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SmallTownGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Rose
USA
117 Posts |
 Posted - May 29 2006 : 07:41:15 AM
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| I need help. I just started this part-time job and they require that you wear this red sweatshirt when you are working and it's really cheap. It has stained my arms red and everyone keeps thinking I have a sun burn. I have scrubbed my skin for over a week now and it has not changed at all. I have soaked the shirt in a vinigar solution to set the dye but what can I do for my arms. I am so mad! Am I going to look like a lobster all summer? Help, Rose |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2006 : 7:05:51 PM
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Oh, Rose! I'm so sorry - I wonder if you can wear a long-sleeved T-shirt under the sweatshirt if the vinegar doesn't do the trick?!? It's so hot, though... Dang. Does everyone where you work have red arms? (That sounded funny, didn't it!) I just mean - what do the others do?
I don't know what to do about your arms, except to wait and try out different stories on people - perhaps that you have been fortunate enough to spend the last week in Bermuda?  .
XOXO, Libbie
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2006 : 7:15:54 PM
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rose .. tell them that YOU are turning ROSE because of the shirt and you fear you are allergic and are willing to buy a dye-free shirt. mention that you might have to see a DOCTOR (ha! and maybe even a LAWYER) if it gets any worse!
o.k. .. maybe not the doctor and lawyer part .. but honestly, tell them your fear for your health with the red dye absorbing into your skin. xo
True Friends, Frannie
My KENTUCKY RAMBLINGS 'blog':
http://cabincreekfarm-kentucky.blogspot.com/ |
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
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Posted - May 30 2006 : 10:08:31 AM
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Vinegar is often used to "fix" dyes. I don't know about it removing them. You might try slathering yourself in lotion two or three times a day. The alcohol in it may help to remove the dye. This would be better than applying rubbing alcohol straight to your skin. I often use lotion to remove grass stains from my leather tennis shoes and it works quite well.
Good luck,
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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SmallTownGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Rose
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 2:41:20 PM
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| Thanks ladies for your suggestions. I am still a light shade of red and I have told them I will not wear the sweatshirt and they are okay with it since my boss got red arms too. For now I will tell everyone who asks that I just got back from Bermuda. Thanks for the lotion tip Lucinda, I really didn't want to use alcohol straight on my arms. Pretty in pink, Rose |
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2006 : 5:05:26 PM
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You could try peroxide, it bleaches things out, maybe it would take the dye off your skin too!
Katee
The end will justify the pain it took to get us here.
"Looking Toward the Son"---- http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
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