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Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« on: July 26, 2016, 11:09:05 pm »
 Wearing OH's sweatshirt, because it was just there as I went out of the door, decided to trim goats feet. As a precaution I sprayed with footrot spray, managed to spray the front pf his light grey sweatshirt.
HELP! He's working away so I have to get the blue out before he comes back.
Any ideas? I know it doesn't come off my hands for a few days

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2016, 07:59:43 am »
Find somewhere to buy a duplicate jumper, I have work trousers that got the purple wound spray on them the first time I wore them, I now have khaki trousers with an interesting purple motif on one leg... It doesn't fade very quickly... Even with stain remover in the wash...

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2016, 10:41:58 am »
Oh heck, unreplaceable. Has a works motif that he used to do work for, but it's a good one. :-(.

Womble

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Stirlingshire, Central Scotland
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2016, 01:39:25 pm »
Dry cleaner?  They may well have a solvent that will shift it?
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silkwoodzwartbles

  • Joined Apr 2016
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2016, 05:09:37 pm »
I've only ever managed to get terramycin spray on jeans and coats but it's always come out when I've washed them...give it a go and fingers crossed it works for you too :fc: Failing that, rub some Vanish into the stain, leave overnight then wash - if that doesn't work, it'll be there forever...

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2016, 08:35:33 pm »
I always do a cold soak first, just water, before adding any chemicals, or heat.  Often the cold soak shifts a lot if not all of the stain, it will never cause it to become harder to remove, whereas both heat and chemicals can cause the stain to become more permanent.

Then I'd usually try good old laundry soap next. 

I agree that Terramycin spray usually seems to come out okay in a normal washing machine wash.  Purple spray not so much - but does fade out over a number of washes, I think.  I usually am not bothered, though, as I'm pretty careful about not going near the livestock wearing any of my few 'good' (non-farming) clothes, so such stains are generally on my working clothes, and don't therefore bother me.
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waterbuffalofarmer

  • Joined Apr 2014
  • Mid Wales
  • Owner of 61 Mediterranean water buffaloes
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2016, 12:42:29 am »
heres an idea..... you could get one which is identical and take it to a specialist which could sew on the works motif, taken from the old shirt,  onto the new shirt and this replicating it?  :thinking: or you could tell him the truth after all it does help not to lie to your OH I am sure he will understand, a nice slap up dinner and dessert and alchohol would help break the news  :innocent: all the best so sorry I cant be of more help. :(
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Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2016, 01:23:14 am »
, a nice slap up dinner and dessert and alchohol would help break the news  :innocent: all the best so sorry I cant be of more help. :(
As he's missing for our anniversary tomorrow a slap up dinner obviously isn't worth coming home for :-(.
I'll try and wash it out, it's had some stain remover on, I think it had the odd dark stain on anyway, but the blue stands out a bit.
Yup, I'll tell him, or maybe just admit it if he notices, wonder when he last wore it?, maybe I could suggest it was something he'd done LOL.
Trouble was, I only pulled it on to go out and bring the goats in, noticed one girls feet needed sorting and forgot what I was wearing, better stick to my own clobber in future :- ).
 

devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2016, 07:51:44 am »
I don't suppose he will bash you up, will he? ( if so we'll sort him out!!) He might huff and puff a bit, like the best beloved does but that soon passes.
Things that the BB has huffed a bit over (and only a bit) When I misjudged a wall and took his car door off, when I misjudged another wall and caved the side door of the transit in, when I filled the transit (diesel) with petrol, when I was taken in by a scammer and lost us......well, I won't tell you how much. (and I really am not stupid, just easily bewildered!)
So, what is a foot rot sprayed jumper compared to that?
 

Womble

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Stirlingshire, Central Scotland
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2016, 08:01:28 am »
Hide it!

Then, when (if!?) he eventually realizes it's missing, say you have no idea and he should be more careful with his stuff  ;D .


That would totally work on me - I'm always losing things (two lambs, one ewe and my car keys just this morning)
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Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2016, 08:00:45 pm »
CLEAN !!! :- )
Well I hope it still looks stain free when it dries  :)

Devonlady, no bashing, but he'd never let me forget it,  and it tends to be the other way round here, he falls for the scams, an amazing investment, which I'm still angry about but can't say anything, i find the vehicles damaged and he doesn't know how it happened. There, that's got that off my chest, feel better now  ;D

Louise Gaunt

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2016, 09:28:27 pm »
Well done! How did you achieve stain removal? I am sure your experience will be useful for the rest of us!

Cuddles

  • Joined Feb 2014
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2016, 11:48:20 am »
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...I'm always losing things (two lambs, one ewe and my car keys just this morning)

 :roflanim: :roflanim:

While I'm happy enough losing things that were in my hand a minute ago - keys, hammer, that last screw or nail that will finish the job...  misplacing 2 lambs and a ewe!  Sir I doth my cap to you!  :roflanim:


Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2016, 11:56:21 am »
Quote
...I'm always losing things (two lambs, one ewe and my car keys just this morning)

 :roflanim: :roflanim:

While I'm happy enough losing things that were in my hand a minute ago - keys, hammer, that last screw or nail that will finish the job...  misplacing 2 lambs and a ewe!  Sir I doth my cap to you!  :roflanim:
Car keys,  now there's a problem  ;D, bought one of these things you whistle for but music kept setting it off LOL.
Where do you  misplace ewe & lambs Womble?

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Sweatshirt stained with footrot spray
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2016, 12:01:52 pm »
Well done! How did you achieve stain removal? I am sure your experience will be useful for the rest of us!
Put it it warm water as soon as I got in the house, next morning emptied water out and sprayed area (still very wet) with Shout, left it till next day and washed on a long cycle (3hrs) on its own so got plenty of tumbling.
Just hope the patch doesn't disintegrate now, never  really trust these stain removers.

 

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