I bet the dry cleaners can help. If you want to send a message, have your son pay for the dry cleaning bill. But...

Dec 26, 2024
11:54:58am

PJMort All-American

it doesn't sound like he was doing something wrong? Just life happening. So, maybe you have him pay for the dry cleaners just because he is responsibe for his own stuff. Could also teach him to be more cautious with his nice stuff.

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What would you do - teen son gets nice new pants for Christmas. Stains them

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 11:34am

What fabric, and what were they stained with? Also, what have you done so far to get the stain out?

jdub

Dec 26, 11:36am

Also, if it wasn't his fault, I wouldn't make him pay to replace them

jdub

Dec 26, 11:37am

Agree. But you pay for a replacement? Or just call it an unfortunate loss?

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 11:40am

That's really your call with your situation. I probably would buy a replacement pair.

jdub

Dec 26, 11:46am

Cotton. It was spray sunscreen. Fluke accident. We tried a cold rinse, scrub

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 11:39am

Put baking soda on the spots overnight, then rewash.

cougfanblue

Dec 26, 11:41am

If you haven't run them through the dryer, switch to warm water, and rub Tide liquid directly onto the stain

jdub

Dec 26, 11:44am

Try the dry cleaners- perchloroethylene will probably do the trick.

PJMort

Dec 26, 11:57am

Sounds like the pooch punt and then you said faded and it brought back terrible

Jimmertime

Dec 26, 12:10pm

I’d at least try a dry cleaner for $10 or whatever first. If you know what the stain is from they’re usually pretty good

Mike Honcho

Dec 26, 11:38am

I would think "Oh, right, that's why I don't buy $100 pants for teenage boys"

Clark Addison

Dec 26, 11:39am

I might pay $100 for 4 pairs

RealSimsShadY

Dec 26, 11:55am

I would just buy new ones. But I only spend about $40 on pants. So, maybe a dry

JAGA97

Dec 26, 11:43am

So you’d buy the replacement? (Fwiw, I think this is what I want to do, but

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 11:44am

I'd try a dry cleaner considering the price of the pants.

JAGA97

Dec 26, 11:56am

Fels Naptha soap has gotten some crazy stains out for us. Worth a try?

tyler durden

Dec 26, 11:47am

I can’t say how many clothing items we’ve thought were a lost cause that fels

Newbutnotnew

Dec 26, 1:08pm

Felt naphtha along with a good amount of hand scrubbing, I should say.

Newbutnotnew

Dec 26, 1:09pm

CB $ flex.

IronPotato

Dec 26, 11:47am

I wish $100 wasn’t the standard for stuff anymore, but for anything nice, it

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 11:52am

For real though, everything is expensive. I'm just razzing you. Sucks they got

IronPotato

Dec 26, 12:36pm

Pricing these days is wild. I swear I can’t buy a pair of jeans or khakis any

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 12:39pm

One word:

Jimmertime

Dec 26, 12:45pm

It's not a business deal to be weighed in gains and losses, it's a Xmas prssent

A_blue_car

Dec 26, 11:54am

For me, it would be about zero thought. But my wife sees it differently.

Jay Rick

Dec 26, 11:57am

I bet the dry cleaners can help. If you want to send a message, have your son pay for the dry cleaning bill. But...

PJMort

Dec 26, 11:54am

Try oxy dish soap and don't put in dryer. Repeat if it doesn't remove the stain

byusage

Dec 26, 11:57am

Stained, ripped, torn . . . isn't that the way the kids wear them these days?

TLCougar

Dec 26, 12:08pm

I would not replace $100 pants bc I wouldn’t buy $100 pants

deliciousmocha

Dec 26, 12:11pm

Make the kid buy a new pair?

DirtyWater

Dec 26, 12:11pm

Hey, some of J.Crew's $98 pants are on sale on their website for $82.99. Maybe

RoboKayne

Dec 26, 12:27pm

I'd buy a new pair cause I'm a sucker, but I don't think that's the right answer universally.

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