... Stain Removal Guide ...

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Bathtub and Sink Stains:
Scrub with a paste made of cream of tarter and hydrogen peroxide

Beer Spills:
Apply hydrogen peroxide to dried stain on white cotton. Sponge stain on colored fabrics with white vinegar

Blood Spots:
Douse spots with hydrogen peroxide. If fabric is bleachable, use diluted ammonia before rinsing in cool water. (Avoid hot water: Heat will set the bloodstain).

Coffee and Tea Stains:
Wipe clean with a paste of baking soda, or salt and white vinegar.

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Stains:
Stretch fabric tight and pour hot or boiling water slowly over the stain so the water runs thru the fabric.

Grass Stains:
Apply rubbing alcohol liberally to stained areas before laundering.

Grease:
Gently rub in talcum powder, cornmeal or cornstarch, let set, then brush or sponge powder away.

Gum gook:
In hair, work in vegetable oil or an oil based cream until gum is loosened. On fabric, rub area with ice until gum hardens and most can be removed. Place waxed paper over excess gum and iron lightly over paper.

Mildew:
Scrub walls and floors with a brush dipped in borax and water. For books or papers, dust with talcum powder, cornmeal or cornstarch, let set for two days, then brush off.

Mustard Stains:
Soak with diluted ammonia before laundering.

Perspiration Stains:
Rub with white vinegar before laundering. Keep vinegar handy in a squirt bottle to saturate such stains before you toss clothes in the washing machine.

Pet Urine:
Dampen area with equal parts of vinegar and water, blot dry.

Price Stickers:
Saturate with vegetable or baby oil before removing.

Rust Stains:
Rub with lemon juice and salt, then rinse thoroughly with water.

Scorch Marks:
Soak fabric in hydrogen peroxide, then rinse. Or alternate rubbing the area with a lemon slice, then wiping with a dampened sponge until stain disappears.

Tarnished Brass and Copper:
Mix together equal parts salt/flower, then add enough white vinegar to make a paste. Rub into stain. May require more than one application

Tarnish from Eggs:
Rub off with salt.

Vinyl (dirty) happens to the best of us:
Sponge down with equal parts of rubbing alcohol and water.

Water Spots on Stainless Steel:
Rub area with a clean soft cloth dampened with white vinegar.

Wine Spills:
Liberally apply club soda to spill, then sponge up soda and wine.