tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434495502175776916.post986723513592237405..comments2023-04-06T02:43:43.759-07:00Comments on Bitching my way to the Brightside: Drip Drip Drip Goes the WaterCrankyOtterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02863609824154763580noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434495502175776916.post-7920779594100283212008-01-28T11:27:00.000-08:002008-01-28T11:27:00.000-08:00Huh. On Friday, I used hot water in a sink to rem...Huh. On Friday, I used hot water in a sink to remove blood stains from a white t-shirt (lots of large, blood-gushing stains). It came out fine. The blood hadn't set for more than an hour, though, which might be the difference. But seemed to me that the blood came easily out in hot water when it was a recent stain. (I also did the jar-like thing, of holding a piece of the shirt taught and letting the sink water run through it, but then I got lazy and dunked the whole thing in the sink.)<BR/><BR/>I think the reason for the jar, in your berry example, is that you want the berry dye to drip away with the water and not back onto the shirt. If you just dunked the whole shirt in water, the berry dye which leaves one place can then attach itself to another part of the garment. As for why to drip and not just pour -- maybe hot water does still have some "setting" ability, so by being gentle, you allow the stain to slowly work its way out without setting, or else the dripping is a way to let the water cool just slightly (pouring would definitely be hotter than dripping at the point when the water contacts the garment).Quarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566203978205948595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434495502175776916.post-9904472425110606372008-01-21T22:40:00.000-08:002008-01-21T22:40:00.000-08:00Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Blanc, Rouge!!! One of my ...Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Blanc, Rouge!!! One of my favorite set of movies EVA!!! Love them. Hope the weekend was fun, and can't wait to see pics of the paint job!Alaskan Hellcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333755554065084919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434495502175776916.post-33429043049900405272008-01-17T17:14:00.000-08:002008-01-17T17:14:00.000-08:00Ah cool. Yeah, pretreat all those stains and stay...Ah cool. Yeah, pretreat all those stains and stay away from white hotpants during critical times. (Unless you're using a fresh instead and know how to replace them.)<BR/><BR/>Also, I'd like to mention that a good half to 2/3 of my titles are song lyrics. This one is from Chumbawumba.CrankyOtterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863609824154763580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434495502175776916.post-27000908547732830092008-01-17T01:34:00.000-08:002008-01-17T01:34:00.000-08:00Took me THREE times to read this before I slap sla...Took me THREE times to read this before I <I>slap slap slap </I> woke up to the fact that you were NOT drizzling juice from a berry onto an orange! Gosh, thanks for the advice.<BR/><BR/>On that note: Prell rubbed into a paste with some clothes detergent takes out tomato sauce based stains very effectively :)Janet Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388267119996768657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434495502175776916.post-51951816399428784322008-01-16T09:26:00.000-08:002008-01-16T09:26:00.000-08:00whenever I'd see ads for getting blood stains out ...whenever I'd see ads for getting blood stains out I was always amazed that anyone had this problem**, until my dog's near drowning/bloody paws incident. *Shout* managed to remove a dozen blood stains on 5 bath towels without any residual stain or color loss.<BR/><BR/>**aside from those women who fell for the kotex commercials that advocated women wearing tight white tennis shorts during their periods ~ um yeah. For every 1 woman like that I could show she 1,000 in stretched out sweats and a bath robe scarfing down cool ranch doritos with a margarita chaser.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the hot tip on berry stains, I've never heard that 1.<BR/><BR/>LorraineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com