How do you remove chewing gums from your clothes? How do you remove ball point ink stains? How do you get rid of stains from fruits (especially from mangosteens), including wine and tomato sauce?
Linda Sones, a grandmother and former nurse shares her experience in stain removal using some of the eco-friendly non-toxic methods. However, one important tip that she can’t stress enough is if you have treated a stain and put it through the wash, check if it’s working before you dry it. Once it has been dried it, will be almost impossible to remove.
For the removal of oil or fat stains, even tomato sauce if it is dry, try cornflour rubbed into the stain and left for about 20 minutes then brushed off with a soft cloth or brush. This may need several applications for a good result. Speed up the process if you wish by placing a paper towel above and below the treated stain and running a hot steam iron over it.
To remove chewing gum pour straight vinegar over it to saturate. This works even better if you heat the vinegar first. Another suggestion is to use basic hair shampoo (without inbuilt conditioner) on stains on washable materials, work it well into the fibres, but carefully if it’s delicate. Follow up with your usual wash.
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wanted to let you know that the link doesn’t work- thanks
The link is working already, betmo :)
thank you :) hubby is always staining his clothes and i hate using toxic chemicals to no avail. i do love white vinegar for a variety of uses. i will have to try the milk for pen stains :)
my mum used to know all sorts of stain removing concoctions when I was a kid, these days if something gets stained, I just buy a new one which is not very eco friendly but I do donate the stained items to the local charity shop.
I saw one nice (stained) shirt I had donated in the window the other day and the stain had been expertly removed! I nearly bought it back for the 50p it was marked at, much cheaper than dry cleaning :-)