Removing Stains

Therapy Putty, similar to Silly Putty, is a silicone polymer clay that squishes into shapes, stretches and bounces. It has a tacky hardness to it and a wet and glossy finish. Therapy Putty is...

Spilling something on a favorite shirt or pair of pants can be devastating, especially if it stains or is difficult to remove. Hot glue on fabric may seem impossible to remove, but with a few easy...

If you use Neosporin First Aid Antibiotic Ointment for small cuts and scrapes, you may have been dismayed to notice stains on your clothes or cloth furniture after application. These stains come...

Strong glue is strong stuff, especially when applied in its liquid hot state. While hot, it is able to wrap around and bond to the fibers in your clothes, making it extremely difficult to remove. ...

Hot glue is a convenient way to glue craft items together, including fabric. But what happens when you accidentally get hot glue on an item of clothing or other fabric that isn't part of the...

With everyone trying to save money, many of us are taking on home-improvement tasks ourselves rather than leaving it to the professionals. However, that doesn't always mean that we dress for the...

Mildew is a type of mold that occurs in warm, damp environments. It is usually black or white with a thin texture, and produces a distinctive sour odor. When mildew grows on fabric, it can cause...

Cotton is undoubtedly used more often in clothing than any other fabric materials, making it more likely for you to spill on or stain cotton clothing. This includes ink stains from pens. It is...

It can be fun to dive headfirst into a painting project, but things may get a little messy. If you get overzealous painting while wearing your favorite shirt, you could end up with a nasty paint...

It's bound to happen sooner or later. It's the accidental spill, not paying attention, or an arm bump and a stain appears on your clothing at the most inconvenient time. Stains come in all forms...

Buying white shoes is always a gamble. They get dirty quickly, and anything will stain them, including the dirt on the road, food dropped on them by accident, scuff marks from the shoes rubbing...

Paint stains, specifically lacquer, can be expensive to dry clean and seem impossible to remove from clothing if you don't know how to do it. If an inexpensive garment is stained with lacquer...

Everyone dreads spilling red wine on their cotton clothing or tablecloths, mostly because dark-colored stains are hard to get out. Set stains--those that have had time to penetrate the fibers of...

Accidents happen from time to time and can damage our clothing. Sometimes hair dye accidentally gets on our clothes when we're dyeing our hair. Fortunately there are some homemade solutions to...

Bleaching suede is extremely tricky, and is usually best done by a professional. Many dry-cleaning services specialize in cleaning suede and leather. But if you want to give it a try yourself,...

The bad thing about dress shoes are the black scuff marks that seem to accumulate on the front of the shoes. There is a very easy way to remove them, and you can also carry this fix with you to...

Spray painting your kitchen chairs in your leather pants didn't seem like such a bad idea at the time. Well, no matter how you got that spray paint on your favorite leather, it's time to remove...