White breeches that don't stain?

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I'm sick of buying white breeches and having to throw them away when I spill coffee on them or it rains and the saddle stains them because absolutely nothing that I do will get them clean.

Can anyone recommend me breeches that are not cotton/lycra and will shrug off stains. It would help if they don't cost the earth, but I'll pay anything if they genuinely wash clean?

Ta!
 
I think you will find them with the hens teeth tbh :D
failing that, I have found that vanish works pretty well on cream/canary, or I suppose the old fashioned approach of soaking in milton might work. Good luck
 
I don't know about stain resistant breeches (I've not found any yet) but don't throw the stained ones away - get some dark Dylon dye and stick them in the washing machine with it and then use the breeches for everyday. :)
 
Thought you might say that YorksG. I've soaked them in everything including hairdressing bleach! I just keep throwing them away :(

This is my last hope before I give up wearing white and go back to beige, but dressage is so fixed on white these days, I'll be the only one!!
 
Rub neat fairy liquid into the stains, then stick them in the wash with ariel for whites, mine come out great having been covered in grass stains, mud and horse slavers with everyday marks after shows
 
Faracat said:
I don't know about stain resistant breeches (I've not found any yet) but don't throw the stained ones away - get some dark Dylon dye and stick them in the washing machine with it and then use the breeches for everyday. :)
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Now tell me why I never thought of that! Feel stoopid now :D
 
cptrayes said:
Thought you might say that. I've soaked them in everything including hairdressing bleach! I just keep throwing them away :(

This is my last hope before I give up wearing white and go back to beige, but dressage is so fixed on white these days, I'll be the only one!!
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Blooming heck! As a drinker of strong black coffee, who cannot keep all the coffee in the cup, I am glad that I don't normally wear white! Would it be worth experimenting with scotchguard spray? Or try breeches with teflon coating, Sis has a pair of Derby House all weather breeches, which are supposed to be stain resistant, which have a teflon coating.
 
marydoll said:
Rub neat fairy liquid into the stains, then stick them in the wash with ariel for whites, mine come out great having been covered in grass stains, mud and horse slavers with everyday marks after shows
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Thanks MD, but I've tried that. I've got a permanent coffee stain on one pair, together with a yellow stripe where bleach has removed the white colour, and the other pair has saddle dye from sitting in the rain all last competition. Something about the quality of my stains maybe :D
 
YorksG said:
Blooming heck! As a drinker of strong black coffee, who cannot keep all the coffee in the cup, I am glad that I don't normally wear white! Would it be worth experimenting with scotchguard spray? Or try breeches with teflon coating, Sis has a pair of Derby House all weather breeches, which are supposed to be stain resistant, which have a teflon coating.
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It has to be the stupidest horseriding fashion there is, wearing white! I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't keep my coffee in the mug :)

Teflon/silicon is a good suggestion, ta.
 
I use a combination of spray on stain remover, vanish whitener powder in with the normal soap powder and a 60 degree wash and that gets most stains out.
First time I used the hotter wash I was a bit worried as the wash instructions stated 40 degree wash but as they were ruined anyway thought 'what the heck'. Came up a treat . :)
 
Anything that goes in the washing machine you can 'reproof' like you do rugs with reproofing wash stuff. So might help stop stains in first place - possibly?
 
I believe breeches are traditionally white to show the other toffs that you can afford the serfs to scrub them. ;)

I really cannot believe after all these years and the leaps and bound made in equestrian clothing that people still wear he things.

Paula
 
I can't help you with the mucky coffee spilling bit (apart from that Oxy Action do a "soap "bar version that got coke stains out of white denim jeans). Re the saddle stains, My daughter wears Pikeur Candela Contrast breeches/jodhpurs that are white but with dark grey full seat so that avoids that problem area. Expensive, yes, but effective!
 
Paulag said:
I believe breeches are traditionally white to show the other toffs that you can afford the serfs to scrub them. ;)

I really cannot believe after all these years and the leaps and bound made in equestrian clothing that people still wear he things.

Paula
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It's crazy Paula, isn't it? That we still wear pale breeches to distinguish us from our Yeoman Farmer's who wore their darker coloured clothes, so that we could prove we were better than them :cool:

Everyone wears white for dressage where I go to. It looks like I'll have to try and start a new trend. Baffles me why we can't wear black or navy.


Thanks for the other suggestions peeps.
 
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