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How to remove a stain on white clothing-Great tip

Have a stain on a white garment? It's not nessesarily ruined .

 

So you've tried every option and stain removal product on the market but you can't get the stain out of that shirt?

 

Your ready to toss it into the garbage?

 

DON'T ...It can be saved !

 

Here's how...

 

You will need a small amount of white paint.

Any house paint or fabric paint in a matching color will work.

 

These days you can get a quart of almost any color at your local walmart.

However I don't go out and buy every matching color of every garment I own.

That wouldnt be very economical.

 

(I have stored under my kitchen sink a quart of white, a quart of black , and red.

Then I have mason jars that I store any left over paints in , even if it's just a tiny bit I keep it.)

 

Now back to applying the camo.

 

Using just a tiny bit of the paint, add an equal amount of water and mix it up , this can be done on a plate or a piece of plastic .

 

Get out your iron and preheat it or you can use your dryer.

 

Now you will want to paint the stain with the watery paint.

(Don't worry , you won't have a hard spot of paint on your garment.)

When you can no longer see the stain,

Let it sit for an hour.

 

Lay a piece of paper or thin fabric over the top (where the stain was) and iron it or throw it in the dryer .(By itself)

You want the paint to be completely dry after this step , this sets the paint.

 

When you get it out of the dryer or finish setting the paint with your iron, inspect the article .

If you can still see the stain, repeat all of the steps above and then re-inspect.

 

Your shirt or article of clothing should now be white again.

 

You may want to wash it before wearing it but you have just saved that article from being a part of your local landfill ...

Your on your way to being green and you've just saved your family some money not having to buy a new white shirt !

 

 

 

Thanks for reading and please visit our ebay store stores.ebay.com/reduse-reuse-recycle-rethink where we sell gently used jeans.

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Uploaded on October 13, 2008
Taken on October 13, 2008