SECTION 7:PRACTICAL INFORMATION-STAIN REMOVAL
Alcoholic beverages:
Wash with cold water, then wipe with glycerine and
water. Rinse with water mixed with vinegar.
Shoe Polish:
Scratch the stain without ruining the cloth, rub with detergent
and rinse. In case it is not eliminated, it should be rubbed with 1 unit of pure
alcohol (96 degrees) mixed in 2 units of water and then washed with
lukewarm water.
Tea and coffee:
Stretch the stained area on the top of a container and pour
water, as hot as the type of your cloth can endure, on it. If the type of your
cloth is suitable,wash it with lye(caustic soda).
Chocolate and cocoa:
Leave your clothes in cold water and rub with soap or
detergent. Wash it in the highest temperature that the type of your cloth can
endure. If there is still a stain of oil left, wipe with oxygenated water (in
proportion of 3%).
Tomato paste:
After scraping the dried pieces, leave in cold water for about
30 minutes and wash by rubbing with detergent.
Egg:
Eliminate
the dried
stain residues, wipe with a sponge or damp cloth.
Rub with detergent and wash with diluted lye(caustic soda).
Grease and oil stains:
First
wipe the residues
.
Rub
the stain
with detergent
and then wash with lukewarm soapy water.
Mustard
: First apply glycerine to the stained area. Rub with detergent and
then wash. If the stain still does not disappear, wipe with alcohol (On
synthetic and coloured cloth, a mixture of 1 unit alcohol, 2 units water should
be used).
Blood stain:
Leave your clothes in cold water for 30 minutes. If the stain still
does not disappear, lay in mixture of water and ammonia (3 table-spoons of
ammonia in 4 liters of water)for 30 minutes.
Cream, ice-cream and milk:
Leave your clothes in cold water and rub the
stained area with detergent. If the stain has still not disappeared, apply lye on
the fabric of your clothes in proper proportion.(Do not use lye on coloured
clothes.)
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