The method is easy
and straight-forward
but it does take
time.
I'm a Mom of three
kids.
Three young kids.
Three young messy
kids.
I'm also the kind of
Mom that allows her 1 year old to feed herself.
How will she learn if
she doesn't try? Right?
And I don't mind the
mess really. The mess on the table that is.
But the mess on her
clothes..... *cringe*
But I don't want
harsh chemicals on my kids' clothes.
I have sensitive skin
and so do my kids.
That means I need a
stain remover that is tough enough for the stain
but gentle enough for
our sensitive skin.
It combines the two
main methods for removing stains:
grease lifting and
stain soaking.
So here is how I get virtually
any stain
out of cotton or
polyester clothes.
Any stain a kid
can make!
Need
dish soap
borax
water
bucket
How To
1. Squeeze a tab of
dish soap onto each stain and rub it into the fabric.
You can use a toothbrush to rub it in. Or you can simply fold the fabric of the
clothing over onto the stain and rub together.
Rubbing in the soap allows it to penetrate into the
stain. This is a necessity when dealing
with greasy stains like spaghetti or salad dressing. |
| Ketchup on the sleeve. |
2. Leave the shirt to dry.
I keep a bottle of dish soap on a shelf above my laundry
baskets. This way I can apply the dish
soap right before I throw the clothing item into the basket.
 | ||
| This shirt was stained with popsicle, ice cream, ketchup and dirt. |
3. Add 1 tablespoon of borax to a bucket of water. The temperature of the water used will depend
on the needs of the clothing being soaked.
Soak all stained clothing for a minimum of 30 minutes. Remember standard laundry rules still apply
to soaking. Soak only similar clothes
together.
I do all our laundry at night since that is when
electricity is cheapest for our area. I
can take the laundry to the laundry room after supper and soak any stained
clothing then. Before bed I simply add
the soaked clothes to the washing machine and begin the cycle.
4. Wash
stained clothes as you normally would.
You can pour the left over water from the soaking bucket directly
into your washing machine if you choose.
I usually do not as the water is often very dirty and soapy. I feel the washer would not be able to
properly rinse all the extra soap I'd be adding to the cycle.
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| Before |
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| After |
All stains are
different.
Sometimes I need to
repeat the process to fully remove
a real nasty stain.
All in all, this
method works really well for us!
So how did it work for you?
Best of luck in all
your stain removing endeavors!
Happy thoughts,
Andrea
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