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My best friend shipped a huge box of maternity clothes for me to borrow when I was pregnant last year, as there are no maternity shops anywhere close to where I live. She saved me HUNDREDS of dollars. What a great friend!!Out of the 30 or 40 garments that she loaned to me, a few of them arrived with a really bad smell. Like she had worn them and then done a big workout or something. I think you know what I mean.I had these items drycleaned, 3 times, in the hopes of wearing them myself, however unfortuantly the stink just did not come out.Here's the problem. She now wants me to ship the clothes to her sister, who is pregnant. I'm afraid that the sister is going to think that I am stinky and couldn't be bothered cleaning the clothes! I'm not sure how to handle this without hurt feelings.I thought about"omiting"the offending garments, but there was at least one item that my friend kept asking"have you worn the pink dress yet?"as this was her favorite.WHAT SHOULD I DO
Wash them in the washing machine and he odor should be eliminated. Nothing soap and water cannot cure. Pour in some baking soda with the wash water, Good luck and God bless
I would add lavender oil to the washer when you wash them. OR let them soak in warm water for a long long time with Woolite. Baking soda comes to mind as well...The queen of clean always has good ideas too.Here is what she says:Perspiration StainsAfter wearing a garment for the first time, prior to laundering, work in some warm water and Fels Naptha® Laundry Bar Soap, available in the bar soap section of your local supermarket (usually on the bottom shelf), into the underarm area. This will prevent the yellow stains from forming.If you have a garment that has only been worn once and odor is present, apply warm water to the area and work in 20 Mule Team® Borax, which is a very effective odor remover.If you already have stains, try dampening the fabric with warm water and working in laundry detergent and Biz Activated Non-Chlorine Bleach. Allow this mixture to soak into your garment about 30 minutes prior to laundering. You can also try heated white vinegar on existing stains. Spray it on the fabric, then work in 20 Mule Team® Borax. This is very effective on any odor or stain that might be present. If the color has changed in the fabric, try spraying with sudsy ammonia, let it sit about 15 minutes, then launder as usual.
Honesty is always the best policy. Tell the generous friend that the pink outfit ariived with a smell, you thought, and what you did about it, that you never wore it, what a shame, you really wanted to.Let the new owner be the judge of the smell.You might want to wrap the offending garments in plastic before shipping, so the smell does not go all through the other clothes. And to make sure it is still there when it arrives.If she is your best friend, she will understand, and send her a little something for her trouble.
You should try washing these clothes rather than drycleaning them. All drycleaning does is add chemicals to your clothes -- you need soap and water to get the funk out. Try soaking them overnight in borax as well as detergent, even if the clothes say"dry clean only"(I wash"dry-clean-only"stuff all the time). If the offending garments are ruined, you can just apologize and say, oops, and no one's feelings will get hurt.
I keep wanting to think up white lies too for you to tell her, like you spilled vinegar on the dress and you can't get the smell out, or bleach on the offensive garments and they're ruined. But it might hurt her feelings that you were so careless with her clothes.Could you say,"The pink dress is really pretty but, my pregnancy must've done something to my sense of smell because, it's just always smelled a little funny to me"?How about placing the garments in a plastic bag with something that smells nice, like baby powder, potpourri, perfume... Make sure the bag is sealed tight, let it sit for 3 days, and see if that helps mask the bad odor?Good luck, and congratulations on your pregnancy!
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