"Removing stain"
Stubborn stains may not be removed by just water and detergent. It is therefore advisable to treat them prior to washing.
- Blood : treat fresh stains with cold water. For dried stains, soak overnight in water with a special detergent then rub in the soap and water.
- Oil based paint : moisten with benzine stains remover, lay the garment on a soft cloth and dab the stains; treat several times.
- Dried grease stains : moisten with turpentine, lay the garment on a soft surface and dab the stains with the fingertips and a cotton cloth.
- Rust : oxalic acid dissolved in hot water or a rust removing product used cold. Be careful with rust stains which are not recent since the cellulose structure will already have been damaged and the fabric tends to hole.
- Mould stain : treat with bleach, rinse well (whites and fast coloureds only)
- Grass : soap lightly and treat with bleach (whites and fast coloureds only)
- Ball point pen and glue : moisten with acetone(*), lay the garment on a soft cloth and dab the stains.
- Lipstick : moisten with acetone as above, then treat stains with methylated spirits. Remove any residual marks from fabrics with bleach.
- Red wine : soak in water and detergent, rinse and treat with acetic or citric acid, then rinse. Treat any residual marks with bleach.
- Ink : depending on a type of ink, moisten the fabric first with acetone (*), then with acetic acid; treat any residual marks on white fabrics with bleach and then rinse thoroughly.
- Tar stains : first treat with stain remover, methlyated spirits or benzine, then rub with detergent paste.
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