Stain Removal Guide for the Stains of Childhood
Hello ladies! We hope you find this informal stain removal guide helpful as you try to prepare your clothes to sell. Unfortunately, some of the stains your little ones make on their precious outfits may never come out no matter how hard you try. But don't fret too much because some stains may come out, so give it a whirl! Who knows, the stained outfit you thought was destined for the trash may be saved and become someone else's treasure.
For more on stain removal take a gander at www.chemistry.co.nz/stain_frame.htm or www.goclean.com/stainremovalguide.htm.
Chocolate
Use detergent and hot water and launder as usual. If coloring remains, use a diaper wash cleanser and warm water.
Discolored or Dingy Clothing
Instead of bleaching the items, try 2 cups of hydrogen peroxide (3% kind) and 1/2 the amount of detergent you would normally use.
Feces
Use Nature's Miracle, following the directions on the bottle. Blot. Rinse in plain water.
See if need to repeat. If not, wash as normal.
Formula
Try a 50/50 solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide and water. Soak for 30 minutes.
Launder as normal. Air dry. Repeat if needed.
Grass
Pretreat the stain with a stain spray or detergent. If stains remain, use some rubbing alcohol blotted onto stain.
Wash in hot water.
Magic Marker
Permanent that, but you can try to use the cheap foamy kind of shaving cream on the stain.
Wait for 30 minutes. Rinse with cold water.
Tomato Sauce
Sponge cold water onto stain. Pour glycerin over the stain and let sit for 30 minutes.
Rinse in chlorinated bleach and warm water.
Vomit
Sponge off with warm water and a little ammonia. Wash as normal.
Yellowing
Try a 50/50 solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide and water. Wash as normal. Air-dry. Repeat if necessary.
