Saving cotton/linen shorts
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Saving cotton/linen shorts

Purchased some lovely and hard to get tan ralph lauren cotton linen shorts.

Day 1 I spilt black acrylic paint forgetting i had put them on. Tried all the remedies including ink remover, white spirit etc and eventually I tried peroxide. Still cant remove it fully. Surrounding fabric slightly yellowed. So now its in a rit dye remover bath and they have gone yellow but the dot is still there.. Im hoping to get it to a uniform colour where I can redye them tan.

Any tips if this dye remover fails?

My last resort is rehemming them which might have been a better solution in the first place.

P.s can I use rit synthetic dye on them? I have a bottle of tan floating about. Not sure i should buy regular natural dye for it!

u/alexd003 — 2 days ago

IDing 2000s flower shaped perfume bottle?

My italian neighbour had a special fragrance as a child. I remember it was shaped like a flower. I feel like I recall it being opaque with a green stem and white flower part or something. I've found two perfumes that seem similar. Anyone have any suggestions what else it could have been? Around 2001 kind regards

u/alexd003 — 1 month ago

SOS: sudden nail discolouration on 3 fingernails. Chemical reaction?

So on 3 of my fingers I have discolouration and I have no idea what's going on. The only thing I can guess is that this week ive been using chemicals, rit whitener on laundry and brasso/silver polish on some jewelry. Maybe this is a reaction to that?

If anyone has any ideas id appreciate a way to perhaps treat this ASAP.

u/alexd003 — 1 month ago

Scar laser recommendations London?

So I've previously had some co2& fraxel treatments in baker st. I would like to now try maybe bbl or nordlys perhaps (I've seen them recommended but idk much about lasers).

Anyone got any suggestions for reasonably priced decent laser places to remove redness from scars?

Ty

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u/alexd003 — 2 months ago

Anyone selling this in a Small?

I have the Medium and im swimming in it. It would be too trickly to tailor due to the pockets and trim so was wondering if anyone was selling it in a small?

u/alexd003 — 2 months ago

Flaky leather repair?

I just popped off an applique from a second hand ralph lauren jumper i want to hot wash. I assumed it was leather.

Upon handling a lot of the front disintegrated. Im not sure if this means its old PU and not actual leather?

Anyone know how i might go repairing it? I would think an acrylic paint and varnish but maybe someone has any other ideas?

u/alexd003 — 2 months ago

Number at top of collect+ receipt?

Im curious what these numbers mean

I assume SN is store number and txn is tax number.

Is 25851 basically like a ticket i.e 'this is the 25851st parcel sent from here'?

u/alexd003 — 2 months ago