Everybody hates having stains. They can appear anywhere- from the carpet to your brand new clothes. From the floor to any piece of your furniture. There are some traditional ways of cleaning stains without using any chemicals that can ruin some materials like silk for example. There are some cases when you are not home and you cannot just wash your clothes but you are in a place that you are so embarrassed from the stain on your shirt for example.
One of the easiest ways to get a stain is eating- when you’re at your place, or at the restaurant, and it doesn’t matter what you do that happens to everyone. The golden rule here is don’t let it dry before you remove it. For the different kinds of food you should use different tools but the stain should not get dry. If the spot is really dirty you should definitely use a chemical but first you can always try it from the inside part of the cloth so if it is too strong it doesn’t mess with the whole material. If you need to use bleach on a spot it’s always better to bleach the whole cloth because if the color get’s lighter nobody’s going to notice it. Do what you can to get rid of the stains but never ever mix the different chemicals or the bleach together- you may mess up your favorite shirt!
If you are out for a dinner and you mess up your clothes with the food clean it there but when you go home you should always wash the whole cloth again.
Not every kind of stain is one you can remove. That doesn’t mean that you can only throw those clothes. You can take a piece of cloth and seal it there – get creative…you can also cut that stain if it’s in a place you can cut- on a pair of jeans for example.
Don’t forget that some spots you can clean with traditional old methods but they work only if the stain is not washed and dried in the washing machine. For example if you have any kind of oil on your jeans you can fix it by putting salt on it but if you first wash it in the washing machine and then put salt on it you’ll never be able to take the stain off. When you wash your clothes you should always check their tags for any advices about the certain temperature for washing or drying or ironing.
And don’t forget you can never fix all of your clothes, but don’t feel sorry about that- it’s a good excuse for you to buy some new clothes and that’s going to make you feel better!