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velour fabric damaged and color faded
i got a creanberry juice stain on my green velour sweat pants, and my mom put tide detergent on just the part where the stain was. the stain came out, BUT the fabric is damaged. Instead of being velour, it's kind of towel-textured and the color faded. (i think because we used Tide with bleach)
Is there any way to fix my pants??? someone PLEASE help me. they are my favorite!!!
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There`s really no way to reverse what you did. Just try to love them they way they are. Maybe try fashioning, (I don`t know if that`s a word or not) them to make it not as noticeable.
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well, to get the texture back, maybe try fabric softener. That could help, depending on how badly the pants are damaged. Depending on how you dried them, too, the texture could be a temporary problem. I'd try washing the whole pair of pants (with a non-bleach detergent) and (if you can) dry them in the dryer (on low heat so they don't melt!!)
To get the color back, (if it's a big deal to you) you could try rinsing the spot in green Kool-Aid (depending on the shade of your pants) or try a fabric dye. If the pants are more of a moss green, you could always try TINY dots of permanent marker (again, I'm not sure of the shade of green) in whatever color the pants are.
If these pants were expensive (which I'm guessing they were because of the lengths you've gone trying to save them) you can always bring them to a seamstress/clothes-mender type person, who is probably more of an expert on stains than I am. =]
good luck, and I hope you can fix your pants!
♥ Laura Michelle
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there really isn't anything to do to 'unfade' them... but i would wash the whole thing now and see if the color can be all evened out.
hope i helped = ]]]
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Hmmm, well, I'm not sure, but you should've used a regular detergent, because the Tide with BLEACH caused the problem. I tried looking on Google, but I didn't find anything. You should take it to the Dry Cleaners and ask them what you can do to fix it. If they can't, then your pants are gone.
Sorry. :(
Good luck!
editt - You could try sewing a patch on and adding little rhinestones so you can 'revamp' them.
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