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shelbyc
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
shannon
murdale
british columbia
Canada
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 Posted - Aug 07 2012 : 1:59:44 PM
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Help! about every 2 or 3 washes my machine spews out iron from our water, or pipes carrying the water I don't know. It happened lots last summer was good all winter and now this summer is bad again. Lots of clothes are permenantly stained as I have found no cleaners that can remove the ugly orange patches. Anyone have any suggestions for removing the stains, but even better fixing the cause? Thanks,
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Lorie.Vance
True Blue Farmgirl
200 Posts
Lorie
Tampa
FL
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Posted - Aug 07 2012 : 5:39:57 PM
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Shannon, Try lemon juice and hang in the sun to dry. I collect old vintage linens and have had great luck with that application. Good luck!
Lorie
http://thevintagegardengirl@blogspot.com |
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shelbyc
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
shannon
murdale
british columbia
Canada
72 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2012 : 10:10:54 PM
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| Thanks Lorie, I'm going to try that on some of the clothes. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 05:30:08 AM
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I was at ACE hardware a few days ago and I forgot which product it was, but in their cleaing aisle they had something for getting the iron out of clothes. Maybe if the lemon doesn't work (I hope it does!) your hardware store might have something too?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Melina
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 07:53:22 AM
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There's a product called Wisk, sold here at hardware stores and Walmart. It works great.
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
Rumi |
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rschaaf
True Blue Farmgirl
174 Posts
Renee
Wooster
Ohio
USA
174 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 4:38:01 PM
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there are some products out there called Iron Out (powder) and White Brite (powder). they need to be used on whites, though. it will fade colored stuff. my grandma used the lemon juice and shunshine technique and gave it to me as a "tip" in a bridal shower card before i got married. we have hard water (rusty) too. i use oxygen cleanser with each load and that helps the yellowing. i think there is also a product out there called Wink too, but i haven't used it. one thing that really helped us was putting a filter on our line just after the pressure tank. we got it at lowes and it helped alot as well
"There is beauty, there is grace, in my peaceful country place!"
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Melina
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2012 : 11:53:38 AM
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I think Renee is right on the name, Wink, not Wisk. It gets the gray out of whites, too.
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
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shelbyc
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
shannon
murdale
british columbia
Canada
72 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2012 : 3:51:07 PM
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| Thanks for all your ideas ladies. I've used the iron out and had no luck with it on the clothes. It's great for our toilet tank and bowl though. I'm going to try the lemon juice on some of the clothes. I've never seen Wink, but will look for it |
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Iron stains on clothes
