Stain Removal Guide - Electrolux EFLW417SIW Use And Care Manual

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Stain Removal Guide

Stain Removal Suggestions
STAIN
Adhesive tape, chewing
gum, rubber cement
Baby formula, dairy
products, egg
Beverages (coff ee, tea,
soda, juice, alcoholic
beverages)
Blood
Candle wax, crayon
Chocolate
Collar or cuff soil,
cosmetics
Dye transfer on white
fabric
Grass
Grease, oil, tar (but-
ter, fats, salad dress-
ing, cooking oils, car
grease, motor oils)
Ink
Mildew, scorch
Mud
Mustard, tomato
Nail polish
Paint, varnish
Perspiration
Rust, brown or yellow
discoloration
Shoe polish
Tomato
Urine, vomit, mucus,
feces
Wine
TREATMENT
Apply ice. Scrape off excess. Place stain face down on paper towels. Saturate with
prewash stain remover or nonfl ammable dry cleaning fl uid.
Use product containing enzymes to pretreat or soak stains. Soak for 30 minutes or
more. Wash.
Pretreat stain. Wash using cold water and bleach safe for fabric.
Rinse with cold water. Rub with bar soap. Or, pretreat or soak with product con-
taining enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Scrape off surface wax. Place stain face down between paper towels. Press with
warm iron until wax is absorbed. Replace paper towels frequently. Treat remaining
stain with prewash stain remover or nonfl ammable dry cleaning fl uid. Hand wash
to remove solvent. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat or soak in warm water using product containing enzymes. Wash using
bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat with prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap.
Use packaged color remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat or soak in warm water using product containing enzymes. Wash using
bleach safe for fabric.
Scrape residue from fabric. Pretreat. Wash using hottest water safe for fabric. For
heavy stains and tar, apply nonfl ammable dry cleaning fl uid to back of stain.
Replace towels under stain frequently. Rinse thoroughly. Wash using hottest water
safe for fabric.
Some inks may be impossible to remove. Washing may set some inks. Use prewash
stain remover, denatured alcohol or nonfl ammable dry cleaning fl uid.
Wash with chlorine bleach if safe for fabric. Or, soak in oxygen bleach and hot
water before washing. Badly mildewed fabrics may be permanently damaged.
Brush off dry mud. Pretreat or soak with product containing enzymes.
Pretreat with prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
May be impossible to remove. Place stain face down on paper towels. Apply nail
polish remover to back of stain. Repeat, replacing paper towels frequently. Do not
use on acetate fabrics.
WATER BASED: Rinse fabric in cool water while stain is wet. Wash. Once paint is
dry, it cannot be removed. OIL BASED AND VARNISH: Use solvent recommended
on can label. Rinse thoroughly before washing.
Use prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap. Rinse. Wash using nonchlorine
bleach in hottest water safe for fabric.
Use rust remover safe for fabric. Do not use chlorine bleach because it may
intensify discoloration.
LIQUID: Pretreat with a paste of powder detergent and water. PASTE: Scrape resi-
due from fabric. Pretreat with prewash stain remover or nonfl ammable dry cleaning
fl uid. Rinse. Rub detergent into dampened area. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat with prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat or soak in product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat or soak in cold water. Wash in hottest water and bleach safe for fabric