How to get rid of stubborn stains on clothes? How to remove tough stains from clothes

It happens that you inadvertently plant a stain on clothes or tablecloths, and there are no special stain removers at hand. What to do? It turns out that many stains can be treated with home remedies.

It has long been known that ink stains excreted with tomato juice. True, there are many different types of ink, and tomatoes are powerless against some of them. But some ink lends itself well to this remedy. Soak the ink stain with tomato juice, placing a piece of plastic underneath it. After 10 minutes, rinse with cold water - the ink stain will disappear and there will be no trace of tomato juice.

Old, large ink stain may not disappear immediately, although it will turn pale. Repeat the procedure once more, leaving the stain in the tomato juice for several hours. The faint mark that may still remain will disappear after washing and drying in the sun.

Fresh ink stains can be removed with diluted ammonia and baking soda. A small spot of ink or ballpoint pen paste on oilcloth, plastic, or on your fingers can be wiped off with a slightly moistened match head. Then wash this place with warm water and soap.

To delete wax, paraffin or stearin from the candle from the tablecloth, line this place on both sides with napkins or pieces of blotting paper and iron with an iron, moving the pads several times so that the melted wax is better absorbed into the paper. Sometimes grease stains are removed in this way.

Rust stains on the fabric, remove with lemon juice. They moisten the stain several times with them and apply this place to the hot surface of the iron, preventing it from drying to the end, and then rinse it with water.

Old rust stains can be removed with vinegar essence (1 teaspoon to 0.5 glass of water). The soiled part of the clothing is dipped into a heated acid solution for several minutes, after which it is rinsed well with water.

Small scorch marks on fabrics made from an iron that is too hot, wipe with a half of a damp onion. Soak the cloth in cold water, wipe off the stain after an hour or two.

Sweat stains on clothes are removed with table salt. Put a handful of salt in a liter of water and soak your clothes in this solution for an hour. Then rinse well.

What to do with stains whose origin is unknown? First of all, try the simplest and most reliable remedy: cold water. Place an old towel under the stain and a clean rag dipped in cold water, start scrubbing the stain, moving from its edges to the middle, otherwise a halo may remain. Move the towel to a new location from time to time and rinse the rag. If the stain is gone, let the fabric dry. Do not use an iron to speed up the drying process, otherwise another stain may appear.

Hot water works better and faster, but only if you are sure that the stain is not from meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, or blood. The protein contained in them curdles from hot water and becomes indelible.

But stains from coffee, tea, fruit juices it is best to rinse off with hot water. You can hold the material stretched in your hands under a hot water tap so that a high-pressure jet rinses the stain. But if you do not have hot water in your house or it is not hot enough, try the method that our grandmothers used to use. Place the stained cloth on top of an empty saucepan, grab it with a string or elastic band, pulling it tight, like in a hoop. Pour boiling water from a kettle onto the stain.

Faux leather stains can not be removed with alcohol, gasoline, acetone - only with warm soapy water. And natural leather is cleaned with such a mixture: three teaspoons of soda and a spoonful of ammonia for half a liter of drinking water.

Many greasy stains can be easily removed with a solution of 2 parts water and 1 part colorless alcohol. In this case, wipe the stain well with a piece of the same cloth or at least the same color soaked in the solution.

A selection of helpful tips for removing various stains

To remove a stain from clothes at home, you must always have the following chemicals: turpentine, ammonia, denatured alcohol, acetone, gasoline, Novost, Crystal powders, hydrogen peroxide, glycerin, soda, acetic acid, citric acid, chalk or dentifrice.

Pull the soiled cloth over a glass or cup (depending on the size of the stain), dip a cotton swab or cloth in the desired solution or mass and rub gently. Then rinse the stain with warm soapy water.

So that a grease stain on things made of fabrics such as gabardine, wool, tights, etc., as well as crepes of all colors does not blur when removed, its borders should be covered with wet cotton wool, potato flour or white clay.

The drips formed on the dress from which the stain was removed will disappear or, in any case, decrease if the fabric is held over steam.

To remove a stain on things made of light colored fabrics, you should first test their color fastness to the recommended compositions. This should be checked on an inconspicuous place: somewhere near a seam or on a hem. If the color of the fabric does not change its color, then you can start removing the stain itself.

Products made from artificial silk fabrics cannot be cleaned immediately, without a sample, with such agents as acetone, hydrogen peroxide, oxalic, acetic and citric acid.

Stains on artificial leather products should not be removed with alcohol, gasoline, acetone, but only with warm soapy water.

Fruit and fruit juice stains can be removed with a solution of glycerin and vodka (in equal parts), as well as by holding a cloth over a bowl of boiling water and rubbing the stain with vinegar.

Old stains on clothes can be removed with heated lemon juice by holding the product over a bowl of boiling water.

You can also remove the stain with lemon juice diluted in half with water or denatured alcohol, then wipe with a cloth dampened with a solution of water and ammonia.

Fresh stains from apples, raspberries, cherries will be washed off with a swab dipped in warm milk and soapy water.

Fruit juice stains should be wiped with ammonia and water, then the entire product should be washed.

Wine stains on a cotton dress can be removed with boiling milk.

Fresh stains from red wine, fruit should be covered with salt and washed with soap and water or wiped with a 5% solution of ammonia, and then rinsed.

Wipe stains from white wine and champagne with glycerin heated to 40-50 C, then rinse with warm water.

You can remove wine and beer stains from a cotton tablecloth by rubbing them with lemon and letting them sit in the sun for a while. Then rinse the tablecloth.

Port wine stains disappear if you rinse them thoroughly in warm milk and then rinse them first in cold and then in hot water.

Remove beer stains with warm ammonia, then wash the cloth in warm soapy water.

Fresh grass stains (greens) can be removed with vodka, and best of all with denatured alcohol. You can also remove them with a solution of table salt (1 teaspoon in 1/2 cup of warm water). After removing the stain, the fabric is rinsed in warm water.

Grass stains are removed from white tissues with a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide with a small addition of ammonia.

Spots from perfume and cologne on silk and woolen clothes are moistened with wine alcohol or pure glycerin, then wiped with a cotton swab soaked in sulfur ether or acetone.

Such spots on white fabrics are moistened first with ammonia, then with a solution of hydrosulfite (a pinch of hydrosulfite in a glass of water) and after 2-3 minutes - with a solution of oxalic acid (a pinch of acid in a glass of water).

Lipstick stains on wool and silk can be easily removed with pure alcohol.

Hair dye stains can be removed with a solution of hydrogen peroxide with ammonia or hydrosulfite solution (1 teaspoon per glass of water). To do this, heat the solution to 60 and wipe the stain with a cotton swab dipped in it. Then wash the item in warm soapy water.

Sweat stains disappear if you add a little ammonia (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water) to warm soapy water when washing the product. You can also wipe the stain with a mixture of vodka and ammonia.

Sweat stains on woolen garments can be removed with a cloth soaked in a strong salt solution; you can also rub them with alcohol.

A dirt stain cannot be removed immediately when it is still wet. Let the stain dry, then clean it off with a weak borax solution and wipe it with a dry cloth.

Ice cream and milk stains are removed with a mixture of equal parts glycerin, ammonia and warm water. Wipe the stain with this mixture, and then wash the thing in warm water.

Milk stains are removed in cool soapy water or in water with the addition of borax or ammonia.

The stain from potassium permanganate will disappear if the contaminated place is soaked in whey or yogurt for 3-4 hours, then wash the thing.

A stain from potassium permanganate on a white fabric can be removed with a solution of oxalic acid (1 teaspoon in 1/2 cup of water), after which the thing can be rinsed in hot, then in warm water.

Tea stains are removed with a mixture of glycerin and ammonia (4 parts of glycerin and 1 part of ammonia). It is better to remove old stains on white fabric with a solution of oxalic acid (1/2 teaspoon in a glass of water) or a solution of hyposulfite (1 teaspoon in 1/2 glass of water). Then wash the thing in soapy water, adding 2 teaspoons of ammonia to 1 liter of water, and rinse well.

Tea stains on white fabric can be removed with hydrogen peroxide or a few drops of lemon juice, after which the item can be washed and rinsed in warm water.

Stains from coffee, cocoa are removed with ammonia, half diluted with water. A particularly good effect is achieved if the stain is wiped off with petrol first.

Stains from coffee, cocoa on thin silk dresses can be removed if you moisten the stain with heated glycerin and leave for 5-10 minutes, then rinse in warm boiled water.

Coffee and cocoa stains disappear when washed in warm salt water and rinsed in cold water.

Coffee stains are completely removed with hydrogen peroxide. Chocolate stains are removed with boiling soapy water. Mold and damp spots are removed as follows:

On cotton fabrics - cover the stain with a layer of finely ground dry chalk, place blotting paper on top and run it several times with a warm iron;

On silk and woolen fabrics - clean the stain with turpentine, then cover with a thin layer of dry clay, put blotting paper on top and iron with a warm iron;

From a white cloth - moisten the stain with hydrogen peroxide, then wash and rinse in warm water;

On colored and dyed fabrics - moisten the stain with ammonia. But first you need to try on a separate piece, whether it affects the color of the fabric.

Fresh mold stains can be removed by rubbing the stain several times with onion juice or yogurt whey, and then washing the item in hot water.

Tobacco stains can be removed by rubbing the stain with egg yolk mixed with denatured alcohol, rinsing the cloth in warm, then hot water.

A fresh egg stain on silk and cotton can be removed by rinsing it in cold water, then rubbing it with a cotton swab dipped in a mild vinegar solution, and then washing it in warm water.

Ink stains can be removed:

A solution of ammonia and baking soda (1 teaspoon of alcohol and 1-2 teaspoons of soda in a glass of water);

Lemon juice (for this you need to squeeze the juice onto a cotton swab, apply to the stain, rinse the cleaned area with water, then wipe dry with a linen cloth);

From white fabrics - with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia (one teaspoon per glass of water);

Sour milk (after which the product should be thoroughly washed and rinsed);

From colored fabrics - a mixture of glycerin and denatured alcohol (2 parts of glycerin and 5 parts of alcohol);

From polished furniture - with beer (rub the stain with a cloth soaked in beer, let it dry, then grease with wax and clean with a soft woolen cloth);

On leather goods - warm milk;

From oilcloth - with the help of matches. To do this, wet the stain with water and rub with the head of a match (repeat if necessary).

Ink and rust stains on the canvas and hands removes the juice of ripe tomatoes.

Chemical pencil and ballpoint pen stains are removed with denatured alcohol.

Colored ink stains are removed with an aqueous solution of borax or ammonia. Then the stain is washed with warm soapy water with ammonia.

Ink stains are removed from the carpet with boiling milk, lemon juice or a strong solution of citric acid or vinegar. Such stains can also be removed by consistently applying milk and acid.

Fresh ink stains on an unpainted floor should first of all be blotted with a cotton swab or absorbent paper, and then moistened with lemon juice, a strong solution of vinegar or oxalic acid.

Ink stains from linoleum are removed with sandpaper or pumice. After such processing, traces remain on the linoleum, which must be thoroughly wiped with vegetable oil (best of all with linseed oil) or drying oil, and then polished well with a woolen soft cloth.

Oil stains can be removed with kerosene. To do this, gently rub the stained place with a cloth dipped in kerosene, then wash the thing in warm water and soap.

Fresh grease stains on wool or silk items can be removed by sprinkling talcum powder over the stain, covering with absorbent paper and ironing with a not very hot iron. Talc can be left until the next day. If the stain has not disappeared, you need to rub it with cotton wool, moistened with cleaned

new gasoline. Cotton wool needs to be changed from time to time. Sprinkle the treated area with talcum powder and leave for 1-2 hours to absorb the gasoline. Instead of talcum powder, you can use chalk or tooth powder.

Old grease stains are well cleaned if you cover them with a mixture of 1 part ammonia, 1 part salt and 3 parts water, then hang the item up for airing, and then wash in clean water.

The flesh of warm bread removes fresh grease stains well.

A fresh grease stain can be removed by sprinkling with salt and rubbing gently. Change the salt several times until the stain disappears. Flour can be used instead of salt.

Grease stains from carpets can be removed with a mixture of gasoline and synthetic detergent powder. Rub this mixture into the stain, leave it on for a few hours, then rinse with hot water. Repeat cleaning for old stains.

Stains from water or any liquid can be removed from oak furniture in two ways:

1) a mixture of vegetable oil and salt is applied to the stain, then after 1-2 hours the mixture is removed, and the stain is wiped first with a wet cloth, then dry and rubbed with wax;

2) apply cigarette ash mixed with a small amount of vegetable oil to the stain. Then polish with a piece of dry woolen cloth.

White stains on polished furniture from hot objects can be removed by rubbing the stain with a piece of paraffin wax, cover with filter paper and press down with a not too hot iron. After a while, wipe with a soft cloth.

Grease stains from upholstered furniture can be removed by placing clay soaked in vinegar on the stain.

Spots of "brilliant green" from light polished furniture can be reduced with an ordinary school pencil eraser. After blotting the liquid, rub with an elastic band.

Fresh acid stains should be immediately moistened with ammonia and then rinsed with water. Instead of ammonia, you can use bicarbonate of soda dissolved in water (1 part of soda to 5 parts of water).

Kerosene stains can be removed with gasoline by placing a piece of blotting paper, then sprinkle with burnt magnesia, cover with blotting paper and place under a press.

Stains from stearin, graphite, wax from cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics of various colors can be removed with gasoline or turpentine, after carefully scraping off the stain.

Fresh such stains can be removed as follows: cover the stain on the front and back side with absorbent paper and iron with a warm iron. Change the paper as it gets greasy. Wipe off the remaining traces of stains with denatured alcohol.

Iodine stains must be moistened several times with water, and then rubbed with starch.

Such a stain can be removed by soaking it in a solution of ammonia and water (a few drops of ammonia in a glass of water). Then wash the thing in soapy water.

Iodine stains are removed from colored fabrics with denatured alcohol or acetone.

Blood stains should first be washed in cold water and then with warm soapy water. Wipe old stains with a solution of ammonia (1 teaspoon per glass of water), then with the same borax solution.

Blood stains from fine silk items can be removed with a thick solution of potato starch and cold water. Lubricate the stain from the front and back with this mass, let it dry well, shake it off and, if necessary, wash clothes.

Rust stains from white fabrics can be removed with a hydrosulfite solution (1 teaspoon per glass of water). To do this, the solution must be heated to 60-70, put the stained cloth into it for a few minutes, then rinse in warm water.

You can also use a solution of acetic acid or oxalic acid (1 teaspoon per glass of water). After heating the solution almost to a boil, for a short time lower the stained cloth into it for a few minutes, then rinse thoroughly by adding a little baking soda or ammonia to the water. If the stain does not disappear, you need to repeat the entire processing process again.

It is not recommended to use hydrosulfite for colored fabrics, as it discolors the color.

If the rust stain is weak, you can remove it with lemon juice. To do this, moisten the stain several times with juice, then iron it lightly, and then rinse with water.

There are also special products that will help remove rust stains - these are Tartoren powder and Universal bleach.

Rust can be removed from colored fabrics with a mixture of equal parts glycerin, grated white chalk and water. Rub the stain with this mixture, leave for a day, and then wash the thing.

The tan marks from light woolen products can be removed with an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia (for 1/2 glass of water, 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide, a few drops of ammonia).

You can also moisten the stain with onion juice and leave for several hours, and then wash the product.

Burned stains on woolen, cotton and silk fabrics are removed with denatured alcohol.

Fish, canned food and soup stains can be removed with a mixture of 1 teaspoon of glycerin, 1/2 teaspoon of ammonia, 1 teaspoon of water.

From products made of natural and artificial silk, these stains can be removed with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of glycerin, 0.5 teaspoon of ammonia and 1 tablespoon of vodka.

Fish oil stains can be removed with a mild vinegar solution.

Sauce stains will disappear if you moisten them with glycerin, heated to 35-40 C, leave for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

Tomato stains must be wiped with a 10% solution of oxalic acid, then rinsed with water.

Fly stains are removed with dilute ammonia and then washed with water. Products with old stains should be soaked for several hours in a soapy solution with a small addition of pure gasoline, then cleaned with a brush soaked in soapy water.

Silicate glue stains can be removed with hot soapy water and 1 teaspoon of baking soda or 10% sodium fluoride solution.

Casein glue stains are removed with heated glycerin. To do this, you need to moisten the stain abundantly, leave for 1.5-2 hours, then rinse with water with the addition of ammonia.

Tar and wheel ointment stains can be removed with a mixture of equal parts egg yolk and turpentine. After an hour, after removing the dried crust, rinse the stain with hot water. Old stains should be well saturated with turpentine, dried and moistened with an aqueous solution of drinking water or ash, from time to time moisten the stain with water. Moisten the cleaned area with turpentine and iron through absorbent paper with a hot iron.

Fresh tar stains should be moistened with acetone, gasoline or turpentine, then wiped with a cloth soaked in the same solvent, and, covered with absorbent paper, press with a hot iron.

Resin, asphalt, oil, gasoline, kerosene stains, if they are old, can be removed with a mixture of 1 teaspoon of white clay, 1 teaspoon of potato starch with the addition of a few drops of turpentine and ammonia. Moisten the stain with the mixture and leave to dry, then scrub well with a brush. If the stain does not disappear, repeat the entire treatment process again. If a yellow stain remains, you can remove it with a mild hydrogen peroxide solution.

Stains from floor mastic and shoe creams should be rubbed with a soapy solution with the addition of ammonia. If after that they do not disappear, you can moisten with a solution of hyposulfite and rub (1 teaspoon per 1/2 glass of water), then rinse the thing in warm soapy water.

Fresh soot and coal stains can be removed with turpentine. Moisten the stain, after a while rinse the item in soapy water, then rinse well. Old stains are removed with turpentine mixed with egg yolk. Gently heat the mixture in a saucepan with hot water and rub the stain with it, then wash the thing in soapy water and rinse.

Fresh oil paint stains should be moistened with a cotton swab soaked in turpentine or pure gasoline, and then wiped with a cotton swab with ammonia until the stain is completely removed.

Moisten old stains with turpentine with a small amount of ammonia, and after softening the paint, clean it with a strong solution of baking soda, and then rinse with warm water.

Old stains can also be removed by lightly brushing them with margarine or butter, and after a while rubbing with kerosene, turpentine or gasoline, then washing the entire product.

Stains from varnishes (oil, alcohol and cellulose) are removed with a mixture of 1 part denatured alcohol and 2 parts acetone.

Fresh stains from oil varnish are removed with turpentine or denatured alcohol. Dried old stains are first greased with butter and then removed in the same way as oil paint stains.

Stains of unknown origin are removed in the same way as grease stains, wiping them with a mixture of equal parts of wine alcohol, sulfuric ether and ammonia. Instead of ether, you can use gasoline, acetone, turpentine and other solvents. You can also use an alcohol-based soap solution to remove these stains.

Hands stained with oil paint can be easily washed with vegetable oil. Rub a little oil into your skin and then wash it off with warm water.

Stains from aniline paints will disappear if you rub them first with denatured alcohol, and then with a 10% solution of potassium permanganate. Then wash off the stain with a 2% solution of oxalic acid or sodium bisulfite and rinse with water.

Stains from lime or silicate paints (water) can be easily removed from fabrics with a dry, stiff brush. An old stain can be removed with a vinegar solution, then rinsed in water and smoothed through a dry towel.

Rusty stains and soot on the plaster are washed off with a 3% hydrochloric acid solution before repairing, and oily stains - with a 2% soda solution.

Rusty stains are also removed with a solution of copper sulfate (from 50 to 100 g of sulfate per 1 liter of boiling water). For the best effect, the prepared solution should be applied hot. If the stains are not washed off in this way, then they should be painted over with oil varnish or whitewash.

To remove greasy stains from the parquet, you need to sprinkle them with magnesia powder and after a while sweep the powder away.

Stains on books can be removed in the following ways:

Ink - rub the stain with 20% hydrogen peroxide, leave the moistened place to dry between two sheets of blotting paper, or clean the stain with a brush dipped first in alcohol, then in oxalic acid;

From fingers - lightly rub the stain with soap, then with a clean damp cloth and leave to dry between two sheets of blotting paper;

From flies - slightly moisten the stained areas with ethyl alcohol or vinegar;

Fatty - apply blotting paper to the stain, run on top with a warm iron. Do this until the blotting paper has completely absorbed the fat. If the stains are old, rub them lightly with a mixture of 1 teaspoon of magnesium and a few drops of gasoline. Weak grease stains can sometimes be removed with a crumb of fresh warm bread;

The mold is removed with ammonia or 2% formalin solution, after which it is ironed through filter paper.

Dirty binding on books can be cleaned with a mixture of egg yolk and a little rubbing alcohol. Moisten a cloth with this mixture and rub the binding with it, and then wipe it with a woolen cloth until it shines.

First you need to figure out what was planted and how deeply the stain penetrated. The spots are greasy and non-greasy. Greasy stains from milk, butter, blood, soups, meat, fish and so on - the contours are indistinct, at first they are darker than the fabric, and then fades. Fruit, wine, beer, tea and coffee spots - clear borders, in the middle the spot is lighter. In the air, many stains oxidize.
Determine what kind of fabric is in front of you, usually the composition is indicated on the tag sewn from the inside.

An arsenal of stain remover.

Alcohol, baking soda, dish soap, ammonia, vinegar, starch, acetone, gasoline, citric acid, glycerin, turpentine (tiner), and hydrogen peroxide.

A pipette, brushes of different softness, pieces of sponge and clean cotton rags (can be cut from unnecessary clothing). All this can be purchased at the pharmacy or at the nearest household.

Dangers of staining.

· 1. Stain removers, like medicines, have side effects, so you need to try them on an invisible piece.

· 2. Industrial stain removers such as Sano Oxygen, Potassium and the like will leave stubborn stains if left on clothing and allowed to dry. So they sprayed it, waited a couple of minutes - and into the water.

3.Do not use chlorine (economics), not only is it harmful to health and causes mutations in genes, but it also destroys the structure of cotton fabric and leaves a terrible smell.

4.Any solvent can dissolve paint on clothes.

· 5. Acetate silk dissolves in acetone and vinegar.

· 6. Bleach only for white.

· 7. Work the stain from the edges to the middle. A clean white rag, laid in several layers, should be placed on the inside of the stain.

· 8. To avoid streaks, dampen a cloth around the stain with water and wash the entire garment immediately after use.

· 9. Water stains remain on the silk, so you have to wet the whole thing.

Secret laboratory: a few common places.

The volatile smell of stale clothes is removed with vinegar. Just add vinegar when washing, if the smell is too strong - soak the item in water and vinegar.

Many stains can be removed with ordinary dish soap.

Spots:

1.from animal fat (fat, butter, margarine):

B. Dilute ammonia in hot water (1: 1). Treat the stain. Wash.

· v. Saturate the stain with a mixture of pure alcohol (half a glass) and gasoline (half a teaspoon). Let the fabric dry.

· D. If the item cannot be washed, then heat the starch strongly and sprinkle it on the contaminated area, under which put a white cloth. Leave for 20 minutes and shake off. Repeat until the stain disappears. Then clean everything with a brush.

· E. For light woolen fabric, you need to dilute potato flour with water to a state of gruel and leave for several hours. Rinse and dry. If traces remain, they are removed with a cloth soaked in gasoline, and then wiped off with pieces of stale bread.

2.from grass

A. Mix 1 liter of water and 1 tablespoon of ammonia and blot the stain with this solution. wash.

B. Moisten the stain with alcohol, and then wash the thing.

· v. Fresh stains will come off when washed.

3.from red wine

· a. Washed off with white wine

B.You can also sprinkle salt on a fresh stain and then wash.

C. Treat old stains with a citric acid solution (2 grams per 1 glass of water) and rinse with warm water. If after that there are traces on the white cloth, then they can be wiped with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia (1 teaspoon per glass of hot water). Rinse with cold water

4.from white wine

· a. Rub a piece of ice over the stain until it disappears. Blot this area with a clean linen cloth or napkin (if there is no ice, you can use very cold water).

Beer usually goes away when you wash it.

B.On silk fabrics - treat with a swab soaked in vodka.

· v. On fabrics of all types, treat with a mixture of glycerin, ammonia and wine alcohol and water (1: 1: 1: 8). This method is also suitable for removing champagne stains.

· Rinse in cold water and then wash at a temperature of 30-40? WITH

6.from ice cream

· Blot the stain with a swab soaked in gasoline and then wash.

From fruits, vegetables, juices and berries

· a. Soak a swab in vinegar (not wine) and blot the stain with it. Rinse in cold water.

B. Cover the fresh stain with table salt (salt absorbs some of the moisture and prevents the stain from blurring).

· v. A stain on a white or other non-fading fabric can be doused with boiling water

· D. Coffee and black tea stains will come off when washed.

7.from chocolate

· a. Sprinkle the fresh stain with salt and moisten with water. Wash.

B. Treat with warm 1.5% solution of ammonia.

· v. From light-colored woolen and silk fabrics, the spots are moistened with slightly warmed glycerin. After 15 minutes, rinse with warm water.

· D. Treat with a solution of vinegar and alcohol (1: 1).

8.from gum

· Put the thing in a bag and place in the freezer of the refrigerator. After an hour, you can remove the remnants with a blunt knife (very carefully so that later you do not have to do artistic darning). Place on a paper towel and wipe from the inside with cotton wool dipped in gasoline, alcohol or acetone. And now - to the wash.

· a. Cover the fresh stain with salt and add a few drops of water. After half an hour, remove everything with a brush.

B. Spots on colored fabrics are smeared with heated glycerin. After 20 minutes, rub with a swab soaked in glycerin and rinse with water.

· v. On white fabrics, the spots are moistened with a solution of ammonia (1:10), then wiped with the same solution. And to the wash.

10.from ink

A. Soak a cotton swab in alcohol and lightly tap on the stain, and then wash the thing. You can take a mixture (1: 1) of wine alcohol and ammonia.

B. Rub a fresh ink stain with lemon juice or citric acid. Wash.

11.from resin

A. From woolen fabrics - with refined turpentine.

B. From cotton fabrics - turpentine or gasoline. Wash.

· v. Items that cannot be washed are safer to take to dry cleaning.

12.from lipstick

· Place the cloth on a paper towel as a stain and wipe the inside out with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol or gasoline, changing the paper frequently. Soak and wash.

13.from nail polish

· Place the fabric on a paper towel as a stain. Wipe inside with nail polish remover several times until the stain disappears. Wash.

14.from the ground
· Soak the item in water with vinegar 1: 1. Wash.

15. from tobacco most often comes off during washing.

· a. If the item cannot be washed, then the stain is removed with warm glycerin or denatured alcohol.

B. The safest and simplest thing is to take the item to dry cleaning.

16.from candles (the main component is wax or paraffin)

· a. Use a dull knife to carefully remove the remaining wax (as is the case with chewing gum). Iron the fabric between the layers of paper towels. In this case, place the fabric with the wrong side up. And now - to the wash.

17.from rust

· Put a slice of lemon wrapped in gauze and a paper towel on the contaminated area. Press it down with a heated iron.

18.from milk

· Soak in glycerin "for a long time".

19.from urine

· A. Treat with wine alcohol.

B. On white fabrics it can be treated with citric acid solution (1:10).

· v. On colored fabrics - with a vinegar solution (1: 5). After an hour, rinse the stain with water.

20.from mold

· a. Wash cotton and linen fabrics in the boiling mode.

B. Treat with ammonia diluted in water 1: 5.

· C. Soak in bleach (hydrogen peroxide, sano oxide, not bleach, in any case).

· D. Treat the white cloth with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia.

· D. Dyed woolen and silk fabrics are treated with turpentine. Wash in warm water.

Sweat usually disappears during washing.

· a. Can be wiped with a solution of sodium chloride (1 tablespoon for 1 glass of water).

B. Dyed woolen fabrics are carefully treated with gasoline or acetone.

Stains appear on clothes unexpectedly and no one knows when. Not everyone succeeds in immediately getting rid of such "surprises".

Over time, when all efforts to remove stubborn dirt are unsuccessful, the question arises: how to remove old stains from things?

Knowledge equips. This means that it is possible to remove stains from tablecloths, T-shirts, dresses and other favorite wardrobe items.

How to remove an old stain? The question worries many. Breaking stereotypes, we confidently declare that you can remove old stains at any time. For this, there are a lot of different means and methods left to us by our grandmothers.

• can be removed with water: stains from food, watercolors, certain types of dyes;
• washed with a solvent, for example, gasoline or alcohol; arise due to contact with creamy substances, wax, industrial oil or fat;
• resistant to liquids and solvents: moldiness, tannins;
• cleaned due to pre-treatment: greens, herbal decoctions, blood.

The origin of old stains is determined by their color:

• grease marks become matte over time;
• a yellow-brown tint has spots that appear from non-greasy substances: wine, fruit drinks and tea;
• "Rusty" color has oxidized spots.

Important! It is easier to get rid of dirt when it is still fresh. But if the stain appeared a long time ago, then urgent action should not be postponed.

The type of contamination determines the time period required to remove it. Before moving on to getting rid of stubborn stains from fabric, pay attention to fabrics that can shed under the influence of bleaches and stain removers.

On a note! Manufacturers supply products with schematic instructions, having dealt with which you can protect things from damage and understand how to remove pollution.

Don't delay the process of removing stains. Often, a regular wash can get rid of the dirt. In the case when the stain is "not the first freshness", it is worth trying out the strength of the stain removers. The variety of such products offered by modern manufacturers obliges to be careful with the choice based on the manufacturer's name and instructions.

The chemical composition of substances is dangerous for many tissues. Choose a stain remover based on the type of stained cloth. In the absence of real data, the use of chemicals should be limited.

In the fight against old pollution, you can use:

• a knife that can scrape off stains from eggs or jam;
• talcum powder to help remove fresh grease stains;
• alcohol that removes dirt from contact with grass or paints;
• lemon fruits, the juice of which removes rust stains;
• hydrogen peroxide, coping with pollution from wine and berries.

How to remove old dirt?

This issue is relevant and involves serious work on pollution, which is very difficult to cope with. We offer a list of time-tested tools, thanks to which you can save your favorite outfits.

In order not to go through the options for how to remove old stains, start with the simplest: warm water and soapy water - soaking solution.

Then the contaminated place is treated with ammonia or hydrogen peroxide. The process is repeated several times.

It is worth knowing how to remove stubborn stains with bleach. To do this, the clothes are turned inside out, a light-colored cloth, folded in layers, or napkins made of paper are placed under it.

The substance is applied to a cotton swab, and the surface around the stain is treated. Then - the spot itself. In this case, the solution is applied from the outside of the pollution to the inside. An increase in the concentration of the substance is possible.

Attention! Before applying the stain remover to a stain, test it on a fabric in an inconspicuous area.

Bleach

Means from this category are most effective in the fight against old dirt on plain white things.

A mixture of citric acid and alcohol can get rid of old stains left by fruit juice. After processing, things are washed in warm water with the addition of soap or powder.

In such cases, hydrogen peroxide is no less effective.

• A mixture of ammonia and hydrogen peroxide- bleach for fabrics stained with red wine. If a silk blouse is stained with wine, then it is rinsed, and the place of contamination is treated with acetic acid diluted with water.
• Petrol applied to the place of pollution, copes with it easily. After the clothes are rinsed and sent outside to dry.
• Glycerol As an effective stain control tool, it is applied to fabric for 15 minutes. Then the item is rinsed.
• Silk is cleaned with a glycerin blend and water, taken in equal volumes, with the addition of a couple of drops of ammonia. A similar mixture, but in different proportions, is capable of cleaning wool fabrics. Ingredients: ammonia - 10g .; glycerin - 20 g; water - 250 ml. Rinse clothes in warm water.
• How to remove an old stain of unknown origin, the following recipe will tell you: ammonia diluted in water, taken in a proportion of 1 tsp. for 200 ml. water. After the ammonia, treat the fabric with brown, diluted in the same proportion. It is necessary to wash the processed items in warm soapy water.
• Aged grease stain can be removed with a gruel made from potato starch. The residues of the product are removed with a cloth soaked in gasoline. The remaining traces are wiped with a piece of stale bread and sent to the wash in a warm soapy solution.
• Another way to deal with old greasy dirt is a mixture created from soap shavings, ammonia and turpentine. The substance is applied to the stain for 2 hours, then the item is rinsed in a warm soapy solution.

There is nothing better than tried and tested recipes.

Salt, taken in a volume of 100 g and diluted in 3 liters. lukewarm liquid makes an excellent soaking agent. And the washing is carried out as usual.

The ineffectiveness of the actions taken indicates the last opportunity to save the clothes - to go to dry cleaning.

An advertisement for one famous powder claims that it removes all types of stains. Unfortunately, advertising promises do not always coincide with reality. Stains are not completely washed off and remain on clothes. How to get them out. Let's get started.

To remove stains from linen and outerwear, it is necessary first of all to establish the origin of the stains. Before removing the stain, it is also necessary to find out the effect of the stain remover on the fabric and on its color (rub the fabric with the prepared composition in some inconspicuous place).

Due to the fact that alcohol and acids dissolve some dyes, they should be used with caution on dyed fabrics. In order not to spoil things, you should not use strong solutions of chemicals.

If the stain is not completely removed immediately, it is recommended to repeat the treatment 2-3 times, alternating with rinsing. You should not seek to remove subtle traces of stubborn stains, since the fabric deteriorates not only from excessive use of solutions, but also from strong friction with a brush, rag, etc.

For acetate silk, do not use acetic acid and acetone, which dissolve it.

For synthetic fabrics (nylon, nylon, chloride, etc.), it is not recommended to use solvents (gasoline, benzene, etc.).

When removing stains from wool and natural silk, do not use alkalis, and do not use strong acids (sulfuric, hydrochloric, nitric) from cotton fabrics. Oxalic acid used to remove rust and paint and ink must be thoroughly rinsed off the fabric after removing the stain. Bleach is also harmful to cotton and other fabrics, so it is used in small quantities and washed off after removing the stain.

Before you start removing stains, the items must be cleaned of dust, knocked out or shaken out and cleaned first with a dry and then with a damp brush (otherwise, smudges may form on the fabric).

When wetting small spots with any solution, use a dropper or a sharpened wooden stick.

To prevent the formation of circles (halos), it is necessary to moisten the cloth around the stain with water, gasoline or cover it with chalk.

Chalk can be used on white or light colored items. Stains, especially from red wine, fruits and berries, should be removed as soon as possible: old stains are much more difficult to remove than fresh ones.

From fabrics that can withstand washing, many stains are removed by washing with soap, powder, soda, etc. From clothes that do not tolerate washing, as well as stubborn stains, they are removed with special stain removers.

To remove stains from fats and oils, only purified solvents (gasoline, turpentine, etc.) are used. which do not leave any stains behind.

The purity of the solvent can be checked by dampening white paper with it: after drying, the paper should not remain stained. Removing stains with solvents is sometimes best done on the back of the fabric, which also removes the formation of circles around the stain.

Water spots (from rain) on woolen fabrics of different colors, it should be cleaned with a brush dampened with soft water and ironed through a damp cloth. Strongly dyed fabrics can be wiped off with a rag or cotton swab dipped in vinegar (1 teaspoon per glass of water). Water stains are removed from silk fabrics using table salt: spray the stains with salt water (1 teaspoon of salt in a glass of water) and wipe with a dry cloth or soft brush.

Fat spots(vegetable and animal oil, pork fat, beef, fish oil, castor oil, etc.) are removed from cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics of light colors as follows: cover a fresh stain with dry powder of chalk, talc, clay or burnt magnesia from both sides of the fabric, cover with paper, put some heavy object (for example, books) on top and leave for about a day. Then peel off the powder. It is better to cover stains on dark fabrics with powder from the inside, as traces of powder may remain on the front side.

From white and light fabrics, as well as from paper, books, etc., stains are removed using a paste from a mixture of gasoline and dry powder of chalk or clay, taken in an amount necessary to form a thick paste. The paste should be spread over the stain with a thick layer, rubbed lightly with your finger and left for several hours. Carefully brush off the dried mass.

If it was not possible to remove the stain immediately, then the smearing with the paste should be repeated 2 - 3 times. The fabric is washed after cleaning, if necessary. The remaining traces of stains on things that cannot be washed, additionally wipe with denatured alcohol and iron through a cloth.

You can also remove stains by wiping them with gasoline, turpentine, acetone or a mixture of both (in equal parts), as well as a mixture of gasoline (1 part by weight), denatured alcohol (70 parts by weight) and ammonia (4 parts by weight). Gasoline can be replaced with turpentine. Dry the damp cloth before cleaning with petrol.

Dried grease stains before cleaning with petrol, it is recommended to lightly grease (to soften) with butter. Large stains should be wiped from the edges to the middle. Before cleaning with gasoline, the edges of the stain are slightly moistened, cotton wool, paper or absorbent cloth are placed under the stain. You can cover the edges of the stain with dry potato flour, and after removing the stain, peel it off.

On cotton and linen fabrics of white and light colors, stains are removed by wiping them with ammonia (1 teaspoon per glass of water), and then rinsing with warm water.

Stains on woolen and silk fabrics of various colors, if things made from these fabrics can be washed, are removed by washing with powder. First, sprinkle the stains with powder for a few minutes. Stains are also removed with a mixture of soap (1 part by weight), denatured alcohol (1 part by weight), ammonia (5 parts by weight) or a mixture of denatured alcohol (1 part by weight), ammonia (10 parts by weight) and glycerin (1 part by weight) ...

Grease stains must be rubbed with one of the indicated mixtures, then rinsed with warm water. If the thing cannot be washed, then cotton wool moistened with water is applied several times to the stain (to remove the remnants of the stain), changing the cotton wool as it gets dirty.

Salted places on woolen and silk fabrics, wipe it with a woolen cloth moistened with one of the specified substances - gasoline, acetone, ammonia, denatured alcohol or a mixture (in equal parts). Excess liquid is removed with a paper or tissue paper. The remaining traces of stains must be wiped with ammonia (1 teaspoon for half a glass of water). Before using ammonia, it is necessary to determine whether the color of the fabric changes from it.

Iodine stains on light cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics can be removed by wiping the stains with a hyposulfite solution (1 teaspoon per glass of warm water) and then rinsing with water.

Iodine stains on dyed fabrics, moisten with denatured alcohol or acetone and wipe with cotton wool. You can also remove stains by wiping them with starch and water. Starch must be replaced with fresh starch as it gets dirty.

Acid splash... Acids are subdivided into mineral (sulfuric, hydrochloric, nitric) and organic (citric, acetic, oxalic, tartaric, or tartaric). Mineral acids destroy tissues, especially cotton and linen. Therefore, the places where acid has gotten must be immediately washed with water with baking soda or ammonia (1 teaspoon per glass of water) or just water.

Of organic acids, oxalic acid acts more strongly than others on tissue. Acetic acid has a detrimental effect mainly on acetate silk, as well as on the dyeing of some fabrics. If they come into contact with fabric, these acids must also be washed off with water. The fabric should not be washed with soap if the acid has not been removed from it, as the decomposed soap forms grease stains on the fabric.

Cosmetic stains on white cotton, linen, woolen fabrics, remove with ammonia, then rinse with water. You can also wash the item with powder or soap. The remaining stained spots must be additionally wiped with a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide (1 teaspoon per glass of water), and then rinsed with water.

For some colored spots on white fabrics, a solution of hydro-sulfite heated to 40-50 ° is used (1 teaspoon per glass of water). The remaining traces of stains are removed with a solution of citric or oxalic acid (1 teaspoon per glass of hot water), then thoroughly washed with water and, if necessary, washed with soap or powder.

Small stains on dyed woolen and silk fabrics can be removed by wiping with heated glycerin.

Stains from cosmetics containing fats from woolen and silk fabrics of various colors are removed with acetone, denatured alcohol, gasoline or their mixture (in equal parts) according to the method indicated for fat stains.

Aniline dye and ink stains remove from white cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics as follows. Wipe the stain with a rag or cotton wool with a heated solution of oxalic or citric acid (a teaspoon in a glass of water) or soak the stained cloth in the solution for a few minutes (until the stain disappears). To avoid the formation of ink circles, the fabric with the stain is tightly tied with a thick thread or elastic band (1.5 cm above the stain). Cotton or admission paper is placed under the stain, which is periodically replaced with fresh.

The stained cloth is dipped in acid and then squeezed with fingers to remove the ink solution, and this is done several times. If the acid affects the color of the fabric, then wine alcohol is used. After removing the stain, the acid should be thoroughly washed off with water.

If the thing cannot be removed, then after treating it with acid, you need to apply cotton wool moistened with water with the addition of a small amount of ammonia to the stain several times, and then iron this place through a rag.

You can also remove stains with hydrogen peroxide (1 part by weight) and hot water (6 parts by weight).

You can remove stains from white cotton and linen fabrics with bleach (a teaspoon in a glass of water). Stains after treatment with bleach should be wiped with water and vinegar (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), then rinse thoroughly with water. If necessary, the bleach treatment is repeated several times. The solution should not contain undissolved pieces of bleach; it must not be heated above 30 °.

Fresh ink stains from cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics of various colors can be removed by repeated application of cotton wool moistened with alcohol or vinegar essence (1 part by weight with 2 parts by weight of water) or a mixture of vinegar essence with denatured alcohol (in equal parts).

In addition, stains from ink are removed by wiping them with a cloth moistened with warm milk or yogurt. If the stains are not quickly removed, you need to leave the cloth in milk or yogurt for several hours, then wipe with one or the other and rinse first with warm and then cold water.

Blood stains on washable fabrics, they are removed during washing, after soaking the thing in cold water for several hours. From white cotton, linen, woolen fabrics, stains can be removed using hyposulfite; a solution of hyposulfite (a teaspoon per 1 liter of water), warm up to 40 degrees and keep the thing in it for several minutes or hours (until the stain disappears), then wash the thing.

Old stains that cannot be removed from washing are removed from white cotton and linen fabrics with ammonia (1 teaspoon per glass of water) or borax solution (1 teaspoon per glass of water). The remaining colored spots should be additionally wiped with a solution of hydrogen peroxide (1 - 2 teaspoons per glass of water), heated to 50 - 60 °. For stubborn stains, instead of hydrogen peroxide, you need to take bleach with soda (in equal amounts). After removing stains, rinse the thing thoroughly by adding a little vinegar to the water.

Oil paint and paint varnish stains. The best way to remove stubborn stains is to mix equal parts gasoline with turpentine or acetone. The stain should be moistened with this mixture and left for 20 - 30 minutes, then wiped with a cloth soaked in this mixture. Small stains on dyed cotton, woolen or silk fabrics should be moistened with heated glycerin or a mixture of glycerin and denatured alcohol (in equal parts). After a few minutes, apply cotton wool soaked with glycerin (several times) to the stain, and then cotton wool soaked in water.

From white fabrics, stains can be removed with a paste of equal parts turpentine, ammonia and chalk or dry clay powder. Smear the stain with a paste, and after a few hours clean it off and wipe it with gasoline, acetone or turpentine.

Painter varnish stains are removed with a mixture of acetone (2 parts by weight) and denatured alcohol (1 part by weight).

Milk, coffee, cocoa, soup, sauce, fish stains from cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics of various colors are removed during washing, as well as gasoline or acetone. The remaining stained traces of stains on white fabrics must be wiped with cotton wool or a cloth moistened with hydrogen peroxide solution (1 tablespoon per glass of iodine), and then rinsed with water. On white and light-colored fabrics, stains are removed with ammonia (1 teaspoon for half a glass of water) or a mixture of ammonia (1 part by weight) with glycerin (20 parts by weight) and water (20 parts by weight). Rinse off any remaining stains with water.

If the thing cannot be washed, then cotton wool soaked in water must be applied several times to the place of the former stain. Remove stains from woolen and silk fabrics of various colors as follows: moisten the stains with heated (up to 35 - 40 °) glycerin, leave for 10 - 15 minutes. so that glycerin is well absorbed; then wipe with cotton wool moistened with glycerin. Then, applying cotton wool moistened with water to the stain, wash off the glycerin.

Fly stains on things to be washed are removed by washing with soap. On white cotton, linen and woolen fabrics, stains should be moistened with ammonia diluted with water (in equal parts) or hydrogen peroxide (1 teaspoon for half a glass of water) and leave for 15 - 20 minutes, then wipe with a dry cloth, if necessary, wash ...

Iron-singed stains, on white cotton and linen fabrics, wipe with hydrogen peroxide (1 teaspoon for half a glass of water), on dyed silk and woolen fabrics, wipe with denatured alcohol.

Beer and white wine stains PA white cotton and linen fabrics are removed by washing with soap and soda and with the addition of a small amount of denatured alcohol. On silk and woolen dyed fabrics that cannot be washed, wipe with denatured alcohol or a mixture of glycerin (1 part by weight), vodka (3 parts by weight) and ammonia (1 part by weight).

Stubborn stains are removed with a mixture of ammonia (1 part by weight), turpentine (3 parts by weight) and soap (10 parts by weight). Dissolve the soap in a small amount of hot water, add ammonia and turpentine and stir thoroughly; wipe the stains with the resulting mixture, and then rinse with water.

Sweat and urine stains... Fresh stains on silk, cotton and linen fabrics of various colors disappear when wiped with a solution of table salt (1 tablespoon per glass of water) or hyposulfite solution (1 teaspoon per glass of water). To remove urine stains from the same fabrics, the stains must be wiped with a solution of vinegar essence or citric acid (1 teaspoon per glass of water).

Sweat stains on white cotton and linen fabrics should be wiped with a mixture of table salt and ammonia or borax (1 teaspoon per glass of water) and then rinsed with water.

On white cotton, linen and woolen fabrics that can withstand the action of soap, sweat and urine stains are wiped with a brush moistened with soapy water, then washed with clean water. If the stains are not completely removed, then additionally it is necessary to wipe it with a warm solution of oxalic acid (1 teaspoon per glass of water), then rinse the acid with water.

On white and light silk, sweat stains should be wiped with a mixture of ammonia and denatured alcohol (in equal amounts) or a mixture of 2 - 3 tablespoons of denatured alcohol and one egg yolk, then rinse with water.

On a white silk lining, wipe sweat stains with hydrogen peroxide (1 part by weight) with water (10 parts by weight). Stains are removed from woolen fabrics of various colors with gasoline, acetone or a mixture of acetone (3 parts by weight), denatured alcohol (4 parts by weight) and ammonia (2 parts by weight).

Mold stains on white cotton, linen and woolen fabrics to be washed, washed with soap or powder, then bleached with hydrogen peroxide (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water) or ammonia (1 teaspoon per glass of water). On woolen and silk fabrics of various colors that cannot be washed, stains are removed with turpentine.

Rust stains on cotton, linen and woolen white fabrics are removed as follows. Heat a solution of oxalic or citric acid (1 teaspoon per glass of water) to a boil and dip the stained cloth several times into the solution or wipe the stain with the solution, and then rinse the acid thoroughly with water, preferably with the addition of a few drops of ammonia to neutralize the acid. Warmed lemon juice can be used.

From white cotton, linen and woolen fabrics, stains are removed with the help of hydrosulfite: in a solution of hydrosulfite heated to 60 ° (1 teaspoon per glass of water), lower the fabric with the stain for a few minutes (until the stain disappears), and then rinse with water.

Soot and grime stains removed when washing. Darker areas should first be moistened with turpentine. Stains from items that cannot be washed, from cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics are removed with turpentine.

Stains from stearin, paraffin, wax from cotton, linen, woolen and silk fabrics of various colors, they are removed with gasoline or turpentine, after carefully scraping off the stain. Fresh stains can be removed as follows: cover the stain from the face and the inside of the fabric with paper or newsprint and iron with a not very hot iron. The paper should be changed as it becomes greasy. Wipe off the remaining traces of stains with denatured alcohol.

Resinous stains, floor mastics and shoe polish from cotton and linen fabrics are removed by washing with soap and ammonia or soda (1 teaspoon per glass of water), the remaining traces of stains must be wiped with denatured alcohol. On cotton, linen, woolen and silk non-washable fabrics, stains are removed with denatured alcohol, turpentine or acetone.

Stains from floor mastic and shoe polish on the same fabrics should be wiped off with gasoline or a mixture of gasoline (1 part by weight) with denatured alcohol (25 parts by weight) and ammonia (4 parts by weight). The remaining traces of stains on the white cloth are removed by wiping them with hydrogen peroxide.

Tobacco stains. To remove them from cotton, linen, woolen, silk fabrics of various colors, you need to wipe with denatured alcohol or a hyposulfite solution (1 teaspoon per glass of water). part) with hydrogen peroxide (5 parts by weight) and water (50 parts by weight), then rinse with water or wash with soap.

Grass stains. Fresh stains on cotton, linen, woolen, silk fabrics should be washed with hot water and table salt (1 tablespoon per 1 glass of water), the remaining traces should be washed with soap. Stains on things made of the same fabrics, but not subject to washing, must be wiped with a salt solution (1 tbsp. Spoon for 1 glass of water), and then with denatured alcohol. On white cotton and linen fabrics, stubborn stains should be wiped off with a hot solution of oxalic acid (1 teaspoon per 1/2 liter of hot water), then the acid should be rinsed off with water.

Fruit, berry and red wine stains should be removed as soon as possible. Fresh stains from napkins, linen, etc., items made of fabrics with a durable color are washed with boiling water: stretch the fabric with the stain over any dish (basin, bucket) and pour boiling water over the stain until it disappears. If there is no time for urgent removal of the stain, then the fresh stain should be covered with table salt, and then removed by one of the following methods.

You can remove a fresh stain from cotton, linen, silk and woolen fabrics of various colors as follows: rinse a fresh stain in hot water, hot milk or whey, soak the thing with the stain in liquid for a few minutes, then wash it off in the usual way with soap and water.

Wipe old stains with a mixture of citric acid (1 part by weight) and wine alcohol (10 parts by weight) or with an aqueous solution of citric acid (1 teaspoon per glass of water). The stained cloth can be immersed in this solution for a few minutes, and then washed sequentially with warm and cold water, if necessary, wash with soap.

Stains from woolen and silk fabrics of light and dark colors are removed with glycerin mixed with wine alcohol (in equal parts). This composition should be smeared with a brush or cotton swab and left for several hours. Then wipe with a cloth and rinse with water.

These stains can be removed just as easily with hot milk.

Egg stains on cotton, linen, woolen fabrics of various colors, grease with heated glycerin and leave for 15 - 20 minutes to soften the stain. Then wipe with a cloth dampened with glycerin and rinse with water.

From cotton, linen and woolen fabrics of white color, stains are removed with ammonia (1 part by weight) With water (10 parts by weight): moisten the stain, then wipe with the specified mixture, if necessary, wash.

Dirt stains. Clean the stained area with a wet brush, then let the fabric dry. If it can be washed, it is best to wash the stained area in warm soapy water. If the stain still persists, dip it in vinegar. Do not use vinegar to clean nylon items.

Tar spots. The stain is smeared with oil and then removed as fat.

Tea stains. Stains should be removed immediately by washing in warm soapy water. Such stains are well removed with a mixture of glycerin with ammonia (for 4 parts of glycerin, one part of ammonia).

It is better to remove old stains on white fabric with a solution of oxalic acid (half a teaspoon in a glass of water). After the item has been cleaned with one of these products, it should be washed in soapy water, adding 2 teaspoons of ammonia to 1 liter of water, and rinsed thoroughly in warm water. Tea stains are removed from white fabric with hydrogen peroxide, then the fabric is washed and rinsed in warm water.

Potassium permanganate stains. From a white cloth, stains can be removed with a solution of oxalic acid (a teaspoon to 0.5 cups of water), then rinse the cloth with hot and finally with warm water.

Resin, asphalt, oil stains. Old stains are removed with a composition of white clay, dry potato starch, taken one teaspoon at a time and mixed with turpentine with the addition of a few drops of ammonia to a mushy state. This gruel is gently rubbed into the stain and left until dry, after which the fabric is cleaned with a clothes brush.

If the stain does not disappear, the treatment is repeated. If a yellow spot remains, remove it with hydrogen peroxide. The effect of hydrogen peroxide is pre-tested on a piece of fabric to ensure that the original color of the fabric does not disappear.

Perfume and cologne stains. Stains on silk and woolen fabrics are moistened with wine alcohol or pure glycerin, and then wiped with a cloth soaked in sulfuric ether. Spots from white tissues are removed with ammonia, then with a solution of hydrosulfite (4 g per glass of water) and after 2 - 3 minutes - with a solution of oxalic acid (5 g per glass of water).

Kerosene stains. Blotting paper is placed under the fabric on which the stain is located, moisten the stain with clean gasoline, sprinkle it with burnt magnesia, cover it with the same paper and put it under the load. After a while, the gasoline evaporates, and the magnesia is removed with a brush.

Mascara stains. Liquid black ink is a combination of soot with an aqueous solution of shellac. Dried ink is dissolved with brown, diluted in water (borax on the tip of a knife in a tablespoon of water) or ammonia. Then the stain is washed several times with warm soapy water and ammonia. Stains from colored carcasses and destroyed in the same way; the color of the stain must be removed, as well as the stains from aniline dyes.

Colored spots. Stains that have appeared on the laundry from contact with wet colored items are difficult to remove, especially red and yellow ones. You can remove stains with citric or oxalic acid, 10 -30 g of acid is dissolved in a glass of hot water. The stains are wiped with this solution and washed with warm water 2 - 3 times. At the last rinse, a few drops of ammonia are added to the water. To remove such stains from white linen, use hydrogen peroxide (2 teaspoons per glass of water) or hydrosulfite (10 g per glass of hot water).

How can stains of various origins be removed from clothes: effective folk remedies

Unfortunately, to remove stains from fabrics, it is not always possible to resort to the help of dry cleaning staff: sometimes you need to remove the pollution literally in a matter of minutes, sometimes there is no such utility service nearby, sometimes it’s just a pity for the funds to use such services. Don't be discouraged: in this article, you will get a lot of tips on how to remove stains at home using available folk remedies.

How to remove stains from clothes at home: general recommendations

It is very easy to spoil clothes with stains, much more difficult to get rid of them, especially at home. What can you remove stains of various origins from clothing and other fabric products? First of all, you should have the following chemicals at your disposal: turpentine, acetone, gasoline, denatured alcohol, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, glycerin, soda, oxalic acetic and citric acid, chalk, tooth powder and, of course, washing powder.

Hyposulfite solution is widely used for removing stains.: an incomplete teaspoon of hyposulfite in 1 glass of water. The cleaned area must then be rinsed with warm boiled water. After removing stains, you need to hang things up to dry and ventilate and keep them in the sun for a couple of hours.

To remove stains as efficiently as possible, the soiled area of ​​fabric should be pulled over a glass or cup, dipped in a cleaning solution or mass with a cotton swab or a clean cloth and rubbed gently - rush to no good.

Before removing stains from clothing and other fabrics, determine the nature of the stain. All spots are subdivided into several groups. In their own way, they can be fatty and oily (appear from poor handling, respectively, with fat, all kinds of oils, resins, etc.), colored - mainly of organic origin (wine, berries and fruits, tea, coffee and cocoa, mold , blood and ink), as well as mold and rust stains. You need to find your own approach to everyone.

So that a greasy stain on fabrics such as wool, tights, gabardine, as well as crepe of all colors, does not blur when removed, its borders should be covered with wet cotton wool, potato flour or white clay. That is, the stain falls into a dense environment.

The run-downs formed on the dress from which you removed the stain will disappear or, in any case, decrease if you hold it slightly over the steam.

Products made of artificial silk fabrics should never be cleaned immediately, without preliminary tests, with such agents as acetone, hydrogen peroxide, oxalic, acetic and citric acids. It is not recommended to use stain removers such as alcohol, gasoline and acetone on artificial leather products. Wash them only with warm soapy water.

Very often the quality and speed of stain removal depends on the age of the contamination. The older the stain, the more difficult it is to deal with it. This is because clothing pollutants undergo profound chemical changes when exposed to sunlight and atmospheric oxygen. You can try to remove stubborn stains with warmed lemon juice, holding the cloth over the steam.

To remove old stains at home, you can use lemon juice diluted in half with water or denatured alcohol. Then you need to wipe the fabric with a cloth dipped in a solution of water with ammonia.

And remember: precaution comes first. In this case, it is a guarantee of success. Before removing the stain, check the color fastness of the fabric to the selected composition. You never know what. To avoid misunderstandings, check its effect on an inconspicuous place: somewhere near a seam or on a hem. Watch carefully to see if the color of the fabric has changed.

How to quickly remove wine and beer stains from clothes

Before you learn how to remove wine stains from clothes, take a short excursion into the nature of such stains. The fact is that the color of the stains left by berries and wine depends on coloring substances called anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are close to their accompanying colorless catechins in plants. Under the influence of certain chemicals, anthocyanins can be converted into catechins - in other words, converted into uncolored substances. This transformation occurs, for example, under the action of reducing agents - sodium drosulfite or ethyl alcohol. They should be used to remove such stains.

Fresh stains from red wine (or from fruits) should be covered with salt and washed with soap and water or wiped with a 5% solution of ammonia. Then, of course, rinse the product. White wine and champagne stains are usually removed with glycerin heated to 40-50 ° C, then washed with warm water.

You can remove wine and beer stains from cotton fabric if you don’t regret one lemon, which should be used to rub it in the stained areas. Then leave the tablecloth in the sun for a while and rinse. Beer stains are also removed with warm ammonia, and then the product is washed in warm water with yal.

Wine stains will disappear if they are rinsed thoroughly in warm milk. Then arrange a small contrast shower: rinse alternately in cold and hot water.

The next section of this article is about how to get rid of tea, coffee and chocolate stains.

How to remove coffee, tea and chocolate stains

Tea stains are removed with a mixture of glycerin and ammonia (4 parts of glycerin and 1 part of ammonia). It is better to remove old tea stains with a solution of oxalic acid (1/2 teaspoon for 1 glass of water) or with a solution of hyposulfite (1 teaspoon for 1/2 liter of water). Then the thing must be washed in soapy water, adding 2 tsp for each liter of water. ammonia and rinse well.

Tea stains are removed from white fabric with hydrogen peroxide or lemon juice, after which the item should be washed and rinsed in warm water.

But removing coffee and cocoa stains is very easy.- ammonia, half diluted with water. And an especially good effect will be if you first wipe them with gasoline. Your thin silk blouses can be saved if you moisten the stains with heated glycerin and leave for 5-10 minutes, then rinse in warm boiled water. You can wash the item in lukewarm salt water and rinse it out in cold water. Completely remove coffee stains with hydrogen peroxide.

And one more way how you can remove such stains from clothes: moisten a cloth with a mixture of equal parts glycerin, ammonia and water and leave overnight and rinse in the morning. If drips develop around the stain, rinse the area with hot water.

The easiest way to remove chocolate stains at home is with boiling soapy water; they will disappear after washing in highly salted water or in a solution of ammonia.

Here's how you can get rid of other food stains.

The best folk ways to remove food stains

Fruit and fruit juice stains can be easily removed with a solution of glycerin and vodka (in equal parts). You can hold a cloth over a kettle of boiling water and rub the vinegar over the stain.

Fresh stains from apples, raspberries, cherries and fruit juice are washed off with a swab dipped in soapy water or a mixture of equal parts vinegar and lemon juice. Then you should wash the product.

Milk and ice cream stains are removed with a mixture of equal parts glycerin, ammonia and warm water. Use this mixture to wipe the stain, then wash the item in warm water. Milk stains disappear when washed in cool soapy water or water with the addition of borax or ammonia.

Egg stains on clothes are inevitable. A fresh egg stain on silk and cotton can be removed by rinsing it in cold water, then rubbing it with a cotton swab dipped in a mild vinegar solution, and then washing it in warm water.

Egg stains quickly disappear when washed with synthetic detergents that contain enzymes. In addition, stains can be removed by smearing the stained area with heated glycerin. After 15-20 minutes, wipe the stain with a cloth soaked in glycerin, then wash the product thoroughly.

The most basic way to remove egg stains from clothes- let them dry and then scrub with a soft brush. True, it does not always work. The remaining traces of eggs can be rubbed with a napkin dipped in gasoline.

The egg yolk itself can be used to remove tobacco stains. It is necessary to rub the stain with yolk mixed with denatured alcohol. Then rinse first in warm, then in hot water.

Oil stains can be easily removed with kerosene. The removal procedure is to some extent standard: with a cloth dipped in kerosene, gently rub the soiled area and then wash the item in warm water and soap.

Stains from fish, canned food and soup can be removed with a solution of 1 tsp. glycerin, 1/2 tsp. ammonia and 1 tsp. water. Such stains can be removed from products made of natural and artificial silk with the same mixture, with the difference that 1 tsp is added instead of water. vodka.

Fish oil stains can be removed with a mild vinegar solution.

Removing makeup stains

Spots from perfume and cologne on silk and woolen clothes are moistened with wine alcohol or pure glycerin, then wiped with a cotton swab soaked in sulfur or acetone. And the same spots on white fabrics are moistened first with ammonia, then with a solution of hyposulfite (a pinch of hyposulfite in 1 glass of water) and after 2-3 minutes with a solution of oxalic acid (a pinch for 1 glass of water).

Lipstick, which young women love to use, does not look as cute on a dress or on a husband's shirt as on the lips. Lipstick stains on silk and wool can be easily removed with pure alcohol. And you can also sprinkle borax on the dirt to remove such stains from clothes at home and gently clean it with lipstick, then wash the fabric in soapy water and rinse.

What if you stain your clothes while dyeing your hair? We deduce with hydrogen peroxide mixed with an equal amount of ammonia, or with a hyposulfite solution (at the rate of 1 tsp for 1 glass of water). The solution must be heated to 60 ° C and wiped the stain with a cotton swab dipped in it. Then wash the item in warm soapy water.

Removing yellow sweat and grass stains from fabric

The next problem is we sweat. Sweat causes staining. Fresh stains disappear if ammonia is added to warm soapy water (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water) during washing. You can wipe sweat stains with a mixture of vodka and ammonia to remove sweat stains.

Sweat stains can be removed from woolen garments with a cloth dipped in a strong solution of sodium chloride, from cotton garments - with wine vinegar. Removing yellow spots from sweat from silk fabric is possible with pure alcohol at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. vinegar in 1 glass of water.

But just a dirty spot should not be cleaned off immediately when it is still wet. It is better to wait until it dries, and then it is easy to clean it off with a weak solution of borax, then wipe it with a dry cloth, rinse in warm water and iron through a damp cloth moistened with a weak solution of ammonia.

A fresh grass stain can be removed with vodka, preferably denatured alcohol, in extreme cases, cologne, that is, something containing alcohol. Folk remedy - a solution of table salt (1 teaspoon for 0.5 cups of warm water). After removing the stain, rinse the cloth in warm water. Old stains are removed with a mixture of 10 g of ammonia and 30 g of cologne.

An effective way to remove grass stains from white fabrics- the use of a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide with a small addition of ammonia.

Removing mold from clothes

It would be nice to learn how to properly handle and store things so that you have to deal with natural stains. Improper care of things can lead to the appearance of mold and rust on things. This is extremely undesirable, but if things are stored in dampness, air access to them is limited, or you do something else wrong, then troubles cannot be avoided.

If mold appears on cotton clothes, sprinkle the stains with a layer of crushed dry chalk, put blotting paper on top and run it several times with a warm iron. The mold is killed.

Mold on silk and woolen fabrics is removed with turpentine, then covered with a thin layer of dry clay, blotting paper is placed on top and ironed with a warm iron.

To remove mildew from white fabrics, dab with hydrogen peroxide, then wash and rinse with warm water. Wash a white cotton cloth in milk, rinse in warm water and dry in the sun.

And on colored and dyed fabrics, the mold stain must be moistened with ammonia. Just be sure to check if the fabric dye is resistant to it.

Fresh mold stains can be removed by rubbing them several times with onion juice or yogurt whey. After that, you need to wash the product in hot water.

How to remove rust and blood stains

For rust, more effort is required. You need to moisten the dirty place with freshly squeezed lemon juice and iron it with a hot iron through a damp cloth. To remove rust stains, you can try holding the garment over boiling water for a few minutes before moistening with lemon juice. Then, immediately after these actions, wash in warm water.

Another way is to immerse a rusty piece of fabric in a solution of acetic acid for a few minutes (at the rate of 2 tablespoons per 1 glass of water). The solution must be preheated to a temperature of 80-90 ° C. For these purposes, use only enamelled dishes without damage. Then you need to rinse the fabric with warm water with the addition of ammonia - at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. 10% alcohol per 1 liter of water.

Blood stains should be washed first with cold water and then with warm soapy water. An effective remedy for removing old blood stains from clothes is to wipe the contamination with a solution of ammonia (1 tsp for 1 glass of water), then with the same borax solution.

You can remove blood stains from thin silk products with a thick solution: potato starch in cold water. With this mass, you need to lubricate the stain on the front and seamy side, let it dry well, shake it off and, if necessary, rub off the clothes.

The next section of the article is devoted to what and how you can remove ink stains from a pen.

How and how you can remove ink stains from a pen from clothes

It is considered that ink stains will not come out. However, this is not the case. Ink stains can be removed from clothing:

• solution of ammonia and baking soda, at the rate of 1 tsp. alcohol and 1 - 2 (depending on the saturation of the spot) tsp. soda for 1 glass of water;
• lemon juice - apply juice squeezed onto a cotton swab or tampon to the stain, and rinse the cleaned area with water and wipe dry with a clean cloth;
• for a white fabric, you need a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia (1 tsp each for 1 glass of water) or yogurt. To remove the stain from the handle as efficiently as possible, after cleaning the product must be washed and rinsed;
• from colored fabrics with a mixture of glycerin and denatured alcohol (2 parts of glycerin and 5 parts of alcohol);
• with leather products with warm milk;
• the juice of ripe tomatoes will effectively cleanse the skin of the hands if the handle has insidiously flowed; soap does not always help;
• Knowledgeable people remove stains from a chemical pencil or ballpoint pen with denatured alcohol.

How to remove a colored ink stain from a fabric product? Colored ink stains are removed with borax solution or ammonia. Then the contamination is washed with warm soapy water with ammonia.

Home remedies for removing greasy stains from clothes

Fresh grease stains on silk and wool products can be removed by sprinkling with talcum powder, then covering with absorbent paper and ironing with a not very hot iron. Don't rush to shake off the talcum powder - you can leave it until the next day. If this method of removing greasy stains at home does not work, rub the dirt with cotton wool soaked in refined gasoline. Just change the cotton wool more often. Sprinkle the treated area with talc again and leave it for a couple of hours to absorb the gasoline. No talcum powder - you can use chalk or tooth powder to remove greasy stains.

But old greasy stains are well cleaned if you cover them with a mixture of 1 part ammonia, 1 part salt and 3 parts water. After processing, you need to hang the item for airing, then wash in warm water.

Fresh grease stains can be removed with the pulp of warm bread. Truly, hle6 is the head of everything.

Once again, it's worth remembering that salt is an excellent stain remover. This essential oil stain remover can be sprinkled on fresh dirt and rubbed gently. The salt should be changed several times until the stain disappears. You can use flour in the same way.

Stains of stearin, wax or paraffin from cotton, linen, silk woolen fabrics of various colors can be removed with gasoline or turpentine. Gently scrape off the stain beforehand, as much as possible. To remove fresh grease stains from clothes, you can cover the dirt on the front and back side with absorbent paper and iron with a warm iron. The paper needs to be changed several times. Wipe off the remaining traces with denatured alcohol.

How to remove paint and varnish stains from fabric

To remove fresh oil paint stains from the fabric, moisten them with a cotton swab soaked in turpentine or pure gasoline, and then wipe them with a cotton swab with ammonia until the stain is completely removed. An old stain must be removed with turpentine with a small amount of ammonia. After softening the paint, clean it with a strong solution of baking soda, then rinse with warm water.

Old stains can also be removed by lightly brushing them with margarine or butter and rubbing them with a solvent after a while. Then wash the entire product.

Spots from varnishes (oil, alcohol and cellulose) are removed with a mixture of 1 part of denatured alcohol and 2 parts of acetone.

To remove fresh varnish stains with folk remedies, you can use turpentine or denatured alcohol, the dried ones are first greased with butter, and then removed in the same way as oil paint stains.

Stains from aniline paints will disappear if you wipe them first with denatured alcohol, then with a 10% solution of potassium permanganate, then rinse with a 2% solution of oxalic acid or sodium bisulfite and rinse with water.

Lime and silicate paints should be cleaned from fabrics with a dry, stiff brush. An old stain can be removed with a vinegar solution, then rinsed in water and smoothed through a dry towel.

Ways to remove other stains from clothing

Potassium permanganate stains will disappear if you soak the contaminated place in whey or yogurt for 3-4 hours, then wash the thing. To remove a stain from potassium permanganate from a white fabric, you will have to prepare a solution of oxalic acid (1 tsp for 1/2 glass of water). After that, the thing should be rinsed first in hot, then in warm water.

Iodine stains are removed by moistening with water several times and then rubbing with starch. 1 You can soak the product in a solution of ammonia and water (a few drops of ammonia per 1 glass of water). Then wash in soapy water.

One of the best remedies for removing iodine stains from colored fabrics- denatured alcohol or acetone.

Iron burns from light woolen products can be removed with an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia (1/2 cup of water, 1 tsp of peroxide and a few drops of ammonia). You can moisten the stain with onion juice and leave for several hours, then wash the product.

Burned spots on woolen, cotton and silk fabrics are removed with denatured alcohol.

Silicate glue is sometimes annoying too. Glue stains can be removed with hot soapy water and 1 tsp. soda or a solution of 10% sodium fluoride.

Tar and wheel ointment stains can be removed with a solution of equal parts of egg yolk and turpentine. After an hour, after removing the dried crust, rinse the stain with hot water. Old stains must be well saturated with turpentine, dried and moistened with an aqueous solution of baking soda or ash, from time to time moisten the stain with water. Moisten the cleaned area with turpentine and iron with a hot iron through a paper towel.

Wood tar stains should be moistened with acetone, gasoline or turpentine, then wiped with a cloth soaked in the same solvent, and covered with a paper towel, press with a hot iron.

Resin, asphalt, oil, gasoline, kerosene stains, if they are already firmly attached to clothes, can be removed with a mixture of 1 tsp. white clay and 1 tsp. potato starch with the addition of a few drops of turpentine and ammonia. Moisten the stain with this mixture and wait until it dries, then brush well. If the stain persists, repeat the treatment. If you end up with a yellow stain, you can remove it with a mild hydrogen peroxide solution.

A good way to remove floor polish and shoe polish stains from clothes- rub the contamination with a soapy solution with the addition of ammonia. If they do not disappear, you can moisten them with a hyposulfite solution (1 tsp for 0.5 cups of water) and rub, then rinse the thing in warm soapy water.

Fresh soot and coal stains can be removed with turpentine. After moistening the stain with it, after a while the thing should be washed in soapy water and rinsed well. Old spots are also removed with turpentine, but mixed with egg yolk. The mixture must be carefully warmed up in a water bath and immediately rubbed the stain, then wash the thing in soapy water and rinse.

And if you find a stain on your clothes and do not understand where it came from, remove it like a fat one. Wipe it with a mixture of wine alcohol, sulfuric ether and ammonia. To remove the stain with folk remedies, instead of ether, you can use gasoline, acetone, turpentine and other solvents. When removing such stains, it is appropriate to use an alcohol solution of soap.

Of course, these are not all cases. No one will ever be able to describe all possible contamination options. The main thing is to be able to remove stains. I wish you success in this difficult task!