Help! I've ruined a customer quilt with marker!
04-22-2018, 07:23 AM
#32
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SW Washington USA
Posts: 4,399
happy conclusion! I was more worried about the washing, some people don't like to wash before gifting as they feel it makes the gift look used. I'm so happy for you and her! And the baby where ever 
04-22-2018, 08:52 AM
#33
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,132
Originally Posted by bearisgray
what a relief!
has anyone considered doing some experments/tests with washed, unwashed, starch, and/or sizing - also with different fibers to see if the starch made the difference?
has anyone considered doing some experments/tests with washed, unwashed, starch, and/or sizing - also with different fibers to see if the starch made the difference?
04-22-2018, 08:56 AM
#34
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,132
Originally Posted by quiltingshorttimer
Update! Doing a happy dance! After trying the q-tip with blue Dawn, then q-tip with Spray & Wash and soaking while I went out for pizza, I came home and found that some of the green had basically disappeared. Of course I wasn't able to remember which I'd used on that spot! So I got out more q-tips and mixed the Dawn & Spray & Wash together and applied to the marks, soaked again for about 2 hrs. Only problem was I went ahead and let the washer spin, so since no binding on it, the extra batting around the edges after quilting was in tatters.
Called the customer this morning and explained the problem that had occurred and that was fine now but that I definitely had "washed" the quilt and would not be charging (its was crib quilt so not a huge loss & my reputation more important). she was very ok with it (I've done many crib quilts for her) and actually was glad that I had washed it and no bleeding of the red! since I'd never had this happen before, I asked her if she had starched it and she said yes--so lesson learned--not to use Crayola UltraClean with starched fabric! (or maybe at all!!)
Called the customer this morning and explained the problem that had occurred and that was fine now but that I definitely had "washed" the quilt and would not be charging (its was crib quilt so not a huge loss & my reputation more important). she was very ok with it (I've done many crib quilts for her) and actually was glad that I had washed it and no bleeding of the red! since I'd never had this happen before, I asked her if she had starched it and she said yes--so lesson learned--not to use Crayola UltraClean with starched fabric! (or maybe at all!!)
05-18-2021, 07:54 PM
#35
Member
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 1
Nooooo
Originally Posted by Prism99
I would try Dawn. Hydrogen peroxide can be quite damaging to fabric, so that would be a last resort for me.
05-19-2021, 04:00 AM
#36
Power Poster
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 15,963
Originally Posted by nise
also Awesome all purpose concentrated cleaner work great also.
05-19-2021, 10:43 AM
#37
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 7,850
I had a quilt with the same problem,, just on one block so I have oxi clean in a can with a funny spout on top to clean upholstery. I dab some of that on and left all night and then rewashed and it was gone. Hope this helps.
05-19-2021, 11:16 AM
#38
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 9,519
Originally Posted by stankimay
I don’t know one thing about quilting but I made an account just to tell you absolutely never ever ever ever ever use dawn or ANY dish soap on fabrics!!! Soak in oxygen bleach. You can use some many safe options for your fabrics but dish soap is not one of them. I know this is old but this dish soap thing is big time miss information. Look up the laundry guy he’s great!
05-19-2021, 11:47 AM
#39
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,404
Originally Posted by stankimay
I don’t know one thing about quilting but I made an account just to tell you absolutely never ever ever ever ever use dawn or ANY dish soap on fabrics!!! Soak in oxygen bleach. You can use some many safe options for your fabrics but dish soap is not one of them. I know this is old but this dish soap thing is big time miss information. Look up the laundry guy he’s great!
Yeah. Not buying it.
05-20-2021, 08:05 AM
#40
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,446
Originally Posted by Peckish
Wait - you fully admit you don't know "one thing" about quilting, and yet you feel free to admonish us experienced quilters for using a product many of us have used for years with no ill effects? AND you tell us to use oxygen bleach - news flash, bleach isn't safe for fabrics either! Let me guess - YOU are this mysterious "laundry guy" that you're lauding, and yet you give us absolutely no information, which means we have to google it and therefore you get more hits on your website?
Yeah. Not buying it.
Yeah. Not buying it.
I've seen ads for "The Laundry Guy" (if the tv is on when I'm sewing, I often turn to the ID channel), and thought it was ridiculous. Seriously? A program about somebody who uses an orbital buffer to get things out of laundry? It amazed me that there is a tv program about somebody's laundry tips.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
amandasgramma
Pictures
47
11-13-2012 04:21 AM
