This product can be attributed to dry cleaning, but should it be done if the stain is small? We'll figure out what it takes to remove such common spots - from grass, ink, paints, markers, different drinks.
Types of spots
Spots are divided into 3 groups:
1. spots that dissolve in water;
2. spots that are insoluble in organic solvents;
3. spots soluble in organic solvents.
Water can dissolve stains from water-soluble dyes, from joinery glue, from various low-fat food products.
Organic solvents, such as: gasoline or alcohol, act on greasy stains from oils, waxes , creams. And also on resins, varnishes, oil paints. In these liquids, spots from blood, mold, artificial and natural paints, protein substances, etc., do not dissolve.
Fat spots on the fabric do not have clear boundaries, the old lightens from adhering dust and from oxidation, fresh spots are much darker than tissue. If the stain is mixed in composition, then it will have clear contours, often such stains are much darker than tissue.
How does the stain remover work on the fabric
In addition to the spot, you need to know the structure of the tissue itself, on which this spot is located. Do not use solvents on fabrics with impregnation and on acetate fabrics. Before using a solvent, you need to pay attention to the label and the recommendations that are written on the bottle.
Natural silk and wool can not be processed with a strong alkali solution. Some tissues must be rinsed with weak solutions. Many tissues are not treated with strong acid solutions. For stains on acetate silk or bologna fabric, do not take acetone and acetic acid, and nylon and kapron are afraid of concentrated solutions of alkali, benzene, gasoline.
Stain removal rules
- To check the stain remover, you need to check its effect on the inner fold of the product or on a separate piece on the resistance of the fabric.
- Before you remove stains, you need to shake off the dirt and dust that is on the fabric.
- From the underside of the product, place a plate covered with a cloth.
- To reduce the boundary of the stain, you need to moisten the cloth around the stain with water, and remove the stain from the edges to the middle.
- Wet a cloth swab, gauze or cotton wool in the stain remover, and the tool itself is applied a little. You can apply the product with a cotton swab.
- Do not rub the fabric, it will damage it, press gently on the tampon.
- Do not try to withdraw at one time a spot, it is better to do it several times.
- You need to work in a ventilated room, because most of the funds quickly evaporate.
- Do not mix different stain removers.
Display the spots themselves
Greasy stains are removed with acetone, turpentine, gasoline, or alcohol. The stains should be removed from the wrong side, and the liquid must be clean.
- A fresh oil stain can be removed if the cloth is ironed through a napkin with a temperature of up to 100 degrees, folded in several layers, and which should be laid from 2 sides. On a light cloth, stain the stain with chalk, and after 2 hours remove with a brush.
- On woolen cloth, aged grease stains should be removed with gasoline and ironed after 5 minutes through a layer of blotting paper with a hot iron.
- Fat stain from the collar should be removed with a swab, which must be moistened in a mixture consisting of four parts of a 2% solution of ammonia and one part of rock salt.
- The stains from drying oil and oil paint are removed with kerosene, turpentine or ammonia, if the stain is very old, it needs to be moistened with turpentine, and after it has softened, remove with fresh baking soda solution.
- Spot from black tar can be removed with turpentine or gasoline, and then with soapy water.
- Spot from vegetable oil should be wiped with kerosene and washed with soap in warm water.
- Fish oil is removed with water and vinegar.
- Spot on the pages of the book should be sprinkled with chalk and patted the stain with an iron through a paper napkin.
Plant spots
- A fairly fresh stain from vegetable or fruit juice should be sprinkled with salt, and then washed with a cloth.
- Fresh stain from juices or red wine is removed with the help of ordinary hot water, stretch the fabric and under the stream of water to process the stain.
- The old stain from the fruit juice is removed with the help of whey or curdled milk, and then the cloth should be rinsed with cold water.
- The stain from the wine or juice on the white fabric can be removed with bleach, but before removing the stain, you need to look at the instructions on the bottle and on the label on the product.
- A wine spot on colored clothes will help to remove glycerin if it is mixed with egg yolk. The mixture is applied to the stain and clothes are left for several hours, then washed with warm water.
- Spot from beer or white wine should be soaked in soapy water for a day, add a little baking soda and wash in warm water.
- The stain from the tea should be washed in soapy warm water, and if the stain has dried, then it must be treated with a mixture of four parts of glycerin and one part of ammonia.
Stains from decorative cosmetics
- Nail polish on clothes can be treated with acetone or liquid to remove varnish, but beforehand on an inconspicuous area you need to check the durability of the color of the fabric.
- Spots from perfume can be easily rubbed with alcohol.
- Stain from the carcass should be moistened with milk, then rinse in warm water, and so repeat until the spot disappears.
- The stain from the cream is removed by gasoline or alcohol.
- Lip lipstick with Vaseline and wash the stain in soapy water.
- Spray the dye from the hair dye with water, apply a few drops of glycerin, gently wipe and rinse with water using a sponge.
Now we know how we can remove the spots ourselves. Use these tips, and you can remove stains from clothes.