Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Remove Yellow Smoke Stains From Clothes

Smoking or being around someone who smokes damage your health. It can also stain your clothes. Yellow stains from nicotine may form the fabric. Even clothes hanging in the lockers can be spotted by someone smoking in your house. Some stains removal products and home remedies can remove the stains, but many can damage the fabric or wear it out faster. Organizations and universities have tested stain removal treatments recommend the use of products that are effective and safe for clothes.


Things you need:


Absorbent white cloth 
White towel 
Water 
1 / 2 teaspoon of enzyme presoak 
1 / 2 teaspoon of detergent with enzymes 
Isopropyl or denatured alcohol 
5 drops of distilled white vinegar 
1 teaspoon mild liquid detergent 
Denture cleaning tablets 
Sodium

Washing soda

How to Remove Yellow Smoke stains from clothes


Step 1: Mix 1 teaspoon mild liquid detergent and used 1 cup of warm water. Dampen a white absorbent cloth with a mild detergent and add 5 drops of white distilled vinegar. Place the cloth on the smoke stain until it is gone. Rinse with warm water and wash as usual.


Step 2: Mix 1 / 2 cup warm water with 1 / 2 teaspoon of a presoak or detergent with enzymes. Soak an absorbent white cloth with the enzyme solution and put it on the stain for 1 / 2 hour. Rinse with cold water and wash as usual.


Step 3: Wet an absorbent pad made of white paper towel with denatured or isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and place it on tobacco stain. Wait a few minutes. Remove the pad and place a new one on substance. Repeat this procedure until the stain is gone.


Step 4: Dissolve the denture cleaner in a container with water. Soak white clothes with yellow smoke stains in denture cleaner at least 8 hours. Wash as usual and line dry.


Step 5: Wash yellow cigarette stains with sodium perborate, an oxidizing chemical used in non-bleach detergent or washing soda, which is made of a chemical substance known as sodium carbonate.


General Stain Removal


Stains should be treated as quickly as possible, generally. The longer a stain sits, the more difficult it is to remove. If the stain is still wet, as much liquid as possible before medical treatment. Do not attempt to remove the stain if the clothes are labeled dry clean only. Only a professional dry cleaner should try to remove the stain.


Body Fluids


Sweat or urine to leave yellow stains. If the stains are fresh, they can usually be removed by soaking and rubbing the stain under cold water before laundering. These types of stains are protein-based, which means that you should not use hot water because it will cause coagulation between the fibers of the substance. Coagulation makes the stain more difficult to remove. Spots, set in should be soaked in cold water with liquid detergent. The clothes should be washed in hot water with detergent, rinse. If the stain is still present, soak for 30 minutes and then rewash.


Hard Water Stains


Hard water with iron present can leave unsightly yellow to orange streaks on clothing. Most clothes can be washed with commercial rust removal. Rust removers with hydrofluoric acid, however, are toxic and can cause skin burns. A home remedy to remove rust stains is to sprinkle salt over the stain, apply lemon juice and put clothes outside to dry in the sun. This method works best with white or colorfast items because the lemon juice and sunlight can ease some colored fabrics. Bleach should never be used on rust stains because it will make the stain permanent.


General Yellowing


Some clothes can be amber for no apparent reason. A number of reasons are possible. Color from other objects that can carry the sink, not enough detergent was used, water temperature was too cool or heavy amounts of detergent was not properly flushed out. Discolored clothes can be called using a water conditioner as Borax or Calgon instead of detergent into the permanent press cycle. The load should be washed in hot water with a cold rinse. If the yellow is still present, repeat the process or wash with detergent and fabric-safe bleach. As a last resort, white elements can be treated with a color remover (sodium hydrosulfite).

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