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rcurl
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Removing Stains
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Apr 23 05:47 UTC 1995 |
We've always just put clothing with (say) berry stains in the wash.
Recently we were shown that at least cranberry stains dissole "like magic"
if one stretches the cloth and runs *cold* water through the stain. It
just fades away. I'm not sure how universal this is.
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mcpoz
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response 1 of 35:
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Apr 23 13:03 UTC 1995 |
We use a product called "Stain Stick," but who knows, maybe Rane's method
would be as good or better? The Stain Stick says it's good for all fabrics
except Khaki and fluorescent colors.
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popcorn
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response 2 of 35:
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Apr 25 03:28 UTC 1995 |
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omni
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response 3 of 35:
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Apr 25 06:23 UTC 1995 |
We could always call you "Tide Free" Valerie instead of popcorn ;)
Actually, I've heard that Lestoil is a great grease remover as is
Era Plus with protein. Other than Tide, that's what I like the most.
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mcpoz
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response 4 of 35:
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Apr 26 00:12 UTC 1995 |
About 25 years ago, the big thing was enzymes. The detergents were compounded
with enzymes that aided the breakdown of the various stain agents. I don't
know if this still is marketed, but most products used enzymes for a while.
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omni
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response 5 of 35:
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Apr 26 05:09 UTC 1995 |
My mother still uses Biz, which I believe is an enzyme product.
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rcurl
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response 6 of 35:
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Apr 26 06:20 UTC 1995 |
Our bottle of liquid Tide and box of powdered Biz both list "enzymes" as a
cleaning ingredient. They don't really do very much, however, so all the
hype settled down while new ingredients were touted. I notice that the
most popular new ingredient in our collection of detergents is something
called "NEW!".
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gracel
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response 7 of 35:
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Apr 26 18:01 UTC 1995 |
Some things rinse away well in *cold* water, especially when fresh --
I have no experience with cranberry juice, but blood stains respond
favorably to a cold presoak.
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mcpoz
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response 8 of 35:
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Apr 27 01:03 UTC 1995 |
A lot of iron-based stains will come out easily with oxalic acid, but
keep it away from pets & kids - it's poison.
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popcorn
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response 9 of 35:
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May 2 22:57 UTC 1995 |
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glenda
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response 10 of 35:
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May 7 16:13 UTC 1995 |
Use dish detergent on grease stains, it is made to remove grease. I
remember a time when a friends kitten fell into an oil drain pan in the
garage right after the oil was changed but before the drain pan emptied.
We arrived that evening for a party and found poor little (long haired)
kittie looking a horrible mess even after several washings. I told the
friend to use Dawn as it had no trouble cleaning my greasiest pots and
pans. She didn't have Dawn so we used her Joy instead. Kittie looked
fantastic and was her fluffy little self again with just a light washing.
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rcurl
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response 11 of 35:
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May 7 19:40 UTC 1995 |
Did you use the detergent "straight"? I've used that trick for
greasy stains. The straight detergent "solubilizes" the grease,
so that it disperses easily when rinsed. You can do a nice experiment
on this by putting a clear dish detergent in a small glass, and adding
a few drops of cooking oil. It will disperse very readily and become
cloudy. Then add that to a glass of water, and the oil stays dispersed.
However if you mix the detergent first with the water, it is much
harder to disperse the oil.
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glenda
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response 12 of 35:
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May 14 17:24 UTC 1995 |
It was many, many years ago so I really don't remember. We did wash her
in the bathtub. I think we wetted her down, squirted the detergent on her
and lathered her up, then rinsed.
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sassy1
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response 13 of 35:
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May 18 15:50 UTC 1995 |
considering my last name i thought this the place to say hello!
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omni
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response 14 of 35:
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May 18 17:36 UTC 1995 |
Welcome to Grex, Jodie.
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rcurl
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response 15 of 35:
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May 18 18:37 UTC 1995 |
I hope you don't remove yourself from here. In fact, I think that
this conference needs an alternate fairwitness, and who better than
someone named Staines?
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sassy1
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response 16 of 35:
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May 18 21:49 UTC 1995 |
well, since i am new i don't know
yet what that means.
ill find out.
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rcurl
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response 17 of 35:
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May 19 05:25 UTC 1995 |
The fairwitness of a conference is like a moderator, though generally
doing less moderating than stimulating. The fairwitness has limited
powers, but can edit the conference login and logout messages, and can
link items from other conferences to their's (this leads to the same item
appearing in both conferences). The fairwitness can also retire items -
launder them, so to speak ;).
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omni
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response 18 of 35:
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May 19 06:18 UTC 1995 |
I was thinking the very same thing, Rane.
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sassy1
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response 19 of 35:
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May 25 02:21 UTC 1995 |
just chking up on you guys! :)
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rcurl
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response 20 of 35:
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May 25 06:42 UTC 1995 |
Hey! We're all clean!
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scott
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response 21 of 35:
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Dec 13 02:22 UTC 1997 |
Any hints on accumulated staining? I'm specifically thinking about the
yellowish type that gradually appears in the underarms of white shirts...
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valerie
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response 22 of 35:
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Dec 13 19:53 UTC 1997 |
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aruba
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response 23 of 35:
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Dec 13 22:40 UTC 1997 |
Re #21: Isn't that what people used to call "Ring around the collar"? I
remember when I was a kid that Wisk based its advertising campaign on the
fact that it was good at removing "ring around the collar". I never knew what
the heck they were talking about until someone explained it to me later.
Maybe Wisk would work?
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omni
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response 24 of 35:
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Dec 14 07:59 UTC 1997 |
I've heard that sweat stains can be removed with vinegar in the wash water.
You can get stain help online. http://www.clothesline.com which is the
Tide web page.
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