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Posted by anniew 4-5/PA (My Page) on Wed, Aug 10, 05 at 17:58
What's the best way (if any) of removing the pollen from fabric so it won't permanently stain?
Ann |
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RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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A greenhouse lady in Russel Mb told me to rub the spot with a clean spot of the same fabric together. DON'T TOUCH WITH YOUR HANDS!!! She told me of a lady with white pants brushed by one lily............she had no stains.
I tried it on my light blue sweater that day (I also got pollen on my from her lily) but had to wait 3 days to wash it. It WORKED. Give it a try. |
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| I got a very large stain on beige denim and it didn't wash out the first time in a load of whites in hot water. I even dried it in the dryer because I forgot to check. Well the second time I washed it, it was all gone. |
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| I always use sticky tape. The ordinary thin clear type works fine. Just dab the fabric with the sticky face and it holds on to the pollen. Brian |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| Yes, echo the above. The worst thing you can do is try to remove it while it's fresh. If it doesn't come out, you can try letting the sun bleach it out. Lay the clothes on the lawn in the bright sunlight. |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| I actually had success with pants I got the pollen all over by using that Oxyclean on -- soaked them a bit in it and the stains were totally gone after putting thru washer. |
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| Funny, I was just going to post this question. I got pollen all over a light blue shirt as I was trying to lift many of my plants which got knocked down during a thunderstorm. Of course, I just came home dressed up and, without thinking, started getting them back on the stakes. What a mess I made of the shirt. I just washed it after soaking and rubbing detergent into the stains and it came out of the wash looking the same. Didn't put a dent in the stains. The shirts still wet. I'm not sure what to do now. Jane |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| I always use the sun first. It usually works well on the lily pollen that is more yellow than brown. The stains are usually gone in just a couple of hours. On occasion I have left the stained clothing out for a couple of days. The darker pollen that some lilies have seems to be a bit more difficult. Jane, since you have already put your shirt through the wash, try leaving it out in the sun. If you can be around to monitor it, shift the position occasionally so the sun is as directly on it as possible. If you don't have enough sun, then please take some of ours. I am tired of it. I want rain. OK, I digress, sorry. You might try the tape trick (I haven't tried that one yet). I believe pollen has many microscopic little hooks that make it cling to fabric. |
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Just washed the shirt again and it's still there. Looks like golden mustard. Will try the sun trick tomorrow. Didn't put it in the dryer. Thanks for the advice. Boy did I make a mess out of the shirt. My husband told me to toss it, but it's one of my favorites.
Oh Well, Thanks again, Jane |
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| I have some big nasty yellow pollen stains on a beige carpet. They are well and truly soaked in - a result of a broken vase. I have tried Vanish carpet cleaner but to no avail. Please help!! |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| I agree with Brian. Scotch tape is the only way to go when pollen gets on your clothes or tablecloth. Resist the urge to brush it off or wet it, do not touch it. Get a piece of transparent tape and apply the sticky side to the pollen. You may have to blot the stain a few times with fresh pieces of tape but it works like a charm. The key is not to disturb the pollen at all before you apply the tape. Kara, I'm so sorry about your carpet. What a bummer. I hope someone here will have a solution for you. |
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| At my job (florist/gift shop), if we get lily pollen on us, we rub the area with styrofoam from packaging- it sounds so weird, but it;s like the styrofoam makes the pollen leap to it, like it's electrically charged or something. It does work, but I never have chunks of styrofoam around at home! |
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| I have a suggestion for the clothing stains; but a lot probably depends on the frabric also. If you live near what we call here " Dollar Tree." They sell a cleaning solutiong called "Awesome.". It is what it is called. I use it on everything and it is my laundry pretreat for all stains. I bought Oriental Lillies last year for the first time, not realiazing what the pollen can do. I got home took them out of the car... and discovered I had pollen all over my new turqoise top. I used cold water and awesome and worked it in the sink and then put it in the wash with my other things and it all came out! Have no idea if it would work on the carpet though. Do hope you find a solution. OH yes..they have orange awesome too and it is good; but the regular yellow in the clear bottle works best. |
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| When I was a florist I used tape or a piece of chenile stem (pipe cleaner) delicately lift it off. |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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- Posted by phylrae z5a/centralNYS (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 25, 06 at 14:36
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| Thanks Phylrae.....I've read the above posts....But my question is, is it possible to clean the pollen off the fabric if you've rubbed it already with your hands? I didn't know that you weren't soppose to touch the pollen at first so....I did and now I have this really ugly orange-yellow stands on an few items of clothing. Any help would be appreciated. |
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| Hello does anybody have any suggestions for removing lilly pollen stains from wallpaper? |
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hi, i got some on me last night and foolishly rubbed it in. been soaking it all night, but it doesn't seem to have made a difference. with regards to wall paper, (and i'd try this somewhere that you can't see, at least at first) have you tried bleech? that works for red wine, suprisingly
i'm not sure what to do about my top, might try vanish oxy i guess.. who knows |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| I just answered this in another forum I know this is frowned on but.... All you have to do is wash as usual, the stain will still be there, put out in the sun and it disappears like magic. A friend of mine had pollen on her backside, sat down on the upholstery, she just cleaned it off, placed the cushion out in the sun for awhile, Stain gone. A...... |
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| If the stain is wet or has been wet in the past, try dabbing/rubbing the area with white spirit / turps (the stuff to clean paint from paint brushes). It sounds weird but it does really work. Then wash the turps out in normal warm soapy water. |
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| Thankyou Davedo!!! The white spirit worked like magic and took away the mustard stain off my rug. I am so pleased I saw your message. Thankyou thankyou thankyou!!! |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| Pollen stains are a real nuisance and very hard to remove, and sometimes impossible. Perhaps those of us who enjoy the beauty of lilies might find a way to avoid them by using pollen-free lilies. Only a few are available-and we need to let brokers, and growers know that we would like them and search our breeders who have them. If florists spoke up too, it would help. Many good clothes and table clothes have been ruined by pollen. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Turner's Patch
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| I like the look of the pollen! I think it adds to the flower's beauty. |
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| Thanks to everyone for tips. Need to remove pollen stains from baby clothes and blankets. New Mum was given lilies. Only problem is, here in England , we have had an awful summer, and never see the sun.............! |
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| Thank you Davedo, I sucessfully removed an orange pollen stain from a large manmade fibre rug with white spirit-great tip! However it didn't work on my 80% wool stairs carpet. Any more ideas for that? |
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| I am sooo thankful I found this forum! I work as a florist at my local grocery store, and was wearing a white top today (stupid me!). As soon as the lily dust got on me, I RUBBED IT! (again, stupid me!). Then I found this forum (THANK GOD!) I soaked my shirt in cold water with bleach and then put it out in the sun for a couple of hours. It worked like a charm. Stain's gone, I'm happy! :) thanks again forum people! xo |
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Amazing! I tossed my pink shirt in the wash & dryer without a second thought and was dismayed to see a bright orange spot front & center afterward. So I scrubbed with Tide and did it again. Still orange. That's when I googled 'how to remove pollen from cotton fabric' and found this forum. So I put the shirt outside on the sunny deck railing and checked it 2 hours later. Magic! Fantastic! There is no trace of orange pollen!
HOW / WHY does this work???!
Most of these posts are several years old but obviously are still very helpful! THANK YOU! |
RE: ??? Removing lily pollen from fabric???
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| Got lilly pollen on one of my favorite shirts and didn't know it until it was ground in. Read all the suggestions above and thought I would start out with a basic cold water rinse, soak and then sun treatment. After soaking even overnight, most of stain was still there. Stuck it out in the sun and in 1 hour it was all gone!!! Can't believe my eyes!! Thank you so much for the help. |
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| Got stain on my car seats what can i remove the lily pollen with |
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| I just have to say is THANK YOU!! I got a lot of the brown pollen on my brand new curtains. Needless to say I was upset knowing that pollen stains. I found this website and thank you to the people who suggested using tape. Every bit of the pollen came out. Thank you so so much! |
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| YAY...Thank you so much davedo for your turpentine idea...We are in the midst of wintery weather here and the sun option wasnt going to be a good idea...So I asked hubby to get the turps out to try on my new (worn once) fleece jacket...and VOILA, it worked an absolute treat. Have it now in the wash giving it an extra wash to get the turps smell out...Really maye...Thanxabunch :-) |
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| Thank-you. My "Mother's Day" flowers brushed up against the beige drapes and AHHHHHH - pink & orange all over. I took the vase outside and got it on my shirt. I wet the shirt to see how easily it would come out and yech - now blotches of orange smear. THEN, I found this site. The celo tape worked wonders and so easy and my drapes are beige again. As for the shirt, I will try the other techniques tomorrow. |
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| Wow! Thank you so much for all the wonderful advice. After washing a favorite shirt to remove a pollen stain, I tried peroxide alone and it did nothing. Then I mixed baking soda and peroxide together, treated the pollen stain, and left it out in the sun. The pollen totally disappeared within 15 minutes. |
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| I had a surgery recently and came home, and I was given some lily's. I don't have a lot of table top space to put them so they were put in front of my mirror where I do makeup. I found this dark dried-blood looking stuff several times on my shirts and could not figure out where it was coming from. I found it on my face several times too from smelling the flowers, I found out later. I was surprised to see the stains on my shirts even AFTER they had washed. When I saw that they had not been removed, I threw them back into the wash with some OxyClean. Did not work. I'm really hoping the sun trick works, because it affected at least 6 of my shirts. I'm hoping I don't find anymore that got stained. Thanks everyone! |
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I was thrilled with the method recommended of using Dunwaukin's suggestion to remove the pollen stains from a favourite shirt, by laying the item in the sunshine, from the Tiger lilly's when vacationing in Canada last week.
It is quite difficult here in Costa Rica to find decent stain removers/washing powders. |
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