treating stains - home ec

oil/grease

Dawn or Dawn + baking soda paste

Soak, scrub, hot water

Ink

Rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer, Dawn or vinegar soak for cotton

Dab, rinse, soak

Mud/grass

Enzyme cleaner, baking soda paste, white vinegar solution

Soak, scrub, sit, cold water

Wine

Dawn + hydrogen peroxide, Baking soda paste

Blot, sit, cold water

Coffee/tea

Dawn + white vinegar + warm water

Blot, rub, sit, hot water

Makeup

Pretreat with detergent or micellar water, Dawn

Pretreat, rub, sit, hot water

Mustard

Hydrogen peroxide, Dawn/vinegar mixture

Pretreat, blot, cold water, wash in hot

Tomato sauce

detergent, baking soda + vinegar, Dawn

cold water, pretreat, cold water

Chocolate

detergent, dawn

Cold water, treat, scrub, soak, cold water