Substrate · 9 protocols
Clothing
Washable-garment rescues — check the care label first, treat before the dryer ever sees the stain, and match the chemistry to the fabric.
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How to Get Blood Out of Clothes (Fresh and Dried)
Cold water from the back of the fabric, never heat or the dryer. Fresh and dried blood removal with soap, enzymes, and hydrogen peroxide, tied to the care code.
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How to Get Red Wine Out of Clothes
Get red wine out of clothes: flush cold from the back, then dish soap and hydrogen peroxide to oxidize the tannin. Skip the salt and white-wine myths.
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How to Get Chocolate Out of Clothes
Chocolate is a combination stain: cocoa butter, milk protein, pigment. Scrape, cold-flush from the back, dish soap on the fat, enzyme presoak, oxygen bleach.
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How to Get Tomato Sauce Out of Clothes
Tomato sauce is oil-carried red pigment plus tannin: cut the grease with dish soap, then lift the dye with an oxygen-bleach soak. No drying until it's gone.
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How to Get Foundation Out of Clothes
Foundation is oil or silicone carrying pigment: cut the oil with dish soap, pretreat with enzyme detergent, then soak in oxygen bleach. No dryer until clear.
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How to Get Ink Out of Clothes
Get ink out of clothes by type: rubbing alcohol for ballpoint, dish soap for washable. Blot from the back onto a paper towel; never machine-dry until it's gone.
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How to Get Grease Stains Out of Clothes
Why grease spots appear after the wash, and how to remove them. Dish soap, absorbents, hot water, and the dryer rule that keeps oil stains permanent.
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How to Get Grass Stains Out of Jeans
Grass is a three-part stain (chlorophyll, protein, tannin): enzyme detergent first, rubbing alcohol on the green, then oxygen bleach. Cool water, no dryer heat.
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How to Get Yellow Sweat Stains Out of White Shirts
The yellow underarm stain is a sweat-and-antiperspirant reaction. Use hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, never chlorine bleach, which makes it worse.
Before any method: read the care codes →