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Fabric Stain Removal Guide
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Listed below are helpful hints for removing common fabric stains. These helpful hints work on most fabrics. Frilly Frogs encourages that your test the method on a nonvisible area of the fabric to assure that the method will not damage your garment.
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1) Ball-Point Ink: Hairspray has never been so handy! Douse the stain with ordinary hairspray (nonfragrant) or rubbing alcohol. Then rub with a bar of soap. Rinse in cold water. Repeat if necessary.
2) Blood: Soak item in hydrogen peroxide. Launder as usual.
3) Candle Wax: Place folded paper towels on both sides of stained garment, press with warm iron until all wax is absorbed into towel. Remove any residue candle dye with rubbing alcohol.
4) Chocolate: Mix 2 quarts warm water with 1/2 cup water softener, agitate and launder as usual.
5) Coffee: Mix 2 quarts of warm water with 1/2 cup Borax, soak overnight. Launder as usual.
6) Fruit: Mix 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 tbsp. borax and 1/2 cup cool water. Apply the mixture to the stain and leave for 1 hour. Launder as usual.
7) Grass: Apply a little household ammonia and scrub with toothbrush. Add a little dish soap, agitate and rinse in cold water.
8) Grease: Rub waterless hand cleaner into the stain with your fingers or a toothbrush, rinse in cold water. Launder as usual.
9) Gum: Place item in freezer for an hour. Flick hardened gum off with finger. Remove any residue with rubbing alcohol. Launder as usual.
10) Hamburger Juice: Rub with waterless hand cleaner, rinse in warm water. Launder as usual.
11) Ketchup: Rub area with waterless hand cleaner, rinse in cold water. Launder as usual.
12) Lipstick: Douse well with hairspray and rub well with bar of soap. Launder as usual.
13) Makeup: Douse well with hairspray. Rub well with bar of soap and rinse in cold water. Launder as usual.
14) Mildew: Dampen stain with salt and lemon juice and let sit in sun, or apply a paste of borax and water. Launder as usual.
15) Motor Oil: As a pre-wash rub the area well with waterless hand cleaner and launder as usual.
16) Mud: Soak the stain in a solution of 2 cups warm water, 1/2 cup Borax and 1 cup baking soda for an hour or two. Launder as usual.
17) Mustard: Rub with waterless hand cleaner and rinse in cold water. OR apply rubbing alcohol. Launder as usual.
18) Pet Accident: Mix 1 cup hydrogen peroxide, 1 tsp. dish soap and 1 tbsp. baking soda. This should remove the stain as well as the odor. Launder as usual. This also works on some carpets.
19) Rust: Apply a paste of lemon juice and baking soda. Let sit for an hour, dry in sun.
20) Salad Dressing: Rub area well with waterless hand cleaner/. Rinse with cold water. Launder as usual.
21) Scorch: Place dry white face cloth under stain. Apply another white face cloth dampened with 3% hydrogen peroxide on top of stain. Press with medium heat iron. Repeat if necessary.
22) Spaghetti Sauce: Rub stain well with waterless hand cleaner and rinse in cold water. Launder as usual.
23) Tar: Place garment in the freezer for 2 hours. Chip off brittle excess. Mix 1 tbsp. butter and 2 tbsp. eucalyptus oil. Work well into stain. Rub with dish soap and rinse in warm water. If necessary rub with waterless hand cleaner, launder as usual.
24) Tea: Rub with waterless hand cleaner, rinse with cold water. Or soak in Borax solution. Launder as usual.
25) Wine-Red: Soak stain in a solution of 1 tbsp. borax and 2 cups of very warm water until stain disappears. Launder as usual. Best results with early treatment.
26) Wine-White: Dab area with white vinegar or club soda. Rinse well in cold water before laundering.
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