Out damn spot
No idea how it happened. Washed my dobok (white Hapkido uniform), hung it up to dry, and when I took it down, saw, (cue Alfred Hitchcock’s"Psycho" music) horrors of horrors, yellow stains!!!
Darn.
It was at this moment I actually wished that Dynamo doctor looking dude was real and not some struggling actor waiting for his big break. ‘CAUSE I SO NEED HIM RIGHT NOW!!! In a, ah-hem, professional sort of way.
Dipped it into the pail again, the dobok I mean.I only hand wash my dobok, don’t trust those machines, yep, the irony. Dumped in a whole load of washing powder and a bleach and scrubbed at the stains for all that’s worth. The &*%$#@ stains didn’t even bother to budge.
The first thing I work up this morning, I ran down to rat infested Prime supermarket (don’t ask) and got a bottle (2 actually, comes in pairs) of Kiwi Stain Remover.
Followed instructions on the bottle. It says "spray on stains, leave on for a few minutes before laundering as per normal". It should actually add these line, "If this doesn’t work, YOU’RE SCREWED!" And "WHY THE ^%$*^ ARE YOU DOING YOUR OWN DAMN LAUNDRY YOU PATHETIC MORON WHEN THE REST OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN HAVE UNDERPAID FOREIGN TALENTS TO DO IT FOR THEM? NOW GO GET A LIFE AND HIRE SOMEONE. IN FACT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE MIGHT EVEN PRINT THIS IN TAGALOG NEXT TIME SO YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WE’RE LAUGHING AT YOU HAHAHA."
As you may have already guessed, it didn’t work.
Errr, yea, professional help needed.
January 9th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Yup, those stain removers(even the most expensive ones!!) don’t really work. They are just cheaters. By the way, those looked like curry stains. You may try using the normal bathing soap, but lots of scrubing will be needed. By the way, I thought you are supposed to use bleach with hot water? Did you?
January 9th, 2007 at 8:27 am
I suspect they’re curry stains too, but how it got there, I really have no idea. I hang the uniform indoors near the window. Maybe someone splashed onto it. The stain removers simply lightened the colour of the stain.
I was trying to avoid hot water because it has the risk of setting the stain, making it permanent. Bleach might cause the fabric to become fragile, which I don’t want either. Also, can’t soak the thing in bleach because of the logos.
Might ask the laundry shop to help me. Don’t want to ruin the fabric any further by scrubbing. But I can only do that on Friday, which is the last lesson for this week.
Will update on this blog. For what? Just so I can be a blogger.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:02 am
sorry i posted at wrong entry. “Soak overnight” is meant to be here. In bleach water, since it’s white.. No guarentees, however it works for me. Cheers