My daughter has a darker grey white fox hoodie, and it hasn't washed well. The waist band/cuffs have gone an insipid purple'ish colour - I think white fox is just poor quality. She's also been waiting weeks on a credit for joggers she returned (but that's a different story!).

Dylon machine dye won't cover a logo, so using one of those is a good shout here. Think I'll do that with my daughter's hoodie.

You're certainly lacking in the empathy department, how can anyone fail to understand someone being upset about damage to something important to them.

If even if you don't have emotions you must know that other people do

@Weezee0409 have you tried Facebook cleaning groups, I've seen loads of posts about washing problems with these hoodies. I'm surprised though that a cleaning product would leave a permanent stain, I'd search as much as you can online before doing anything else

Definitely try sunlight. It worked well on some similar stains for me.

Is there a way for you to contact the manufacturers of the stain removers that you used? They might be able to advise.

Christ, they’re all out this morning - this is a thread about washing tips, not an opportunity for everyone to pile on a teenager who’s understandably a bit upset about a special gift being ruined.

Where the hell did you get ‘tears and tantrums’ and ‘spoilt princess’ from?!

I’m sure everyone’s grateful for your example of how properly-raised children are stoic in the face of laundry catastrophe, though - I know I am 👍

Like others have said, if this is a chemical reaction it isn't really a stain at all, it's in effect a bleached patch so no amount of treatment will get it out because it's been bleached.

I would start with looking at the ingredients for the astonish spray and the elbow grease soap bar. If either of them have bleach in them, then you are probably wasting your time.

If you think there is hope that its a stain after looking at the ingredients, I'd do the following in this order

1. cool wash it first no detergent and leave it to air dry naturally not in the sun.
2. do a 24 hour soak in Biotex (you can buy this now from a Netherlands websited because it is no longer sold in the UK but its the absolute best thing for getting out stains its remarkable.
3. rinse out the Biotex properly.
4. do a normal wash with a biological detergent at the max recommended temperature for the garment. If the wash is cooler than it needs to be, biological detergent is less effective.
5. If it's not reduced in stainness by this point, it's probably more a fabric alteration and there is nothing to be done. If it is still there but disappearing, then either do all that again or look for a stain devil that you think would work for your stain.

I was just looking at the hoody and thinking I'd not know if that was real or fake. So tbh you may as well buy the fake one!

afraid I completely agree with you. First world problems ehh? And mum clearly feels terrible. She is looking for a solution and is met with tears! What a way to make her feel worse than she does already. It was an accident!

I cannot understand the nastiness of some of the posters.
This is a housekeeping forum and whilst we come here for some advice on seemingly trivial matters, it’s quite nice to have a bit of a story about the problem. In the past I’ve had some fantastic solutions offered and also heartfelt commiserations at some avoidable mistakes and (minor) disasters of the domestic kind.
Making judgements on someone’s parenting/finances/intelligence on a post about laundry is unnecessary.

Haven’t got anything useful to add @Weezee0409 but I really hope you can get the stains out.
I know what it’s like to have spoilt something that’s all new and lovely. It’s gutting!

I know you said you didn’t want to make it worse by dying it but if you can’t get the yellow out, then you might as well give it a go.

I mean it meant a lot to the op and her Dd, the op is annoyed and upset at herself for "spoiling" something they find valuable she spent a lot of money on it and she's only had it a few days, but of course if you are made of stronger stuff then hurrah for you !

If the stain won’t come out, try dyeing it with the Dylan washing machine dyes. Just follow the instructions exactly. I’ve always found them to work really well
I understand how you feel as it’s awful when you haven’t much money and something special that costs a lot doesn’t last or gets damaged