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Stain Removal from Fabrics - Margaret Smith Furry
Margaret Smith Furry
Stain Removal from Fabrics: Home Methods
Sharp Ink Publishing
2022
Contact: [email protected]
ISBN 978-80-282-0903-2
Table of Contents
To Remove Stains Successfully
Steps to Success in Stain Removal
Treat Stains Promptly
Suit the Remover to the Cloth
Suit the Remover to the Stain
Stain-Removal Supplies
Removing Individual Stains
Acids
Adhesive Tape
Alcoholic Beverages and Soft Drinks
Alkalies
Argyrol
Blood
Bluing
Candle Wax, Colored
Candy
Carbon Paper
Chewing Gum
Chocolate and Cocoa
Cod-liver Oil
Coffee and Tea
Dyes and Running Colors
Egg
Fingernail Polish
Fish Slime
Flypaper, Sticky
Fruits and Berries
Glue and Mucilage
Grass and Other Fresh Garden Foliage
Grease and Oils
Ice Cream
Ink
Iodine
Iron Rust
Linseed Oil
Lipstick and Rouge
Meat Juice or Gravy
Medicines
Mercurochrome
Metallic Stains
Mildew
Milk and Cream
Mimeograph-Correction Fluid
Mucus
Mud
Mustard
Paints—Oil Paints, Varnishes, Enamels
Pencil Marks
Perspiration Stains
Rubber Cement
Salad Dressings
Scorch
Shoe Dressings
Soap
Soot and Smoke
Sugar Sirups
Tar, Road Oil, Asphalt, Axle Grease, Pitch
Tobacco
Tomato Juice and Catsup
Urine
Walnut (Black)
Water Spots
White Sauces, Cream Soups
Index to Stains
FARMERS’ BULLETIN NO. 1474
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
To Remove Stains Successfully
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TREAT THE STAIN while it is fresh. KNOW YOUR CLOTH—What is it made of? Does it wash well? WORK CAREFULLY but quickly. TRY SIMPLE METHODS FIRST. For a nongreasy stain, sponge with cold water. For a greasy stain, try carbon tetrachloride. AVOID HOT WATER on an unknown stain. Hot water sets many stains. TEST FOR COLOR CHANGE on a sample of the cloth before using any stain remover. USE REMOVERS SPARINGLY. Many brief applications are better than one long one. USE LIGHT, BRUSHING MOTIONS—never rub a remover into the stain. NEUTRALIZE acids with alkalies; alkalies with acids. RINSE WELL—never let a chemical dry on the cloth. SPREAD a liquid remover unevenly into the cloth around the stain. DRY RAPIDLY to help prevent rings.
Washington, D. C.
Revised September 1942
Slightly revised April 1951
STAIN REMOVAL FROM FABRICS
HOME METHODS
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by
MARGARET S. FURRY, Assistant Textile Chemist
Off with stains! Keep clothes and home fabrics spotlessly clean. It is smart and thrifty to take best care of your clothing and household fabrics so they will look well and last as long as possible.
Many stained and spotted articles are needlessly thrown away each year. Many others are needlessly ruined by unsuccessful attempts to remove stains. It is possible to remove practically any stain at home by following a few simple rules. To take proper care of your fabrics, you will find it worthwhile to learn enough of the know-how
skill so that you can do a good job.
One of the most important rules is to remove the stain promptly. Stains that become old usually require a remover so strong that it sometimes injures the cloth.
Another important rule is to select a remover that will not harm the cloth. If you can find out what caused the stain, this also will guide you in choosing the remover best suited for the job.
Work carefully, patiently, quickly. Often the way in which cleaning is done is as important as the kind of cleaning materials used, in getting good final results.
The following pages not only tell how to remove many kinds of stains but describe as well the general principles of stain removal.
Steps to Success in Stain Removal
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Treat Stains Promptly
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First rule for success in removing a stain is to start while it is fresh, even before it dries if possible. Hot soapsuds or