Stain Removal Tips Easy General Stain Removal Ideas

Blood Cold Water –Rinse thoroughly, as soon as possible, rub carefully Hydrogen peroxide –BLOT with towel, cotton ball, or paper towel, re-saturate and repeat.

Ink Spray ultra-hold hairspray on the stain, let it dry, then wash like normal

Wax Place layers of paper towel underneath wax area. Lay a brown paper bag over the top of the wax stain. Iron with hot iron. Keep moving the stain around on the paper towels. Once the wax is removed, use stain removing spray to get the color stain out if wax was colored

Oily Food Stains To remove salad dressing and other oily stains from clothing, especially that which contains some polyester, is Dawn dishwashing detergent. Squeeze a little onto the spot, rub lightly, and wash as usual.

Mildew 1/8 cup of vinegar mixed with milk. Pour directly on mildewed area. Launder in regular manner.

Mustard Carefully scrape excess mustard from the fabric, do not spread the stain any further. Allow the area to air dry. Mix together 3 parts dishwashing liquid, 2 parts lemon juice Soak the stained area in this solution for minutes. –NOTE: On occasion the mustard stain will turn very dark, but DON'T PANIC - it will wash out! After the soak time, rinse in water as hot as is suitable for the fabric, then wash as usual, preferably with a liquid laundry detergent. This treatment may require repeating.

Natural Stain Removers Lemon Juice Lemon Juice and Salt Cream of Tartar

Lemon Juice Suitable for light stains on delicate fabrics. Spread stain over a bowl of boiling water and sprinkle with lemon juice. After a few minutes, rinse well and repeat if necessary

Lemon Juice and Salt Sprinkle stain with salt, rub with lemon juice and place in sunlight. Keep moist with lemon juice till stain goes. Rinse well.

Cream of Tartar For extensive staining, boil in a liquid made from 4 tsp. cream of tartar in 2 ½ cups of water. Rinse well OR if less extensive, dampen stain, spread with cream of tartar, hold in steam from boiling kettle. Rinse immediately once stain goes. Do not use on fabrics that cannot be washed in hot water