Still getting ‘back in the saddle’ here at home and I found some especially unidentifiable, ugly-looking stains spread across the fabric of my white board shorts. Bummer. They’d already been laundered twice and the stains simply refused to budge. Well, this is when I pull out my special stain recipe, developed over 2 decades while living with 6 very active, athletic and manly men!
Here goes:
- 1 large plastic bowl
- 1 smaller heavy glass plate/bowl
- 1/2 cup of serious laundry detergent of your choice – I like Tide
- 1/4 cup of Oxi-Clean the stain specialist
Boil a kettle of water – careful handling it, as little ones could be nearby. Place the item with the mean stain in the bottom of the large plastic bowl (you can see my bowl is blue here in the photo). Add your two cleaning agents. Pour the boiled water over all and give it a good stir to blend well. Place the heavy plate/bowl on top to keep the stained item fully submerged beneath the stain-removing brew (you can see the shorts peeking out next to the black plate above). Let it sit for 24 – 48 hours. Toss the soaking water and clothing piece in your next load of same-colored laundry. Launder as always.
This will usually lift the vicious stain and put a smile on your face, but if not, I’ve got some other great tips to conquer those bad boys.
My grown sons still call me to get stain-removal tips from time to time. Isn’t it fun to be a mom?!
I’d love to hear your favorite stain tips if you get a minute to share them with us. POST THEM HERE, now that my tech guy has enabled my site to receive comments, you are free to POST TO YOUR HEART’S CONTENT!
Back to work…
