Stain

Materials Needed

Instructions

Permanent Marker

• Rubbing Alcohol

• Bleach

• You can try to remove permanent marker stains by rinsing the stains with cold water until the water runs clear.

• Place the fabric on a paper towel, then saturate the stains with rubbing alcohol, using a cotton ball as a blotter.

• Change paper towels as necessary as it absorbs the color. Wash the garment in the hottest water possible for the fabric, adding bleach (color-safe for colored fabrics), then rinse in warm water.

• Unfortunately, permanent marker is called permanent for a reason and cannot always be removed.

Blood

• Warm Water

• Liquid Dishwashing Detergent

• Ammonia

• Soak for 15 minutes in mixture of one quart lukewarm water, one-half teaspoon liquid hand dishwashing detergent and one tablespoon ammonia.

• Rub gently from back to loosen stain.

• Soak another 15 minutes in above mixture. Rinse.

• Soak in enzyme product for at least 30 minutes. Soak aged stains for several hours.

• Launder.

• If color stain remains, launder, using chlorine bleach if safe for fabric, or with oxygen bleach

Ink

• Hairspray

• Hair spray is a great ink stain removal tool for clothing.

• Simply spray the hair spray onto the stained area—make sure you’re generous so the spray penetrates the fabric—and let it sit for a few minutes.

• Throw the clothing item into the wash straight away and the ink should be removed when the washing cycle is done

Makeup

• Shampoo

• Liquid Dishwashing Detergent

• To remove makeup stains, rub shampoo or dish detergent (preferably a grease cutting formula), or shampoo into the stain.

• You could also try spraying with hairspray or using a non-oily makeup remover to remove the stain.

• Then, launder as usual.

Cooking Oil

• Liquid Dishwashing Detergent

• Crisco

• The most effective way to remove grease stains from laundry is to treat the stain with a dishwashing detergent that is formulated to remove grease.

• Rub it into the stain, let sit for a few minutes, then wash as usual.

• Waterless mechanic's soap (from an auto-parts store) is also very effective at cutting grease. Grease is very effective at removing grease, so you could also rub Crisco into the stain, then launder.

Glue

• Cotton Swab

• Lighter Fluid

• To remove glue from clothing wet a cotton swab with lighter fluid and rub it lightly over the glue until it is loosened and comes off.

• Be sure to try this on a non-visible area first to ensure the color fastness of your garment.

Rust

• Cream of Tartar

• Hot Water

• Lemon Juice

• Salt

• To remove rust from clothes, you can cover the stain with cream of tartar (gathering up the edges of the item to keep the powder on the spot), then dip the spot in hot water.

• Let stand 5 minutes, then wash as usual. If the item is white, you could also apply lemon juice to the stain, rub with salt, and let it bleach in the sun.

Egg

• Salt

• To remove an egg stain, cover the area with salt and let sit an hour before washing.

Crayon

• Non-Gel Toothpaste

• To remove crayon stains from clothing, first you need to scrape the stain with a butter knife to ensure that as much crayon is removed as possible.

• Then, if you scrub it with a non-gel toothpaste it should remove the stain. Wash as usual after the treatment.

• You could also try soaking it with a purchased pre-treatment solution before washing if the toothpaste doesn’t do the trick.

Lipstick

• Non-Gel Toothpaste

• You can get rid of lipstick stains by applying some non-gel toothpaste to the mark. Rub the toothpaste well into the garment, then wash as usual.

Ketchup

• Warm Water

• Dry Cleaning Solvent

• To remove a ketchup stain, soak fresh stain in cool water. Wash in warm suds. Rinse. If a greasy residue remains after washing, sponge or soak in dry-cleaning solvent.

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Tomato

• Enzyme Pre-Soak

• To remove a tomato stain, try using an enzyme pre-soak spray. An enzyme pre-soak product is a stain remover that contains an enzyme which digest the stain in the same way that your body digests food.

• Or you may want to wash is using homemade food enzyme too. :-)

Chewing Gum

• To take chewing gum off clothes, place the item of clothing in a plastic bag, then freeze it for about an hour.

• Take the clothing out of the freezer, then bend the fabric across the stain to crack the gum. Chip off the pieces with a dull knife.