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Stain Remover For Set-In Stains

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Date: 04/08/2005 Topics: Cleaning > Cleaning Recipes | Old Categories > Cleaning  
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I used the following method to get out some set-in stains (red jello and spaghetti sauce mashed in and dried in the dryer, other unidentifiable stains noticed after clothes were dried.)

Make a paste out of Shout gel (or your favorite stain remover or detergent) and baking soda. Scrub this on stain with a firm toothbrush until as much is gone as possible with scrubbing. Then splash on a little white vinegar and let it foam for a couple minutes. Rinse with water as hot as is safe for fabric. Pretreat again with a little more stain remover or detergent and toss into regular wash cycle immediately.

This saved several of my toddler's outfits.

By LynnB
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Post By kayla (Guest Post) (06/19/2008)
Will apple cider vinegar work instead of white vinegar?

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Post By Lisa (Guest Post) (06/02/2008)
I used the Shout/baking powder paste followed by vinegar method on a red jello stain - worked great. I would also recommend doing a double wash on stains (catch your machine before it starts the rinse cycle and set it back to wash again).
Tthe sooner you can get to a stain, the better!

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Post By Jill (Guest Post) (02/11/2008)
Ahh, Thank you so much. This really worked. I didn't even have the vinegar and it worked on a stain that went through the wash twice.

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Post By Alex (Guest Post) (10/07/2007)
Hi, I dropped nail polish on my new trousers and have no idea what to use to remove. Any ideas?

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Post By Bonnie Medina (Guest Post) (08/29/2007)
I am an x-ray technologist working in Honduras. I develope my x-rays the OLD way, by hand. I want to know how to get developer stains out of my blouses!

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Post By Jen (Guest Post) (08/28/2007)
I have a white skirt that has tree sap stains on it that are hard and sticky that i cannot remover. I have tried Shout and bleaching it. Any suggestions?

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Post By Terry (Guest Post) (06/25/2006)
thanks Lynn
my granddaughter was over at my house and spilled red jello on her. we tried your advice and it really worked! her parents didn't get mad because they couldn't see it!

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Post By Pamm (Guest Post) (02/23/2006)
Lynn,

My daughter came in from school yesterday with her brand new pale pink blouse spotted with apple that had turned brown. I tried your method (it took three times) but it almost completely removed the stain! Thanks so much!

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Post by evlevo85 (21) | (08/04/2005)
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Thanks Lynn ,
I'm going to try this w/a shirt of my husbands that is almost brand new that has set in stain spots on it.
Hope it works for me too.
Thanks again,
evlevo85

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