Spilled wine on the tablecloth? Dropped sauce on your dress? Was the child playing in the grass? Woman’s Day will tell you how to remove even the most stubborn dirt and return things to their original appearance.
Old stains
Wipe old stains with a solution of ammonia (1 tsp for 1 glass of water). The second stage is to wipe the thing with a borax solution (1 tsp for 1 glass of water). And only then wash the fabric in warm water.
Old stains can be removed from thin silk fabrics with a mixture of 1 tsp. potato starch, 1 tsp. white clay and 5-6 drops of ammonia and turpentine. Treat the fabric and let it dry, then brush thoroughly with a soft brush without damaging the fibers of the fabric. If a yellow spot remains, you can remove it with a non-concentrated solution of hydrogen peroxide.
Fat
Cover stains from canned food in oil, vegetable oil or lard with chalk or talcum powder on both sides of the fabric. Cover both sides with paper and place something heavy on top. After 24 hours, shake off the powder and brush the stained area with a brush.
Grease stains can be removed well with gasoline, turpentine, acetone or their mixture (in equal parts). Another recipe: 1 part gasoline, 70 parts denatured alcohol and 4 parts ammonia. Gasoline can be replaced with turpentine. Clean with gasoline on a dry cloth.
Fish oil stains can be removed with a mild vinegar solution.
Dried grease stains Lubricate with butter before cleaning with gasoline. You can cover the edges of the stain with dry potato flour, and after removing the stain, peel it off.
Stuck places on woolen and silk fabrics, wipe it with a woolen cloth dipped in gasoline, acetone, ammonia, denatured alcohol or a mixture of these (in equal parts). Remove excess liquid with tissue paper. If there are traces, wipe with a solution of 1 tsp. ammonia in half a glass of water.
Oil stains
The oil paint stain can be removed with a 1: 1 solution of gasoline and acetone. We moisten the stain with a solution and leave for half an hour. After that, we wipe the stain with a rag moistened with the same solution.
An oil stain on a white cloth can be cleaned with a special paste – mix equal parts chalk, turpentine and ammonia. Apply the paste to the stain and let it sit for 3 hours, then gently remove it. The last step is to wipe this place with a cotton swab dipped in gasoline or acetone.
Hands stained with oil paint can be easily washed with vegetable oil. Rub a little oil into the skin and then wash it off with warm water.
Food
Eggs. If you put a stain with a raw egg, in no case do not wash the fabric in hot water: the egg will “boil” and the yellowness will no longer be removed from the fabric. We wash clothes in cold water, then with a cotton pad moistened with water with the addition of vinegar, we wipe the place of contamination and only after that we wash the thing in hot water.
Sauce stains easy to remove if moistened with glycerin heated to 35-40 degrees. Leave for 20 minutes and rinse with warm water.
Tomato stains wipe with a 10% solution of oxalic acid, then rinse with water.
Remove stains from chocolate you can use highly salted water. If the stains are old, first we wipe with a solution of ammonia, and only after that we rinse off with salt water. Then you should rinse the thing in cold water.
Stains from tea are removed with a mixture of 4 parts of glycerin and 1 part of ammonia. It is better to remove it from a white cloth with a solution of oxalic acid (½ teaspoon per glass of water) or a solution of hyposulfite (1 teaspoon per ½ glass of water). We wash the thing in soapy water with the addition of ammonia – 2 tsp. for 1 liter of water.
Tea stains on white fabric can be removed with hydrogen peroxide or a few drops of lemon juice, after which the item can be washed and rinsed in warm water.
Fresh coffee stain clean with a brush dipped in warm water. We wash the thing in a warm soapy solution with the addition of soda ash at the rate of 1 tsp. for 1 liter of water. Rinse in cold water.
Coffee and cocoa stains removed with ammonia diluted with water 1: 2. If the stain is on silk, moisten it with heated glycerin and leave it for 5-10 minutes, then rinse it in warm boiled water.
Another way to remove coffee stains is with hydrogen peroxide.
Red wine. Try to remove the stain as soon as possible. To do this, use boiling water. Stretch a cloth over a sink or saucepan and pour boiling water directly over the stain. It will quickly disappear.
However, not all fabrics can withstand exposure to excessively hot water. In this case, use table salt. Sprinkle it over the stain and shake it off after 20 minutes. After that, soak the item in warm water for 10 minutes, and then wash it as usual.
The same methods are suitable for removing stains from fruits and berries. Plus a few more.
Stains on cotton, linen, silk and woolen fabrics of various colors can be removed by rinsing in hot water, hot milk or whey. We soak the thing with the stain in the liquid for several minutes, then wash it with soap and water.
Wipe old stains with a mixture of 1 part citric acid and 10 parts wine alcohol. An aqueous solution of citric acid (1 teaspoon per glass of water) is also suitable. We dip the fabric with the stain into this solution for a few minutes, and then rinse it – first with warm water, then with cold water.
Stains from woolen and silk fabrics of light and dark colors are removed with glycerin mixed with wine alcohol (in equal parts). This composition should be smeared with a brush or cotton swab and left for several hours. Then wipe with a cloth and rinse with water.
Fruit juice stains can be removed with a 1: 1 solution of glycerin and vodka. Another option is to try holding the cloth over a bowl of boiling water and rubbing the stain with vinegar.
To delete beer and white wine stains from white cotton and linen fabrics, add a little denatured alcohol when washing with soap and soda. If the item cannot be washed, wipe the stain with denatured alcohol or mix 1 part glycerin, 3 parts vodka and 1 part ammonia.
There is another way to remove wine and beer stains from cotton clothes – rub them with lemon and let them sit in the sun for a while. Then rinse.
If it stuck to your clothes chewing gum, put the item in the freezer for several hours. The gum will freeze and can be easily removed from the fabric.
Ink
To remove a fresh ink stain, use ammonia or baking soda dissolved in water. Another way is a solution of oxalic or citric acid (10 ml per 1 glass of water). Apply to the stain, and then rinse the product in clean water.
To remove old ink stains on a white cloth, a solution of 1 cup of water, bleach and technical soda (3: 2) will do. The solution must settle. Pour it into a clean container and use it as a stain remover.
Blood
Fresh blood stains are best removed with cold water, then wash the item with warm water and soap.
If the stains are already dry, soak the cloth for 2-3 hours in cold water and ammonia. Then wipe the stain with a borax solution (1 teaspoon for 1 cup of warm water). We rinse the thing, and if there are traces, we wipe it with a solution of hydrogen peroxide heated to 60 degrees.
Fine cotton items can be peeled with potato starch diluted in cold water. We apply the solution to the stain, after drying, shake off the starch and wash the thing in the washing machine.
Sweat
A solution of table salt at the rate of 1 tsp will help get rid of sweat stains on linen and silk fabrics. in a glass of water.
To remove sweat stains from white cotton fabrics, dilute 1 tsp in 1 glass of water. table salt and ammonia. Be sure to rinse the item well after processing.
For woolen fabrics, it is better to dilute 1 tsp in a glass of water. citric or acetic acid.
Rust
Wrap a piece of lemon in cheesecloth and press it to the stain with a hot iron.
Lemon can be replaced with a hot (80-90 degrees) solution of acetic acid (2 tablespoons per glass of water). For 5 minutes, lower the fabric into the solution, and then rinse it in warm water with the addition of 10% ammonia at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. for 1 liter.
Iron stains
The tan marks can be removed by moistening the stain with lemon juice and sprinkling with powdered sugar. We leave it to dry, and then wash it in cold water.
Moisten the tan with cold water and sprinkle with fine table salt. The garment should dry, preferably in the sun. The last step is to rinse the product in cold water.
Wipe the iron stain with a cut of a raw onion. Treat immediately with soapy water or a delicate detergent. Rinse the item in cool water. If the fabric has changed color, dampen the spot where the burn was with a solution of water and vinegar.
If the marks appear on the silk, you can use a slurry of baking soda and water to apply to the stain. Once dry, brush off the remaining baking soda with a brush.
Grass
To remove fresh green stains from cotton, linen and silk fabrics, add salt (1 tablespoon per glass of water) to hot water and wash in this solution.
Herbal stains can be removed from white fabrics with a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide with the addition of ammonia.
Iodine
You will need potato starch. Apply it to the water-dampened stain. When it turns dark blue, it can be easily washed off with a stream of cold water.
To remove iodine, you can wipe the stain with a cotton-gauze swab dipped in acetone. Then wash as usual.
A longer way is to cover the stain with baking soda, pour over 9% vinegar on top and leave for 10-12 hours. Rinse.
Cosmetics
Cosmetic stains on white fabrics are removed with ammonia, followed by rinsing with water. If there are traces after washing, wipe with a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide (1 tsp per glass of water), and then rinse with water. This method is not suitable for silk.
Small stains on dyed woolen and silk fabrics can be removed by wiping with heated glycerin.
Stains from cosmetics containing fats from woolen and silk fabrics are removed with acetone, denatured alcohol, gasoline or their mixture (in equal parts).
Mold
We wash stains from mold on white fabrics to be washed with soap or powder, then bleach with hydrogen peroxide (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water) or ammonia (1 tsp per glass of water). Remove stains from wool and silk with turpentine.
To remove particularly persistent stains from soot and grime, moisten them with turpentine before washing.
Stains from stearin, paraffin, wax we also remove with gasoline or turpentine, after carefully scraping off the stain.
If the stain is fresh, cover it from the face and inside of the fabric with newsprint and iron it with a not very hot iron. Wipe the remaining traces of stains with denatured alcohol.
Stains from manganese from a white cloth can be removed with a solution of oxalic acid (1 teaspoon for 0,5 cups of water), then rinse the cloth with hot and then warm water.
The stain from potassium permanganate will disappear if the contaminated place is soaked in yogurt for 3-4 hours, then the thing is washed.
Spilled on polished furniture green? Blot the stain, and then rub off the residue with a regular school pencil eraser.
Sometimes, during washing or drying, stains from contact with wet colored things. It is very difficult to remove them, especially the red and yellow ones. Use citric or oxalic acid: dissolve 10-30 g of acid in a glass of hot water. Wipe the stains with this solution and rinse in warm water 2-3 times. For the last rinse, add a few drops of ammonia to the water.
If white things are stained, use hydrogen peroxide (2 tsp per glass of water) or hydrosulfite (10 g per glass of hot water).
Stains on faux leather products can not be removed with alcohol, gasoline, acetone, but only with warm soapy water.