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So I got this girl, who brought me brand new skirt she bought, and got stained "without doing anything". Her statement was, that she just folded it over a coathanger and store it in the closet, when she wanted to take it off, it was stained like this.

 

Now my question: what are those stains and how am I supposed to remove them?

Material is faux leather (face-dirty: polyurethane, inside is polyester).

 

I tried: isopropanol, 70% alcohol, acetone. First two did nothing, while acetone made a huge mess (thank got I tried on a small piece at the edge).

 

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wow .. Acetone I would think be a little hot for nylon/poly weave . ( me ) I would recommend what I have cleaned a lot of Nylon gear and Para Gear fabric for stain, using Naptha/ Zippo Lighter Fluid . I have even had good luck even removing Black Creosote off of Nylon rip-stop fabric with it .
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Have you tried soap and water? Just saying, because sometimes we forget the easiest things...

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Is it just me , or does that ' ink stain' look like a foot print?? 

What was it resting against in the closet? 

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9 hours ago, Handstitched said:

Is it just me , or does that ' ink stain' look like a foot print?? 

What was it resting against in the closet? 

You could be correct

Was the mark on the skirt when bought and not noticed? I know that has happened with other people I know. Even I have bought something and not noticed a fault with it untill later

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On 3/11/2023 at 7:10 AM, nylonRigging said:

wow .. Acetone I would think be a little hot for nylon/poly weave . ( me ) I would recommend what I have cleaned a lot of Nylon gear and Para Gear fabric for stain, using Naptha/ Zippo Lighter Fluid . I have even had good luck even removing Black Creosote off of Nylon rip-stop fabric with it .
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Yeah, that's why I used acetone on swab and on small piece at the edge, so I wouldn't ruin it whole.
 

Never heard of Naptha, but I have some Zippo lighter fluid at home, resting. Deff. will try (swab test at first for sure). Also, a bit concerned of how to get rid of the odor smell?

 

On 3/11/2023 at 8:24 AM, Klara said:

Have you tried soap and water? Just saying, because sometimes we forget the easiest things...

Well, ofcourse....I forgot about the easiest thing :whistle: Deff. will try today!

 

On 3/11/2023 at 8:37 AM, Handstitched said:

Is it just me , or does that ' ink stain' look like a foot print?? 

What was it resting against in the closet? 

Thought of it, but I think it's not. It was supposed to be resting against some trousers/jacket, no idea what exactly. I asked, but was told "some other clothes".

 

On 3/11/2023 at 6:24 PM, fredk said:

You could be correct

Was the mark on the skirt when bought and not noticed? I know that has happened with other people I know. Even I have bought something and not noticed a fault with it untill later

Asked aswell, she said no. And it's been too long already so she could return it to the store, so that's the reason I got involved into this.

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17 hours ago, Mocivnik said:

Never heard of Naptha, but I have some Zippo lighter fluid at home, resting. Deff. will try (swab test at first for sure). Also, a bit concerned of how to get rid of the odor smell?

' Zippo lighter ' .it a very High flash-rate, so it evaporates Super fast out of fabric, and I have never noticed it leaving any odor/smell afterwards . It a overlooked gem that cleans great, and not Hot that it remove any color or melts any synthetics/nylon or poly . Just spray some out of the can on a piece of fabric and leave it till Dry, and take a 'sniff ' .

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Tried warm water, warm water + detergent, zippo lighter fluid...nothing works at all. Im slowly giving up.

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Its very rare, but do you have any white dye?...or perhaps bleach ? or, try a little white leather paint?  Its a long shot,  Just sayin' :dunno: 

 I only have a very small amount of white dye  left, and very sparingly used.

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nope, dont have any. Neither it's white, so...hardly can do anything about it.

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You've got the item. With the info on the lable go buy another, a new one. Make sure its exactly the same, but without the marks of course. Give the new one to G/f

If she asks; just say you got it sorted (no lie), advice from here, trade secret on  how you managed it, bluff with very long scientifical explantion - unless she's a biochemist she'll loose interest at the first few words. end result = she'll love you forever and think you're the most supreme being in the Slovenian universe

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12 hours ago, fredk said:

she'll love you forever and think you're the most supreme being in the Slovenian universe

Perhaps a bunch of flowers & and a box of chocolates wouldn't go astray either  :) 

HS

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Those are hell of an advices, but the thing is, she aint my gf :D

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13 hours ago, Mocivnik said:

Those are hell of an advices, but the thing is, she aint my gf

Buy her some flowers anyway :rofl:

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And chocolates... girls love that romantic stuff.

:rofl:

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