Avoid using vinegar in your laundry along with chlorine bleach, since this combination will produce fumes that can be harmful to breathe. Note that using vinegar in the laundry may harm clothes made of silk, acetate, or rayon.
Note that there is a small chance that the coloring of the dish soap may discolor your clothes, so use clear, colorless dish soap for best results. If the stain doesn’t come off after trying this method once, a second application of the cleaning mixture will often do the trick.
Don’t use lemon juice with colored clothing, since it may accidentally bleach them.
For the best results on white clothing, use a toothpaste with whitening properties. Avoid using colored toothpaste, since this may actually stain your white clothes even worse! The toothpaste method typically works well on cotton clothes, although it may not work on other fabrics.
The crushed aspirin method works because the main ingredient in aspirin is salicylic acid, which is just as effective at removing stains as vinegar or lemon juice. Note that the crushed aspirin should only be used on white clothing, as it may discolor your colored fabrics.
There are a lot of detergents on the market that will not only remove your stains, but also leave your clothes smelling terrific! You can find laundry detergent designed to remove stains at most grocery stores and mass retailers where detergent is sold.
You can check to see if your clothes can be safely bleached by looking at their tags. If a hollow white triangle is on the tags, this means they can be safely bleached. If the triangle has diagonal stripes in the middle of it, those clothes can only be treated with non-chlorine bleach. If the tag on your clothes contains a solid triangle with an X on top of it, that means they cannot be bleached at all.
You can buy bluing agent at any department store or grocery store that sells laundry detergent. Note that bluing agent isn’t actually a cleaning agent, so although it will offset the yellow hue of your stains, it won’t do anything to make them cleaner.
Borax is also a great multipurpose cleaner you can use to clean the inside of your car, your pet’s bedding, and even the washing machine itself!
Be sure to follow the usage instructions on the bottle very closely, as rust remover fumes can be dangerous when inhaled. To best protect yourself, wear rubber safety gloves when handling rust remover.
