You're Gonna Trash Your Halloween Costume, So Here's How To Clean It

On this episode of the official Ask a Clean Person podcast, The Hairpin’s Haley Mlotek joined me to talk all about the very best day of the year: Halloween! The Hairpin has a storied history of going in big for Halloween, and so it was such a joy to have Haley join me in the studio to talk about cleaning costumes that get a little banged up along the way.

We kicked off the episode by helping to save a homemade A League of Their Own costume that ran in the wash. We also talked about how to clean lederhosen that took a beer bath during Oktoberfest, and wrapped things up with a discussion on how to care for a feather boa.

Before we answered those questions, though, Haley had a question for me about getting stains out of a sweater that was the victim of a nosebleed. To learn what to do about that, you should give the episode a listen! That’s a thing you can do here or over at iTunes, where you can also subscribe.

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Jolie Kerr is Deadspin’s resident cleaning expert and the author of the book My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag … And Other Things You Can’t Ask Martha (Plume). Follow her on Twitter, or contact her via email at [email protected].

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