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[graygables]

Just went to put the shirts I've spent the day dying from the washer into the dryer only to find that they are WHITE again! Ummmm...they are supposed to be a lovely shade of blue

So, it's back to the dying board for me...

ever opened your washer to an unpleasant surprise?

[Teresa]

OH, no!
I've never had clothes be CLEANER than I wanted. But - I have had the proverbial "red sock in white clothes" problem.
The worst thing I ever found in the washer was when I opened a washer full of whites and found out that someone (no one has fessed up yet) left a tube of RED lipstick or a RED crayon in their clothes. RED streaks on every item of clothing. And, that washer full contained ALL of DD's school shirts! (that was also the last year I took the white shirt option of the "red, white, or navy shirt" choices)
I was able to get the color out of everything except some socks and undies - those I didn't care about.

Hope your next batch is blue.

[WDWJAMBA]

I've also had the red bleed onto something else. My biggest surprise came out of the dryer, however. DH left a black pen in his pants pocket. The pen burst and black ink was on everything. I used a stain remover called Zout (not Shout) and everything came right out! He felt really bad, but accidents happen. The most important thing was that it came out.

[stretch2864]

I've had two unpleasant washer/dryer incidents that I can remember. Once I washed DD's ski pants at the beginning of the season and dried them. When I took them out of the dryer, I discovered that I had washed and dried them with gum which was now stuck randomly all over the pants. I immediately rewashed them again to loosen it up and then hung them up to dry after peeling the remaining gum off. Thankfully they were not permanently ruined!

The other incident involved washing and drying a wool sweater. Moral of the story: DON'T! I apparently had accidently tossed a wool sweater in with the regular laundry~forgetting that it was dry clean only. When I took it out of the dryer, it looked like it would have fit my cat!

I hope your white shirts revert to blue, Dawn!

[JaimeandChad]

I have a similar story except it was a black pair of underwear in my whites that turned everything a dirty gray. Some of the socks never came clean either.

[dejavu]

Glitter all over the dryer from a Disney (horrors!) t-shirt!! I think it took 4 loads through the dryer before we were all glitter-free.

[DrDolphin]

Red things bleeding into not so red things; Pen getting washed and dried.... and leaving pen ink throughout dryer and clothing items....

Guess those are the two I remember.

[clio]

I washed chapstick with my work pants and ended up with greasy spots all over everything. Several washings later, the spots are less noticible.
Liz

[lexiemom]

When I was in high school I washed and dried a sweater that I didn't realize was dry clean only...lets just say it could fit a toddler when I pulled it out of the dryer.

[ilovedisney0_0]

Originally Posted by Teresa

The worst thing I ever found in the washer was when I opened a washer full of whites and found out that someone (no one has fessed up yet) left a tube of RED lipstick or a RED crayon in their clothes. RED streaks on every item of clothing. And, that washer full contained ALL of DD's school shirts!

Only, I was the dummy who left my brand new tube of Clinique lipstick in my work pants pocket. I was so mad, and the whole load of laundry was ruined.

[Disney_Scarlett]

I had gotten a GORGEOUS wool and angora sweater at Banana Republic - it was paper thin and just beautiful. I wore it once, and the night I wore it I ended up spilling beer down the front of it, and my friend who put me to bed that night also took my beer-stained clothes and threw them in the washer. I found them the next morning - ruined. I never had the heart to tell her that she had ruined my sweater - she was just trying to be nice.

I've also shrunk a couple of other sweaters - but those stories don't involve drunken stupors, so not as fun.

[chezp]

How annoying. The last time anything like that happened DH did the washing and put two of my woollen jumpers in - you can guess what happened!

[mrsmac2001]

The worst experiences I have had were when I didn't check pockets of what I was washing and washed different lipsticks and ink pens. Those were unholy nightmares.

[GrumpysStepKid]

When my wife and I first got together, she had a dress that she absolutely loved that she wore for her graduation and would wear from time to time. I hated it as she looked like a sailor or character from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Well, trying to be the good guy, I washed the dress that was to be dry cleaned only. When I was finished with it, it looked like it came from the girls section at the store.
I never set out to wreck the dress, but man, I had never been happier.
She knew my feelings about the dress and to this day is certain that I did it a purpose.
To this day it is known as the "The dress incident of '95".