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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Polyester Cotton - on my do not buy list or how do I stop fleece shedding everywhere?

Look at this floor!! Horrible isn't it?
This is NOT how my floor usually looks, this is the result of buying cheap $10 track pants.
I knew I shouldn't skimp out, but hey, they are only worn around the house and if they keep me warm does it matter how much they cost? OH hell yeah, apparently it does!
The top picture was just from taking one leg out of the pink pair I bought, and the bottom picture was just from shaking one leg of the black pair.
They both have been washed 3 times ( I gave them the benefit of the doubt and let them have a few washes), so they should NOT do this.
They are both different manufacturers, but they both have the same fabric, " Polyester cotton". They are both going to the charity shops.
The black pair are those cheap $10 ones they have in the big bins in the walkways in Big W and the Pink pair were purchased from a stall at a market.

I searched the Internet for a way to fix this and couldn't find any, most were just about fixing piling.. nothing to do with this,so How do I stop them shedding everywhere?... I can't! And no-one else on the Internet seems to know either, so unless I can think of something else... OH wait.. maybe hand puppets? I mean the fabric is still new, only been washed 3 times and tried on (not worn because of the mess it leaves around my house).. herrrm
Anyway, lesson learnt! No more Polyester Cotton for me! :)

2 comments:

Nefertari said...

hehe I don't know either, but you can make one thats picks it up. if you take apainterthing, oh whats the english word..a long thing that you roll on paint with and tred them with clothes-tape thaht sticky roll you roll over clothets haha..god its to late here in Norway and I problably don't understand a dam thing lol :P godnight

Re-Illy Unique said...

LOl nono I understand :) I have a premade one like that (we have kitties), it has layers and layers of sticky tape that when you use up the stickniess you just peel of to get the next layer of sticky.
The only problem is they leave this mess ALL through the house :)

Thanks for the suggestion though :)