Laundry Tips
First of all, if the stain does not come out, DO NOT place it in the dryer or the stain will set. For a 2nd attempt, try one of the suggestions below.
- Any stain on white clothes: the clorox bleach pen is great!
- Chocolate Stains: Wash as soon as you can from the time of the chocolate spill. Even if you did not, pour milk directly on the stain a few minutes before putting it in the wash.
- Blood on Clothes: Pour hydrogen peroxide on blood and rinse with cold water. If some blood remains, repeat.
- Grease Stains: Sprinkle a generous amount of cornstarch or baby powder over the grease stain, allow it to sit for a couple of minutes, then brush the powder off. The powder absorbs the grease and it brushes off with the powder. Alternatively, see the tip below for Spaghetti.
- Spaghetti Stains: Wet the fabric and then sprinkle with powdered dish detergent. Scrub gently with a toothbrush. Rinse the item and launder normally.
- Glitter on Clothing: Spray with aerosol hair spray to make it stay put. Wash separately from other clothes, or at least wash it inside out if you must wash with other articles of clothing.
- Ink Stains: The best way I have found to get out ink stains is to put rubbing alcohol on the stain - it disappears! This must be done before washing.
- Bleeding of Colors: Your red shirt got mixed in with other clothes and ruined them? First off, DON'T DRY THEM! Wash again with regular detergent and color-safe bleach. If that didn't work, Rit®, the makers of clothes dye, makes a color remover that works wonders and doesn't cost much. To prevent bleeding in the first place, wash in cold water; I also use a cup of salt OR a scoop of Oxi Clean® with every load.