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-------A gray shirt, but the collar in front is tinged pink.
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-------My duvet cover. Its original color is blue (right side) but it's faded whiter (left side), only at the top half which is nearest my head.
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-------My towel. Unlike the other two examples, the spotty discoloration seems to be randomly distributed, not concentrated by my head. I have another towel, same material, bought at the same time, but in a deep purple, and it isn't discolored at all.
>>>>>>>>SOOOO: I don't know what it is at all. A friend suggested that maybe it was a certain acne cream that I use (Clean & Clear Persa Gel 10, Maximum Strength), but that doesn't really explain the towel phenomenon. Seperate causes, perhaps? But what?
2006-11-28 17:28:40 · 5 answers · asked by kdotf 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Acne products generally contain ingredients that can bleach clothing - I too found this out the hard way. That's what's happened to your shirt and your pillowcase. As for the towel, after you've washed your face, do you use the towel to wipe your hands? This happened to my colored towels, too, because I didn't realize the acne product would "bleach" it out and instead of washing my hands I was wiping them on the bath towel I'd just used. Or if you're wiping (blotting) your face with the towel, even after exercising or something, and there is a little residue of the acne product, it will eventually show up this way.
I switched to white towels, light colored sheets, and light t-shirts for sleeping to avoid this problem after I'd ruined a number of pillowcases, sleep shirts, and hand towels!
2006-11-28 22:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by lilyapplecheeks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take an old towel and an old shirt you don`t wear and use and put a little of the persa gel on it , and see what happens.
2006-11-28 18:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bleach, sweat, hair product, and or perfume with the first 2 being the most likely and probable causes
2006-11-28 17:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by skoolloozer 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you on city water? I have customers in one town where they over chlorinate the water. The pictures look like some of their belongings!
2006-11-28 17:39:26 · answer #4 · answered by John H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like there may have been some bleach residue in your washer, next time save all your whites for the last load, that way you won't have to worry about bleach being in there for your other clothes
2006-11-28 17:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by elfin420 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋