4 Thrifty Stain Removers
March 28, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under cleaning, clothes, household product
Consumer reports recommends these low-cost products for stain removal.
1. Hydrogen peroxide - Good for getting out blood, juice, and other red stains. I’ve used this product many times to get blood out of clothing. You may want to do a small test spot before using. After you’ve opened the bottle, you may want to replace it every few months because I’ve heard it starts turning to water. Someone also told me that they add some peroxide to their load of whites.
2. Amodex (ink zapper) - This product was featured on Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Place it on the ink stain and work it in or follow the directions on the bottle. You can get it at stationery stores or the Amodex website.
3. OxiClean (sodium percarbonate) - Good for stains of all colors. Follow manufacturer’s instructions and soak stains for several hours before washing.
4. Fels-naptha (grease buster) - Good for getting out oily stains such as salad dressing, gravy, grease, and pasta sauce. I checked out their site and this product has many uses. Some wrote in to say that they make their own laundry detergent using Fels-naptha. I definitely need some of this soap since grease is so hard to get out of clothes.
Do you have a product that works great on stains? Please tell us about it. We’d love to know.
Picture from thefabricofourlives.com.
LRN
I’ve heard great things about OxiClean. Seems like everyone is using it except me. I’ve never even tried it. I guess I better get some next time since my girls are very messy! LOL!
Baking Soda works great too! Sometimes you have to mix it with a little lemon juice (blood stains), but most of the time just add water to the baking soda to form a paste, apply to the stain and let sit for 10 minutes and wash as usual.
It’s not for stains, but the question has come up twice in the last week for me, so I figure I’d share it.
FOR CAT URINE/SPRAY use borax. I learned this trick working at the zoo…it’s what we use for the smelly sprayers (cats and more).
On the affected area…not the animal