Removing Stains

If you’ve ever had to try to get chocolate stains out of a white shirt, you know how hard it can be. You can buy commercial stain removers, of course, but they don’t always work well on chocolate...

You get home from a party or a day at the office, take off your clothes and realize there is a lip-gloss stain on your favorite white shirt. Whether you accidentally did it yourself or it resulted...

It is sometimes difficult to get that dry, set-in stain out of your favorite clothing. You can remove the stain, but it will take patience and a little elbow grease. The type of stain will dictate...

Many of us at some point have had nasty sweat stains on our clothes. These stains can take multiply washes to remove the stains and sometimes even more to remove the odors. However, with these...

Removing a butter stain can be quite a bit more tricky than removing other types of stains as most laundry products were meant to remove liquid stains, not solid stains. However, there still is a...

If you are a smoker, live with someone who smokes or have visited a venue where smoking occurred, there's a good chance your clothes have nicotine stains. Other fabrics such as linens and curtains...

Rubber stains are particles of rubber that have been left behind; the friction of the rubber object coming into contact with clothing is what causes the rubber to stick. Changing a tire, putting...

Ugg boots are very comfortable and very popular, but they are not stain resistant. The soft, suede finish on these boots makes them "soak up" stains and marks. If you want to use your Ugg boots as...

Tie dying your clothing can be a creative way to individualize your wardrobe. Whether going it alone or creating pieces as a group activity, tie dye is a great way to add a pop of color to your...

Women's underwear becomes stained for a variety of reasons. Luckily, most body fluid and substance stains are easily removed from foundation garments with a minimum of fuss. When faced with a...

Underarm sweat can cause not only unsightly wet areas in that region of your clothing, but it can also result in permanent stains. White clothing is one of the worst victims of underarm stains as...

Though white tennis shoes look great when first purchased, after some wear your shoes may take on a dingy, dirty look due to stains, dirt and more. While using bleach to restore your shoes to...

The task of removing an old stain from your favorite dress can be tricky. It can take a long time to remove the stain, depending on the length of time the stain has remained on the dress. The...

Every woman has experienced stains on her clothing, especially her shirts, from makeup. Sometimes, while applying your makeup, the brush falls and causes a mark or stain on your shirt. Other...

Have you ever needed to use a certain sneaker but you where stopped by the months of outdoor torture on your sneaker? How about getting off you're brand new Nike's grass and mud stains? There's...

Grape jelly may be good on bread with some peanut butter, but it's not so lovely when you wear it on your Halston dress. Tough grape stains on clothing can turn your favorite shirt or dress into...

Oil-based soaps can be surprisingly effective at stain removal, especially for difficult stains such as grass and blood. They should be used immediately after the stain is produced for the most...

Salt stains typically develop during cold winter months when roads and sidewalks are covered with salt. While this makes for a more safe travel experience, you sometimes can collect salt stains on...

Getting a stain on your favorite item of clothing is never fun, and it's especially annoying when that stain is food coloring. Food coloring is extremely difficult to get out of fabric...

Accidents happen - you spill something on the floor and on yourself, no biggy. But getting stains out of a carpet or your favorite shirt is gonna be a little tough, especially if you don't want to...

Resin from trees can be extremely sticky and leave very difficult to remove stains. With a little persistence however, and techniques that are specific to different surface types, most resin...

As adults, we are able to identify most of the stains on our clothes. We dribbled coffee on our favorite work shirt. We stepped in a mud puddle that was deeper than we anticipated and stained the...

Scorching is caused when extreme heat, such as that from an iron, has prolonged contact with fabric. The yellowish stains left behind are usually very hard to remove, and this is even more true...

Leather clothing and furniture fabrics are among the most sensitive and difficult to maintain in your home. When they become stained with greasy substances like olive oil, salad dressing or pizza...

Iron and rust particles can sometimes adhere to fabric if the clothes come in contact with rusty metal or are washed in water from rusty pipes. The result is clothing with orange, red or yellow...

Lipstick contains oil, wax, pigments and alcohol. The variety of ingredients and intense colors occasionally make stain removal perplexing. Missed stains can be set in by the heat of the clothes...

With almost every white shirt, sweat stains are an annoyance that is practically inevitable. But sometimes there isn't time to do another load of laundry, or it isn't cost-efficient or good for...

Getting ink on your laundry can be very irritating. Clothes are expensive and most people can afford to buy new ones every time a pen goes through the laundry. Most people check the pockets of...

Have you ever got a blood stain on your carpet or favorite piece of clothing? Maybe your child got a bloody nose and stained his/her outfit or stained the carpet? Perhaps your dog or cat went into...

It is nearly impossible to go through life without getting chocolate or grease on your clothing. Through cooking and eating, food is sometimes spilled or splattered on clothing and often leaves an...

Henna ink is a mixture of water and henna paste traditionally used to create temporary tattoos. This mixture is meant to penetrate materials and stain very deeply, so that it remains on the skin...

Winter snowfall brings about sledding adventures and snowmen, in addition to slush, ice cold puddles and salt-stained pant legs. People living in cities where walking, regardless of weather, is...

At some point or another, nearly everyone needs to remove a sauce stain from clothing. Thousands of so-called remedies exist, but there are a few sure-fire ways to get rid of the stain.

There are those who would not dream of attending a wedding or graduation without a handkerchief with which to dab away tears of happiness. Anyone who has sorted through stacks of antique linen or...

Patent leather is high gloss leather that is shiny in appearance and is frequently used by designers when creating shoes and purses. Cleaning and maintaining the material typically requires the...

Women everywhere have trouble keeping makeup off of their clothing. Either makeup was spilled during application or smudges and stains were created when the clothing was put on or taken off. No...

A stain is truly fabric's natural enemy---it infiltrates, it damages, it holds tight and doesn't let go. But fear not, for stains are a foe that may yet be vanquished. The trick is to know thy...

Sometimes, while getting dressed, you brush your shirt along your arm pits when pulling it over your head and get deodorant stains on the bottom of the shirt. Other times, deodorant stains appear...

Stain removal can be challenging when your water is the culprit. Water with iron particles in it, usually due to older water pipes, can stain your clothes with rust colored spots. If you also have...

How to remove stains from bike chain grease. Everyone has had that great pair of pants or shirt that gets caught on a bike chain and leaves that unsightly greasy mess. Luckily, it is simple to...

Getting red stains out of white garments is a common problem for active households. Sometimes sports uniforms are stained by red clay. A red wine might spill onto the tablecloth. Red sugar drinks...

When candy or gum stain clothing, they create one of the more difficult stains to remove with basic cleaning methods. Candy and gum often stick to fabric in thick masses and sink into the clothing...

Successful stain removal is a science that relies on a variety of factors, especially the ingredients of the stain and the type of fabric or material. Water-based stains tend to be easier than...

Dye stains can be one of the trickiest forms of stain to remove. This is due to most dyes being made of permanent or semi-permanent ingredients designed to stay put on fabrics, hair and other...

Knowing how to keep your tie clean is crucial in your suit wearing success. Every suit-wearing guy knows that the necktie gets dirty quicker than any other garment a man can wear. It is also the...

If you have kids, you know that blood stains are a common problem with their clothing. From random nosebleeds to bike accidents to sports injuries, those little red spots of doom can be...

We all love our clothes to smell like "spring rain" or "country meadows" as our bottle of favorite liquid fabric softener promises. However, laundry mishaps happen, and fabric softener may have...

Acid can get on clothing while working with machines or simply from cracked batteries in your home. Getting acid stains out of clothing is easier than you might think. Here are a couple of easy...

It's so frustrating to pull out your best white shirt and find nasty yellow armpit stains. Before, I always figured I would have to go buy a new shirt, but I finally found a way to get those...

Microsuede (microfiber) is a man-made material that has many of the same qualities as suede leather. It is used in furniture, curtains, clothing, bedding and shoes and is much softer than real...