Cream linen pants vs. aioli

[TheHoff]

Last night a waitress introduced my cream linen/cotton pants to a plate of appetizers. The pants are 50/50 linen/cotton and now sport a variety of grease stains including one lovely smear of aioli. And of course... no dry cleaners are open on the weekend downtown.... so what can I do in the mean time? I blotted with club soda after it happened but is there something I can do while waiting?

I've seen suggestions online of putting baking soda on the grease spots... any good?

Something from the plate also hit my new tan suede bucks and my normal shoe repair guy couldn't do much with them and it now looks like they're sporting a few permanent spots. And what would you do? I took the $50 off the bill offered but I will certainly raise hell if my pants are ruined and do not make it out of the cleaning in perfect condition. The shoes were only $69 but the pants from Malo would cost much more to replace. I probably shouldn't have taken the discount and left it more open for discussion but I didn't want to make too much of a deal on a friend's birthday.

 

[lakewolf]

Hire a hitman to shoot the waitress ...

maybe the hog killing boy could be for hire...

 

[lakewolf]

More seriously, the "eau de javel" is good to recover the whiteness... I don't know the name in english sorry... also there are some blue tabs that can be added in the last rinse to improve the whiteness and give a good smell...

 

[johnapril]

Soak them in equal parts original Dawn and hydrogen peroxide. That's 1:1 for all you pharmacokinetisists.

 

[Sartorian]

Originally Posted by lakewolf

More seriously, the "eau de javel" is good to recover the whiteness... I don't know the name in english sorry... also there are some blue tabs that can be added in the last rinse to improve the whiteness and give a good smell...
Eau de javel is bleach. Blue tabs are bleach. Bleach won't be good for cream-coloring, I don't think. I have no idea about Dawn/hydrogen peroxide, but if it works, report back. My own suggestions: Soak in cold or lukewarm water and put some liquid soap on it. I use Dr. Bronner's, but if you don't have any, use regular hand soap and rub it on the spots (or dish soap like mentioned above), keep them wet/damp with soap/water until you wash. It's aioli, so regular soap should work fine. I try and avoid detergents, personally. They are very harsh on all things natural--hands, hair, cotton, etc... Baking soda can help, but you have to really make sure it dissolves, but I've never actually got that to happen before. Also, don't wash in hot water, but wash in cold: this'll keep the stain from cooking in. If it doesn't come out after the first wash, wash it again. You could also try white vinegar applied to the stain: just not the same time as you're trying the soap. Just don't dry it in the dryer. Sorry about the stains, that sucks.

 

[oldseed]

oxy-clean.

 

[tiecollector]

Dish soap takes out grease spots like no other.