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.Laundry Tips
STAIN
Deodorants
and anti-
perspirants
Fat, grease
or oil
Fruit stains
Grass or
green
vegetables
TO REMOVE
Light stain: Treat with liquid detergent or your regular laundry detergent.
Wash in hottest water safe for fabric.
Heavy stain: Place face down on towel and treat with a paste of ammonia
and all-fabric bleach. Let stand for 30 minutes. Wash in hottest water safe
for fabric.
Items soiled with vegetable or cooking oil should not be washed or dried.
See vegetable/cooking oil Warning on page 3. For other types of greasy
stains, use one of the methods below:
• Use pretreatment stain remover. Follow label directions. Wash in hottest
water safe for fabric.
• Use talcum powder to absorb as much grease as possible. Sponge with a
nonflammable fabric cleaner. Rinse. Wash.
• Treat with liquiddetergent or rub a detergent paste on the stain. Wash
using hottest water safe for fabric.
Fresh stains: Soak immediately in cool water. Wash. If stain remains, cover
area with a paste made of all-fabric bleach, a few drops of hot water and a
few drops of ammonia. Wait 15 to 30 minutes. Wash.
Old stains: Sponge with white vinegar. Rinse. Repeat procedure for fresh
stains.
Soak in warm or cold water with an enzyme presoak for at least 30 minutes,
or sponge with denatured alcohol. Wash in water temperature and bleach
safe for the fabric. For colored fabrics, check colorfastness before applying
alcohol. For acetate, sponge with a nonflammable fabric cleaner. If stain
remains, bleach with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Rinse. Rewash.
Ink or Spray stain with an aerosol hair spray or rubbing alcohol. Sponge stain
ballpoint continuously until all bleeding stops. Let dry. Repeat if necessary. Wash. If
pen ink stain remains, bleach if safe for fabric. (India and other indelible inks are
almost impossible to remove completely.)
Iron or rust Colored or noncolorfast items: Apply lemon juice and salt. Place in the
sun to dry. Rinse thoroughly. Repeat if necessary.
White or colorfast items: Try a rust remover. Test first on inside seam or
hem. Some rust removers are not washer safe. Follow package directions.
Ketchup or Sponge immediately with a nonflammable fabric cleaner or apply a prewash
tomato soil and stain remover. Rinse. Wash. If stain remains, apply a liquid deter-
products gent to stain or soak in warm water with an enzyme presoak. Rewash.
Lipstick Apply nonflammable fabric cleaner or prewash soil and stain remover. Blot
with absorbent material. Repeat if necessary. Rinse. Ifstain still remains, rub
with liquid detergent. Wash.
Meat juice, Scrape off excess with a dull knife. Soak in cold or warm water with enzyme
egg presoak at least 30 minutes, or treat stains with a nonflammable fabric
cleaner. Wash.
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