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TO REMOVE
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 detergent
products
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. If stain 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.
Mildew
Mustard
Paint
Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If stain remains, soak in warm water and
an all-fabric bleach for 15 to 30 minutes. Rewash. (Old mildew stains are
almost impossible to remove. Mildew fungus destroys or weakens fabrics.)
An alternative to bleach is to treat with salt and lemon juice and dry in direct
sunlight. Rinse and rewash. Mildew may form if wet or damp laundry remains in
your washer for extended periods of time. To prevent mildew, promptly dry
laundry after washing.
Treat immediately. Scrape off excess mustard. Sponge with a nonflammable
fabric cleaner or a prewash soil and stain remover. Rinse. Work liquid deter-
gent and a few drops of vinegar into stain. Rinse. If stain remains, apply 3%
hydrogen peroxide. Rinse and wash.
Hand wash paint-stained items.
Water base:
Treat stains while still wet. (These paints cannot be removed after
they have dried.) Rinse in warm water to flush out paint. Sponge with a
nonflammable fabric cleaner. Rinse. Wash.
Oil base:
Scrape off fresh paint. Sponge with a nonflammable fabric cleaner or
treat stain with recommended thinner. While stain is still wet with solvent, rub
liquid detergent into it. Wash with hottest water safe for fabric.
Perspiration
Remove stains before ironing. Perspiration stains may weaken fabric. Wash or
sponge stain thoroughly with detergent and warm water. If perspiration has
changed the color of the fabric, use one of the following treatments:
Fresh stains:
Apply ammonia to stain. Rinse. Launder to remove ammonia
odor.
Old stains:
Apply white vinegar to stain. Rinse. Launder to remove vinegar
odor.
Scorch
Severe scorch cannot be removed. Wet stain with 3% hydrogen peroxide.
Cover with a dry cloth and press with an iron as hot as is safe for fabric. Rinse
well. Wash.
OR
Wet with lemon juice and spread in the sun to dry. Wash.
Soft drinks
Sponge immediately with cold water and alcohol. Heat and detergent may set
stain.
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