Calling all smart people
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381753)
Rockingham, Australia
February 14, 2020 12:31am CST
Before we went to Nepal, Vince bought a new pair of dark green jeans. Sometime during our travels, they ended up in my case and stayed there for perhaps ten days. We thought he was missing a pair but I didn’t think to look in my luggage.
When we arrived home in Western Australia, I unpacked my case and found the trousers. However, they’re now splotched with patches of brown. I hope you can see it in the photo. Nothing else in the case was affected. I’ve washed them but nothing has changed.
I wonder if it’s something to do with the dye as I had a pair of khaki shorts that did much the same a year or so ago.
Any ideas anyone?
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21 responses
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
14 Feb 20
my first thought was bleach, but since you never used bleach and you had a similar item that also became discolored in the same pattern, then yes, maybe it was the dye.
however, it's strange how the dye ran out in patches. i mean you'd expect the whole thing to be faded uniformly.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
14 Feb 20
When I was young, khaki was popular with the boys maybe because the khaki shorts was the uniform of the boy scouts. I remember my mother complaining that my elder brother's khaki pants had faded somehow. My father said that the coloring of the khaki was not good so it somehow faded in some portions.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv my father said it is half-cooked with the dye.
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@JudyEv (381753)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 20
@Alexandoy That sounds logical.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
14 Feb 20
Have them dyed blue again if that's possible.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
14 Feb 20
I had an older suitcase once that turned everything brown, but your case is probably newer.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
16 Feb 20
I never have that trouble except when Leticia decided that something is VERY dirty and she uses huge amounts of bleach
. But she has other qualities and my clothes have all seen better times.
. But she has other qualities and my clothes have all seen better times.1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
17 Feb 20
@JudyEv Bleach is the worst, except for white clothes and in small doses.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
16 Feb 20
I mess up lots of clothes through mixing colours - they still look perfect wearable
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Feb 20
@JudyEv I try to but often fail - I can almost hear my mum yelling 'told you so' sometimes lol
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@JudyEv (381753)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 20
@arthurchappell Mums tend to do that, don't they? Keep whispering/yelling in our ears.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
14 Feb 20
I feel it's the dye of the fabric itself. Thankfully nothing else in your case is affected.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
14 Feb 20
the jeans gods were angered?
no clue other than the smart-aleck response.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
15 Feb 20
@JudyEv smart-alec responses are always welcomed!
we appeased the jeans gods with a sacrifice of words!
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
14 Feb 20
Oh boy...I hope they weren't new!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
14 Feb 20
That is strange ! I suspect that the bottom (colour) of jeans is brown.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
14 Feb 20
That really is weird considering they were in your luggage and not washed or in the sun. Hope someone can give you and answer as I'm perplexed as to why this would happen.
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@JudyEv (381753)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 20
Maybe the dye didn't 'set' as it was supposed to.
