Cover stain on Columbia park

[Steve Miles]

I have a blue/white/grey Columbia Titanium parka that I paid a lot of
money for. Although I followed the instructions on how to launder it,
I somehow ended up with stains. The stains are the color of red wine
and only show on the white. I sprayed them with Shout and washed
again, now I've got some blue stains that appear to maybe be from the
blue liquid detergent I sparingly used.

I'd love any suggestions on how to get the stains out, but I think my
only real option is to try to mask the stains. Any suggestions on how
to cover the stains? Maybe some kind of white marker, or maybe even
"white out" you'd use on typing mistakes? The white on the jacket is
really an off-white...

Comments appreciated.

[pas]

Post by Steve Miles
I have a blue/white/grey Columbia Titanium parka that I paid a lot of
money for. Although I followed the instructions on how to launder it,
I somehow ended up with stains. The stains are the color of red wine
and only show on the white. I sprayed them with Shout and washed
again, now I've got some blue stains that appear to maybe be from the
blue liquid detergent I sparingly used.
I'd love any suggestions on how to get the stains out, but I think my
only real option is to try to mask the stains. Any suggestions on how
to cover the stains? Maybe some kind of white marker, or maybe even
"white out" you'd use on typing mistakes? The white on the jacket is
really an off-white...
Comments appreciated.

The first key of stain removal is to know exactly what you got on it..
Blood? rust? wine? permanent marker? something greasy? Did ink come off an
old ski ticket? Did you clean out your pockets? What else was it washed
with?Did you call Columbia and ask them for specific laundering for the
stain before you tried things on your own? You have to use the chemically
correct solvent for each different kind of stain.

Shout and other commercial stain removers work just OK and tend to leave
ghosting on laminates and coated fabrics. I"d suggest trying a paste of an
Oxygen based cleaner like Oxiclean.. at this point you have nothing to lose,
IMO and YMMV of course.

As for a cover up as you are thinking of.. there's nothing that will work
that most likely won't look bad. Nylons do not take dye or paint well. You
don't say what area of the coat it's on, but it's possible that some sort of
decorative wear patch could be applied.

Penny S