STAIN

Meat juice, =w

Mildew

TO REMOVE

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 fabric cleaner. 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.

Mustard

Treat immediately. Scrape

off excess mustard. Sponge with a nonflam-

 

mable fabric cleaner 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 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.

 

Scorch

Soft drinks

Old stains: Apply white vinegar to stain. Rinse. Launder to remove vinegar odor.

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.

Sponge immediately with cold water and alcohol. Heat and detergent may set stain.

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