Hey there, viewers! Getting ready for a busy summer? With all this rushing around,
we barely have time to eat. I was moving so fast to get out the door the other day,
I spilled hot coffee all over myself. A gross stain on your shirt is enough to ruin your day.
Most of us know how that feels. Luckily, there are a few hacks you can try to get these stains out.
Let’s talk about ways to remove common food stains.
How do you remove chocolate? What’s the best way to tackle fruit?
Wait, can you actually get rid of gum? We’re talking all that AND more, so stay tuned!
Let’s start with tomato sauce!
Tomato sauce can be delicious, but it’s a pain to cook with.
If the sauce is really runny, it doesn’t take much for it to splash everywhere.
Before you know it, your clothes will be covered in tiny red spots. Not even an apron can help you.
Well, as of today, your tomato sauce troubles are over! You just have to make sure you act quickly.
Otherwise, the stain’s going to spread. What you want to do is take a cloth and soak it in cold
water. Ring the cloth out and press it against the stain. The cold water will stop the stain from
getting larger. If the sauce has splattered, do this to every spot you can find on your clothes.
Once this part’s done, rub a slice of lemon on the stain.
This is so the acidity will take the stain out of the fabric. Put a little cold water over the
stain once more, then grab a dry cloth and press it against the fabric. Finally, you’ll want to
take off that item of clothing and put it in the wash. Make sure you’re running cold water again.
Time to get those chocolate stains!
Chocolate stains can be hard to come by, but when they happen,
boy are they a pain to get rid of. On a hot summer day, eating chocolate can be the kiss of death.
Whether it’s ice cream, or a candy bar, the melted chocolate can easily drip onto your shirt.
So how do you clean it off? Well, this ones a little more complex.
It involves a mixture of cold water and laundry detergent. Mix the two together and rinse the
chocolate to the best of your ability. You’ll do this for about five minutes.
Once that’s done, put the item of clothing in a tub of cold water. No detergent is necessary at
this point. Let it sit in the tub for about 30 minutes. Rinse the shirt after you take it out,
and throw it in a cold washer. This should be enough to have that chocolate stain disappear.
Now, if you happen to get some chocolate on a piece of furniture,
pour some cold water over the stain. Then go at it with a clean cloth and dishwashing detergent.
Another terrible stain is grease!
You may like greasy food, but trust me, you don’t want greasy stains all over your shirt.
We sometimes get grease on our hands, and unknowingly transfer it onto our clothes.
Sometimes grease can be so runny, it leaves our shirt looking see through.
When it comes to grease, you first want to remove your shirt and count the grease stains.
Make sure you’ve spotted all of them. You don’t want to clean the grease
off your shirt only to realize later that you’ve missed some.
Run a butter knife against the stain to get any remaining food particles off.
Then, press a paper towel against the stain as hard as you can. This will absorb a large
amount of the grease. When that’s done, get a little bit of baking soda and place it on both
sides of the stain. Let it sit for about an hour. Cornstarch also works for this.
Next, take some dishwashing liquid and place it where the baking soda was.
That’s supposed to sit for only a few minutes. Let’s say five. After that, rinse the liquid off.
This hack only works with a certain type of fabric.
If you’ve gotten grease on suede or silk, you’re better off taking it to the dry cleaner.
If you’d like to avoid this trouble in the future,
try dabbing the grease out of your food the next time you’re eating. Or at least
wipe your hands with a napkin before touching your clothes. This can make all the difference.
Don’t spill your coffee!
We’ve all been there. You’re driving to work and reach to take a sip of your coffee.
Your car goes over a bump and BAM! Your coffee’s all over your shirt!
Not your ideal way to start the morning. Luckily, there is a way to get rid of it.
What stinks is that you’re probably going to have to go through your work day with an awful
coffee stain on your shirt, because this isn’t exactly something you can do on your lunch break.
You first need to rinse the stain in cold water. Once that’s complete, get a small container and
fill a quarter of it up with warm water. Then you add half a teaspoon of dishwashing soap and
1 tablespoon of vinegar. Leave the shirt sitting in the container for 15 minutes.
Once you’ve removed the shirt from the container, rinse it out once more,
and throw it in the laundry machine. This same method also works well for tea spills.
If you’re trying to get coffee stains out of furniture,
try mixing two half teaspoons of vinegar and dish soap with two cups of warm water.
Dip a clean paper towel into the mixture and press it onto the stain.
Let’s move on to ketchup.
Yeah, spilling hot coffee on yourself is painful, but the frustration you
feel after accidentally getting ketchup on your white t-shirt is almost incomparable.
Getting ketchup stains out sounds nearly impossible.
Much like tomato sauce, you usually do have some red stuck in your clothing. But that doesn’t
mean your clothes are unwearable. You should still try getting as much of it out as you can.
You want to start by scraping the ketchup off with a butter knife. This is followed
by blotting the ketchup with a clean paper towel or cloth. Then pour some
cold water into a container and mix it with a bit of laundry detergent. Once it’s mixed in,
you will add the stained clothing item into the liquid. Let the item soak for about 10 minutes.
After you take it out, throw it into the washing machine. When that’s done, dry it outside.
This way, the heat gets to it, giving you the best chance at getting rid of the stains.
Before washing, make sure you read the label to see if your clothing item has
special cleaning requirements. You may need to fork a couple bucks over for dry cleaning.
Berry stains are also bad.
While most of us enjoy a fresh bowl of berries from time to time,
getting berry stains on your pants is enough to make you never want to eat them again.
Let’s say you find a bit of blueberry on your shirt. You’re going to want to
attack this stain ASAP. There is a chance it could be permanent.
Now, there are a few ways to treat berry stains. The most basic is a mix of lemon
juice and vinegar. Dip a toothbrush in, and start scrubbing the stain as hard as you can.
Make sure you're really putting some elbow grease into it.
After scrubbing for five minutes or so,
rinse the stain with water to get the acids out and loosen the stain.
Rub the stain with some laundry detergent, and finish up by throwing it in the wash.
When it comes to berries, you have numerous options for getting rid of the stains.
There are also enzyme-based stain removers and oxygenated bleach.
Let’s talk about red wine.
This is a sensitive subject for a lot of people.
So many of us have lost precious clothing items over silly red wine stains. Well,
that ends today, folks! It’s going to be difficult, but it’s doable.
The first step is to get some hot water onto a cloth. You have to be very careful with this.
If you’re going to fast, you could cause the red wine to spread, making your problems even worse.
If it’s done right, the molecules will lose cohesion. This is a fancy science word for
particles sticking together. When the molecules do this, it makes your clothes much easier to clean.
This may sound a little weird, but you can also try pouring some milk on the stained area,
and letting it sit for a bit. Then, you take a sponge and absorb the milk.
You can also get complex and mix white vinegar with club soda.
This solution also helps break up the molecules in red wine.
Once it spreads over the stain, you try blotting it out with a paper towel.
So how do you get gum out of your clothes?
I know, this isn’t exactly a stain, but we all know the feeling of accidentally getting gum
stuck on our pants. You try to pick it off, but it Wouldn’t you love an easy way to get it out?
The method to get rid of gum is actually pretty unusual.
What you want to do is take an ice cube, and freeze the gum. Some experts also suggest
putting the item of clothing into the actual freezer and letting it sit until the gum hardens.
This makes it easier to remove the whole piece, instead of it coming off in slivers.
Once the gum has hardened, start pulling it off. Just be careful when you do this,
because it’s easy to damage the clothing.
Once you’ve taken off as much gum as you can, take a toothbrush and start scrubbing.
Cleaning anything can be annoying, but unfortunately, it’s necessary.
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