Whirlpool RAM5243A warranty To Remove, Hand wash paint-stained Items, Fabric. Wash or, Peroxide

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Mildew

Mustard

TO REMOVE

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Colored or noncolorfast ftems: Apply lemon juice and salt. Place in the sun to dry. Rinse thoroughly. Repeat if necessary.

Whtte or colorfast Items: Try a rust remover. Test first on inside seam or hem. Some rust removers are not washer safe. Follow package directions.

Sponge immediately with a nonflammable dry deaning solvent or apply a prewash soil and stain remover. Rinse. Wash. If stain remains, apply a liquid detergent to stain or soak in warm water with an enzyme presoak. Rewash.

Apply nonflammable dry cleaning solvent or prewash soil and stain remover. Blot with absorbent material. Repeat if necessary. Rinse. If stain still remains, rub with liquid detergent. Wash.

Scrape off excess with a dull knife. Soak in cold or warm water with enzyme presoak at least 30 minutes, or treat stains with a nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash.

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 dry cleaning solvent or a prewash soil and stain remover. Rinse. Work liquid detergent and a few drops of vinegar into stain. Rinse. If stain remains, apply 3% hydrogen peroxide. Rinse and wash.

Paint

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 dry cleaning solvent. Rinse. Wash.

 

 

011base: Scrape off fresh paint. Sponge with a nonflammable dry cleaning

 

solvent 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 stalns: 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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