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Summer Stain Guide

Send tough summer stains packing! Whether it’s a backyard picnic or a trip to the beach, stains seem to tag along. Our tips for removing some common summer stains and products that can help get the job done easier!

  • Ice cream. Use a pretreat laundry product. Then launder. If it’s an old stain, let it soak for several hours first.
  • Mustard. Pretreat with a prewash product. Then launder using chlorine bleach (if it’s safe for the fabric) or color-safe bleach. If a greasy residue remains, soak using a pretreat product. Then rinse thoroughly and relaunder.
  • Ketchup. Flush the stain with cold water, then pretreat with liquid laundry detergent or a prewash stain remover. Launder using bleach that’s safe for the fabric.
  • Grass stains. Use a pretreat laundry product. Then launder the garment as soon as possible. Check the garment for stain removal before drying it, as the heat of the dryer can set the stain. If stain persists, launder the garment again using bleach that’s safe for the fabric.
  • Sunscreen. Pretreat with a prewash product. Then, launder in the hottest water that’s safe for the fabric. Stain savvy: Apply sunscreen and let it dry before putting on the garment.
  • Perspiration. Use a prewash stain remover with enzymes, then launder. If perspiration has changed the color of the fabric, apply ammonia to fresh stains or white vinegar to old stains, then rinse. Stubborn stains may respond to washing with a color-safe bleach.
  • Summer Berries. When berry stains strike, scrape off excess fruit, run fabric under cold water then launder, using bleach if that’s safe for the fabric.

For more information on these and other stains, visit the American Cleaning Institute’s stain removal guide.

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