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Cream, Ice Cream or Milk
Sponge stain with cool water or soak stain in cool water
for 30 minutes or longer. If stain remains, work a deter-
gent into spot then rinse. Bleach if necessary.
Deodorants and Antiperspirant
Wash or sponge stain thoroughly with warm water and
detergent; rinse. If stain remains, bleach with hot sudsy
water. Launder. You may be able to restore fabric color
by sponging with ammonia. Rinse thoroughly.
Dye
Rinse or soak in cold water. Work detergent into stain.
Rinse. If necessary, bleach. Stain is not always possible
to remove. A commercial color remover may also be
used.
Egg or Meat Juice
Rinse in cold water. If stain remains, sprinkle with meat
tenderizer - let stand 15 to 20 minutes. If stain still
remains, sponge with cleaning fluid or diluted bleach.
Launder in hot water. The use of hot water first may set
stain.
Fabric Softener Stain
Rub with bar soap until stain has lightened. Rinse
thoroughly. Launder. Rubbing alcohol is sometimes
effective if the color of the garment can take it. Launder.
If desired, dry cleaning can be used.
Felt Tip Pen
Spray spot with cleaners suitable to this purpose. Sponge
stain thoroughly. Rinse with cold water. Reapply cleaner
if necessary.
Fruit, Wine
Soak fresh stains immediately with cool water. Then use
bleach treatment with hottest water safe for fabrics, pour
boiling water through spot from a height of 1 to 3 feet.
Launder.
Grass
Work detergent into stain. Sponge with denatured
alcohol. Bleach, if necessary.
Grease or Oil
Scrape away excess. Rub detergent paste or a general
purpose liquid house hold cleaner into stain, rinse with
hot water. If stain remains, sponge thoroughly with a
grease solvent. Dry. Repeat if necessary. To remove
Yellow stain, use a chlorine or oxygen bleach.
Ink, Ball-Point
Some ball-point inks are set by water. First test a scrap of
cloth. Sponge stain repeatedly with acetone, amyl acetate
or rubbing alcohol. Hair spray is effective. Launder.
Bleach if necessary. Use amyl acetate on triacetate, arnel,
dynel and verel. Use acetone on other fabrics.
NOTE: Some inks cannot be removed.
Ketchup
Scrape of excess. Soak in cold water 30 minutes. Pre-
treat with a detergent paste. Launder.
Mildew
Brush off surface growth to keep mold spores from
spreading. Dip article into solution of ½ cup bleach per 1
gallon of cool sudsy water for 5 to 10 minutes. Rinse
well. Launder.
Mud
Let stain dry; then brush well. Rinse repeatedly in cool
water until mud comes out. Launder.
Note: Hot soap suds set a red or yellow clay stain.
Mustard
Soak in hot detergent water for several hours. If stain
remains, bleach.
Nail Polish
Treat while fresh, scraping or wiping off as much as
possible, before it dries. Place stain face down on white
paper towels. Sponge back of stain acetone (nail polish
remover) or sponge with denatured alcohol and a few
drops of household ammonia. Sponge stain frequently.
Launder with water at temperature suitable for fabric.
Note: Do not use acetone on acetate, arnel, dynel or
rayon.
Paint
Sponge or soak in turpentine or solvent recommended as
a thinner on label. Launder.
Perfume
Rinse in cold water. Rub undiluted liquid detergent or a
detergent paste into stain. Rinse. If stain remains, bleach.
Perspiration
Wash or sponge stain thoroughly with warm water and
detergent paste. If perspiration has changed the color of
the fabric, restore it by treating with ammonia or vinegar.
Apply ammonia to fresh stains; rinse with water. Apply
vinegar to old stains; rinse with water.
Rust and Iron
Apply commercial rust remover, according to manufac-
turer's directions. Rinse. Or, if safe for fabric, boil stained
article in solution of 4 teaspoons of cream of tartar to 1
pint water.
Scorch
Rinse or soak in cold water. Work detergent into stain.
Rinse. Bleach, if necessary. Stain may be impossible to
remove.
Shoe Polish
Scrape off as much as possible. Pre-treat with a detergent
paste; rinse. If stain persists, sponge with rubbing alcohol
(1 part to 2 parts water) or turpentine. Remove turpentine
by sponging again with warm detergent solution or with
alcohol. Bleach if necessary.
Soft Drinks
Sponge with cold water, some stains are invisible when
they have dried, but turn brown when heated and may be
impossible to remove.
Tar and Asphalt
Act quickly before stain is dry. Sponge with grease
solvent or turpentine. Launder.
Urine
Soak in cool water. If stain is dry, work a detergent paste
into the spot then rinse. If necessary, bleach.
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