I have a couple oily stains, from having sat on something, and now I have spots of red Gatorade on the front of them. I just bought a few pairs of Calvin Klein performance yoga pants and sweatpants so I'm freaking out on how to keep them looking more fresh than worn. A friend of mine said to fill a bucket with lukewarm water and some Awesome cleaner and soak the sweatpants for a minute or less and they should be as good as new. Will this process damage the material let alone the sweatpants altogether?
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Some people do swear by Awesome cleaner, but be careful using it if the items are mostly rayon as it can weaken the fibers.
For the all of the stains, you may have better luck soaking the items in a bucket of cold water with 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/2 cup peroxide, 1 cup warm water (shake this up in a clean glass jar then add it to the bucket of COLD water--the warm water is to dissolve the baking soda).
BEFORE you pour it all into the bucket--rub some of the mix into each stain, THEN add the rest to the bucket and swish.
You may need to repeat this several times.
If that does not work on the Gatorade stain, you can FIRST rub regular blue Dawn dish soap into that stain, THEN soak in the mix above (which is an home made oxi clean solution).
Last thing to try is if none of this works, see if you can found Zout cleaner at Walmart. It is very expensive, but it works well on tough stains. Follow the instructions on the bottle to soak/wash your items.
Hope you find success with one of these methods!
Blue Dawn removes many stains. You can also use Stain Stick along with it.
Oxyclean is the best!!!!
Believe it or not Lysol will clean so many stains it is amazing. You can put some on the stain and rub it in. Another great stain remover you can make on your own is baking soda and peroxide.
For hard to remove stains on all my clothes, I use a product that you buy in the laundry aisle called, Calgon, and I mix a lid full of that mixed with a half cup of white vinegar to my laundry detergent and throw it in the wash and they come out very clean and stain free.
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