Removing Stains From Woollen Clothes
It is important to remove any stains quickly. Please find below a guide for removing common stains:
- Alcohol or Food: Place a towel under area. Gently rub carbonated water toward center of the spot over stain.
- Glue: Sponge with alcohol.
- Ink: Immerse in cold water.
- Iodine: Treat with cool water followed by alcohol.
- Blood: Blot with common starch paste and rinse from back with soapy water.
- Iron Rust: Sponge with weak solution of oxalic acid until stain disappears. Then sponge carefully with household ammonia and rinse with cold water.
- Burning Cigarette: Brush off ash Butter and Grease Sponge with dry cleaning solvent.
- Chewing Gum: Scrape and sponge with dry cleaning solvent.
- Lipstick: May often be erased by rubbing white bread over area with a firm gentle motion.
- Chocolate: Sponge with soapy cold water.
- Coffee or Tea: Sponge with glycerin. If none available, use warm water.
- Mud: Once dry, brush and sponge from back with soapy cold water.
- Egg: Scrape and sponge with soapy cold water.
- Tar, Road Oil: Sponge with dry cleaning solvent or degreaser.
- Wine, red: Immerse in cold water.