Cleaning Tricks
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Grease Stains:
FOR CLOTHING: One community member, "Lindsay P" wrote: " My husband is a truck driver and comes home with filthy
wheel grease and other kinds on his clothes all the time. What works best is to put clothes in washer an add a two liter
of Coke Classic ™, plus your laundry soap and warm water. Turn machine on and let it do the work. When done the stain
is gone and the colors are bright."
or
- As a first step, use the solvent/detergent combo method. Take isopropyl rubbing alcohol and apply onto affected areas
just dabbing them with a clean sponge.
- Blot, never rub, with a clean towel. The solvency of the alcohol hopefully will 'break up' the grease content of the stain.
It is the no detergency (which avoids leaving residue) and the alcohol (for the quick dry and grease cutting solvency) which
should give you desirable results.
- If stain persists, mix 1 part dishwashing detergent to 10 to15 parts water. Be careful not to overdo it or else you'll
leave a soap film (stain) on the affected surface. Agitate surface with a fingernail brush or old toothbrush. Move brush in
one direction with the stain and another direction against the stain. Rinse and neutralize areas with a "white vinegar" mix
consisting of 1 part white vinegar to 10 parts water. In all of these procedures, apply solutions sparingly and try not to
OVER WET the surface. Blot area again with dry, white towel. Allow to dry for 15 minutes. Then, re-blot with towel again.
Allow to dry completely.
If stain still persists, as a last resort you may have to "bleach" out stain (at this point you have nothing to lose.)
- Dilute one part hydrogen peroxide with three parts water, using same blotting procedure as above.
- Finally, you can use a synthetic bleach like "Clorox II" trying it at different strengths (obviously the weakest first
like a 1:15 mixture with water to the strongest 1:1 with water). Apply carefully onto stain only with an eyedropper and wait
15 minutes before blotting or attempting a higher strength.
Juice.. Non-Grease stains
- Blot up liquid
- Mix one teaspoon of a mild pH balanced detergent (a mild non alkaline non bleaching detergent) with a cup of lukewarm
water
- Blot
- Rinse with white household vinegar
- Blot
- Mix one teaspoon of a mild pH balanced detergent (a mild non alkaline non bleaching detergent) with a cup of lukewarm
water
- Blot
- Sponge with clean water
- Blot
- If stain remains, blot with alcohol
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