Bad stain on white clothes? Don't throw the item away. If you have stains from blood, fruit (such as blueberries) wine, coffee, mustard even barbecue sauce, pre-soak item in very hot water with laundry soap for 10 minutes then launder as usual. Check garment for any stains before placing in dryer. If stain remains or if stain has dried on soak item as stated above and the pour 3% hydrogen peroxide directly on stain.
Source: Part of this tip are from 1996 Edition of consumer report book "How to Clean Practically Anything." The tip on peroxide is a old home remedy.
By Shelly from Minneapolis, MN
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
So I have this white lace shirt, but my sister didn't read the directions. It said 'hang dry', so it dried with my other clothes and now it's white with big spot of pink.
I used Oxi-Clean the stain remover one and it barely takes out the stains, what should I do?Fill a 5 gallon pail with very hot tap water. Add 2 T each hydrogen peroxide and powdered dishwasher detergent. Soak overnight and machine wash in the morning. This got rid of pink dye on my daughters white cotton tank top.
Use a laundry bleach pen on the spot to remove or launder with bleach in washer if top is all white.
My off white trousers have a red colour stain. How can we remove it?
Please help.
Soak in cold water with a teaspoon with dish soap and 1/2 cup of vinegar for 1 hour.
If that doesn't work then use a paste of baking soda and water to pre-treat the spot then leave sit overnight then wash.
How can I remove a turmeric stain from white clothes?
By John Chirayil from Chicago, IL
Try soaking the article of clothing in some warm water and a scoop of oxygen cleaner.
Try putting some peroxide on the area, wait a few minutes, then was it as usual.
Yes, I have gotten this stuff on my fingers & counter top & clothes. An alkaline cleaner gets it out. Try some cleanser without bleach or chlorine. Let it sit on it, I'd wet it really well first. Lye, which they use for drain cleaners, is sodium hydroxide. I have had the chemical in the house for years for a lot of reasons. I mix it with water & dissolve. Then I can pour it on lots of things; on stainless steel, acid foods & whatever, leaves dark kind of stains.
How do I remove stains from a white top?
By Wendy
An oxyclean bleach pen would work. Any one those special house hold stain removers would work. what kind of stain is it, and how long has it been sitting in the fabric?
