{"id":1820,"date":"2023-02-23T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:04:50","slug":"hope-for-removing-old-stains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/hope-for-removing-old-stains\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for Removing Old Stains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you check your clothes when they come out of the washer to make sure any stains are gone? If you don\u2019t or forgot, you may pull an item out of the dryer and find that the heat has caused the stain to set. At that point, you may think all hope is lost, but there are still a couple of things you can try.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pretreat and wash it again.<\/strong> Make sure to let the fabric sit after applying the stain remover and before putting it in the washer. This may not work, but it\u2019s worth a try if the alternative is putting the item in the trash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get out the bleach.<\/strong> If it\u2019s safe for the fabric, bleach can be a helpful way to remove those really tough stains, even after they\u2019ve set. This isn\u2019t just for white clothes, depending on the kind of bleach you use. When going this route, be sure to follow the directions on the product label and let the clothing soak in the solution. And then let the clothes air dry to check if the stain is completely gone. If not, you can try soaking it again.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us how it works! We love to hear those success stories when stained clothes are saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you check your clothes when they come out of the washer to make sure any stains are gone? If you don\u2019t or forgot, you may pull an item out of the dryer and find that the heat has caused the stain to set. At that point, you may think all hope is lost, but there are still a couple of things you can try. Pretreat and wash it again. Make sure to let the fabric sit after applying the stain remover and before putting it in the washer. This may not work, but it\u2019s worth a try if the alternative is putting the item in the trash. Get out the bleach. If it\u2019s safe for the fabric, bleach can be a helpful way to remove those really tough stains, even after they\u2019ve set. This isn\u2019t just for white clothes, depending on the kind of bleach you use. When going this route, be sure to follow the directions on the product label and let the clothing soak in the solution. And then let the clothes air dry to check if the stain is completely gone. If not, you can try soaking it again. Tell us how it works! We love to hear those success stories when stained clothes are saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","tag-stain-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}