clean a lambswool sweater
December 14, 2004 7:36 PM   Subscribe

I have a nice J Crew lambswool sweater that I spilled a Starbucks Frappacino all over. What's the best way to clean the sweater?

Thanks.
posted by seinfeld to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (12 answers total)
 
Shout stick.
posted by mudpuppie at 8:43 PM on December 14, 2004


Shout should work. If it's a large area, maybe the spray would work better?

Also, does it matter where you bought the sweater and the coffee? Are you shilling? (If so, you probably should have linked to their websites. Just sayin'.)
posted by Doohickie at 8:46 PM on December 14, 2004



Shout should work. If it's a large area, maybe the spray would work better?


Oh, sweet Doohickie.

The stick works better than the spray.

I've no explanation for why that is.
posted by mudpuppie at 9:11 PM on December 14, 2004


Call j.crew customer service and ask them yourself?
posted by naxosaxur at 9:12 PM on December 14, 2004


Call j.crew customer service and ask them yourself?

Typically, the only thing customer service knows how to do is regurgitate information handed to them in a manual or by their manager. Rarely can they give you a decent home remedy. I found this question, and its answers, to be quite useful. Thanks for your non-response though.
posted by BlueTrain at 10:56 AM on December 15, 2004


Can you use any of those shout sticks or sprays on lambswool? I've got a J. Crew sweater, though not lambswool, and it's dryclean only. So I guess the answer would be to read the care instructions on the tag, compare with the instructions on the shout stick/spray, then probably take it to a professional, being sure to point out the spot so that they can do an extra good job on it.

And yeah, it's a little lame to point out where he bought the sweater and the drink, but it does provide relevant context. "Lambswool sweater" probably would have been precise enough, but j. crew sweaters may have different care procedures than, say, a Gap sweater. And I guess he could have just said "Frappacino" (still a branded product), but it's not like he just spilled coffee on it. A frappacino presents a unique kind of stain due to the mixture of coffee, cream, sugar, etc. jeez, lay off of the guy.
posted by rorycberger at 11:24 AM on December 15, 2004


Typically, the only thing customer service knows how to do is regurgitate information handed to them in a manual or by their manager. Rarely can they give you a decent home remedy. I found this question, and its answers, to be quite useful. Thanks for your non-response though.

BlueTrain, this is j.crew we're discussing...not some cheap, shady online retailer. Since it's clear you've never dealt with their extremely proficient, accommodating customer service team, please save your grating generalizations for another topic that perhaps you know about.

...and btw, seinfeld, every single jcrew item comes with a care label that you can find tucked away within the inside seams. i'm coincidentally wearing a lambswool sweater today, and it says 'dry clean only'. So i suggest you, um, take it to the dry cleaner?
posted by naxosaxur at 12:58 PM on December 15, 2004


Right. I've worked for major retailers before. Starbucks, Eckerd and, oh oh, J. Crew. Thanks for the assumptions though. I do apologize for the derail, but I hate recommendations like "read the directions." That's like suggesting to a student to read the textbook when they ask how to study for a test.
posted by BlueTrain at 2:00 PM on December 15, 2004


>>I've worked for major retailers before. Starbucks, Eckerd and, oh oh, J. Crew.

...how terribly convenient, BlueTrain.
posted by naxosaxur at 2:16 PM on December 15, 2004


jeez, lay off of the guy.

I'm sorry I snarkily implied you may have been shilling in your original post. Please accept my sincere apology.

And.... the stick works better than the spray? I didn't know that!
posted by Doohickie at 2:26 PM on December 15, 2004


I would take it to the dry cleaner. Dry cleaners are good at this sort of thing, it being the ostensible entire purpose for them to be in business.
posted by ikkyu2 at 5:37 PM on December 15, 2004


I think it depends on what exactly was spilled. Which variant of the six incredibly delicious Starbucks® Frappacino coffee-flavoured drinks did you spill from its WideMouth® beverage conveyance?
posted by cosmonik at 2:40 PM on December 16, 2004


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