Thursday, February 19, 2009

How to Clean Thrift Store Items Before Selling on eBay



Thrift store finds will not always be in stellar condition, so you will have to do some work to bring them back to life. Here are a few of my favorite tools for cleaning up thrift store items to make them more sellable on eBay.

Woolite. Wash fine garments and delicates by hand and lay flat to dry.

Shout Color Catcher Sheets. Use with multicolored garments to keep colors from bleeding.

Dryel in Home Dry Cleaning Kit - use to freshen clothing. Works well on sweaters, jackets, blazers, coats, and all types of clothing.
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Greased Lightning Multipurpose Cleaner - Use as a laundry pretreat for tough stains including grease, ink, grass, makeup, and food. Click here for a printable coupon.

Clorox Bleach Pen. Great for touching up spots on white garments.

Shoe Polish. Use to hide scuff marks and make shoes look newer.

Black magic marker. Use to "color" scratched zipper pulls.

Read my article, "How to Remove Mothball Odor from Clothing."

Feel free to add your own!

Happy Selling,

freeflys

3 comments:

Kimberly said...

Some thrift stores use grease pencils to mark shoes and other items. I use a Magic Eraser to take them off the soles of shoes. Also helps dirt/grime on tennis shoes.

Angie said...

The Magic Eraser is also great for scuffs on plastic toys, say a dolls face. Also, soaking in Oxy Clean works well for stains. And don't forget the sweater shaver!!!!

Rachel said...

I had several baby clothes that had been sitting in a plastic bag for almost 6 years with lots of stains (that had been washed and dried several times). I soaked them overnight in A LOT of Oxy Clean powder, then washed them in the washing machine the next day and almost all of the stains came out.