Your Expert Holiday Stain Guide

Your expert holiday stain guide

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With the holiday seasons just around the corner which includes Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years there will be spills, splash, plop and oops abound. Here are ways to get stains out without much fuss and in no time at all you be back to laughing and talking and have a grand old time with your friends.

(A) The gravy stain: Spoon it up as soon as you see it on your tablecloth. Then sprinkle flour over the stain area. Soak it in the sink in a mixture of 1 tsp. mild colorless detergent with 1 cup lukewarm water, then launder.

(B) Coffee or Tea: Sponge the stain with cool water. Then soak the material in 1 qt. lukewarm water, 1/2 tps. dish washing liquid and 1 tsp. white vinegar. Wash it in hot water.

(C) Red wine: Pour salt on the stain to absorb the liquid. Put the material in cold water and rub out the stain. Apply liquid detergent to the stain and wash it in the hottest water safe for the fabric. If the stain is on the carpet, leave salt on it until it is absorbed. When dry vacuum it up.

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(D) Chocolate: Blot off as much chocolate as possible. Then rub a few drops of glycerin (available at the drugstores) into the stain and launder with color safe bleach. Glycerin is also a great way to remove mustard stains.

(E) Wax: If it is still warm, use the wrong side of the butter knife to scrape it off. If it is already dried, put a bag of ice on it to freeze it, and then crack off the wax.

(F) Hanukkah Menorah: when it is dirty spray it with nonstick cooking spray before you light the candles each night. The wax will not adhere and the menorah will get shiny in a jiff.

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(G) Lipstick: Blot off as much of the stain as you can with water. The use a cotton swab moistened with ammonia to dab at the stain. Once the stain begins to fade, wash the item by hand in warm soapy water, using dish detergent.

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