Electrolux 300 Series Use & Care Manual page 39

Stain removal suggestions
STAIN
Adhesive tape, gum,
rubber cement
Baby formula, dairy
products, egg
Beverages (coffee,
tea, soda, juice,
alcoholic beverages)
Blood
Candle wax, crayon Scrape off surface wax. Place stain face down between paper
Chocolate
Collar or cuff soil,
cosmetics
Dye transfer on
white fabric
Grass
Grease, oil, tar (butter,
fats, salad dressing,
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
STAIN REMOVAL GUIDE
TREATMENT
Apply ice. Scrape off excess. Place stain down on paper towels. Saturate
with prewash stain remover or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid.
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 containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
towels. Press with warm iron until wax is absorbed. Replace paper
towels frequently. Treat remaining stain with prewash stain remover
or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. 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 nonflammable dry cleaning
fluid 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
nonflammable dry cleaning fluid.
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 can't be removed. OIL BASED AND VARNISH: Use solvent
recommended on label. Rinse thoroughly before washing.
Use prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap. Rinse. Wash using
non chlorine 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 residue from fabric. Pretreat with prewash stain
remover or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. Rinse. Rub detergent
into dampened area. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Pretreat with prewash stain remover. Wash using fabric safe bleach.
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
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