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- Stains
can only get off when it is fresh. Always use 1/2 cup of white
distilled vinegar to water before washing clothes to clear these types
of difficulties. Always separate white colored clothes while washing.
- Use hot
water for washing white clothes and linens.
- Use warm
water for jeans and denims.
- Use cold
water for delicate cloths such as inner wears.
- Before
washing makes clothes inside out and finally check the pockets.
- Vinegar,
borax, lemon juice, petroleum jelly and Epsom salts are popular choices as
remedies.
- Curry Stains on clothes - dab with detergent
solution and soak in hydrogen peroxide.
-
Crayon stains - dab with spirit and wash. Remove excess crayon
powder on the cloth before dabbing.
-
Cooking fat stains - spread bicarbonate soda and leaves for 30mins
and wash.
- Gum or adhesive material - dab with nail polish remover.
- Coffee or tea stains - soak in a solution of one part of vinegar and
2 parts of water or soak in the borax solution.
- Chewing gum on cloth - freeze the cloth chewing gum will become hard
then break it.
- Chocolate stains - soak in borax solution for 1 hour and wash.
- Wax stain - keep a paper under the stain and use the hot iron box.
- Blood stains - soak in salt water, when blood stains are wet.
-
Bird droppings - scrape the excess droppings on cloth and dab
with borax then wash with the detergent solution. If still exists, try chlorine
bleach or Hydrogen peroxide.
Juice stains- rinse in cold water and soak in the borax solution.
- Ink stains - dab spirit using white cloth or soak in warm milk and wash.
- Fruit stains- If fresh fruit, soak in borax solution for 20mins
and cover with salt then wash. If dry fruit, damp with lemon juice and wash
with hot water.
- Grease stains – These stains will easily go off by
brushing with corn starch or baby powder.Also you can dab with spirit and wash.
- Lipstick stains- Rub with soap or detergent.dab
with spirit and wash.
- Paint stains - dab with white spirit and
wash.
- Red wine stains- use soda water to wash.
- Rust stain - damp with lemon water
leave for 15mins and wash.
- Shoe polish - dab with white spirit and wash.
- Dirt stains on the collar - brush with shampoo and wash. Shampoo is good for
dissolving body oils.
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