10 Stain Removal Tips For All Laundry
Wednesday August 13, 2008
You have a stain. Depending on how much you love the outfit, it can feel like the end of the world. Before you rush to figure out all the pieces of a stain removal process, review these 10 general stain removal tips.
Comments
My husbands tee shirts are a dissaster. I bought a front load machine and the tees never come white anymore. I have tried washing sada, Borax. proxide & bleach. Any other suggestions?
Thank you,
Anne Ierardi
Do you know why they aren’t coming clean? Perhaps it is the quality of your water? On top of your normal detergent, try a little salt and lemon juice which may help the yellowing. You may want to also try oxi-clean. If the combatant is is excess body oils that have caused yellowing due to not enough water pentrating them during the wash cycle, you may want to spray an enzyme cleaner on them as a pre-laundry treatment. Enzyme cleaners actually “eat” organic stains like blood, urine and body oils. They wrok great for grass and dirt stains as well. You may want to try the stain gobbler sold at The Clean Team Catalog Co. It works great for those sort of stains and is safe for most fabric. The bleach too, could be your culprit. Some whie fabricas actually yellow from bleach. Make sure the tags specify the use of bleach being OK. Great advances have been made making effective color safe bleaches so that would be a great place to start. I hope this helps.