Wash purchased clothing before wearing?
#21
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
Posts: 2,668
Alas, I do wash new garments immediately after purchase. The last time I handed my husband a brand new shirt and asked him to wear it, he ended up with a rash and red welts wherever the fabric touched his skin. He was miserable for three days and so was I with his complaining!
#24
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,660
I remember those stiff denim jeans that had to be washed several times - back in an old Maytag wringer washing machine - before they were soft enough to wear.
They always had to be washed with dark blues or separately because they never quit losing color.
Can you imagine working in the factories where the fabric was woven and the jeans sewn?
They always had to be washed with dark blues or separately because they never quit losing color.
Can you imagine working in the factories where the fabric was woven and the jeans sewn?
#25
I have allergies so I wash everything as that is what my doctor told me to do as new fabric from overseas has formaldehyde in it to protect it from bugs and moisture on the ship in being shipped anyway that is what my doctor told me plus she said many other chemicals I guess it is just not like the days when things were U.S. made
#27
Same here - a friend of mine used to work in the HDLee/Vanity Fair factory that we had in our town (now in Mexico) and she has told "horror" stories of what all goes on in the factories. Why use a Kleenex when a pile of blouse fronts are on your table!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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