Mouldy peg bag

Is it worth the bother?
For a peg bag?
Treat yourself to a new one!

I agree , life us too short fiyr such a task. Do buy a new one and ensure it is simple fabric, not oil cloth.

You could try soaking it in water to which some bleach has been added. Put it out to dry on a sunny day as the sun can bleach as well.

Baking soda and lemon juice might help, if you have them handy.

I would try neat bleach, with a sink full of water to quickly put the bag into, as soon as you've bleached the mould.

Is dabbing with buttermilk, then rinsing, meant to get rid of mould? Plus drying in very hot sunshine afterwards. It might be worth a try. Is it a particularly pretty bag which you don't want to part with?

If it is oilskin the spots should come off with a damp rag, maybe with a little washing up liquid. But I agree with the others, ditch it.

You have given me another idea for things to make out of the piles of old towels and sheets I am trying to recycle.

I keep my clothes pegs in an old ice-cream container as I had trouble with cloth bags.

It's always damp where I live. I keep pegs (steel ones called pincinox) in a basket so even if the pegs, and/or the basket get wet, all is exposed to moving air between times.

Using a carabina attached to the basket handle, I hang it on the line when I hanging washing.

I've given up on peg bags and now use a peg box, I currently have a really good strong Addis one.

It happened to me too, I just threw it

I use a small bucket. I stand it on a chair near the washing line when in use and am very careful to put it in the carport when not is use, even if it doesn't look like rain.

Well thank you for all your replies everyone. As you say, it’s not worth the effort. I will put it down to experience and just get a simple plastic peg container. ?

You could try Astonish Mould & Mildew Remover, it gets rid of mould in showers etc. Worth a try if your going to throw it out anyway. It's cheap.

How about a spray with Dettol mould and mildew cleaner that you can use on the shower afterwards.

No use to you I'm afraid, but we had a rarely used peg bag hanging on the washing line, and last year we noticed much coming and going of our resident robin. On checking the peg bag, we discovered her nest and four eggs! Plenty of more suitable local and natural places including several specially designed robin nestboxes to rear her brood, but she chose to use it anyway. After fledging, there was one "dud" egg remaining in the nest, so we assume that three chicks were successfully reared.

I attached a hanger to my ice cream box.

White vinegar kills some mould, could try that. I need to get a new peg bag/box, thanks for the reminder.

Talking of birds (love your Robin story Oldwolf) if you have a fledgling in danger in your garden, you can peg a box onto your washing line and pop them in there. I suffered agonies last year with a blackbird fledgling in my garden in the same spot for hours. I'd kept my cat in, but worried about the sparrowhawk/neighbour's cats.

Robins

When my last peg basket started disintegrating I re-purposed an old apron, with a large pocket, just as my Mother did. I was pleasantly surprised at how much easier it made hanging out the washing.

Lovely robin story .

I have a plastic peg bag with large drainage holes. It lives on the washing line (also attached by a carabiner), which irritates me, but is better than having the pegs on there, which my husband insisted on leaving out after bringing in the washing ?. This was an ongoing source of conflict, so rather than kill him dead I thought the plastic bucket thing was at least a compromise.

When my son went to nursery aged 3 we had to send in a pair or plimsolls in a bag. I made a black bag and attached a picture of Paddington Bear to the front, drawing up the top with an old bootlace.
I'm happy to say that son was 40 this year and the Paddington bag has been successfully holding pegs for about 36 years.

That's cute oldwolf .

My peg bag must be 30 years old. It's just a cotton one with a front pouch and a hanger to put on the line. I aways bring it indoors after use and it seems to go on and on.

Welshy

You could try Astonish Mould & Mildew Remover, it gets rid of mould in showers etc. Worth a try if your going to throw it out anyway. It's cheap.

Excellent product. I have only found it available at a discount store