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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: getting stains out of clothes
Message-ID: <292@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 13:50:07 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 13:50:07 1986
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>Does anyone know of a good (sure-fire) way to get tough staions out of 
>clothes?  Assume the clothes are multi-colored (which eliminates bleach).
>I have tried SHOUT but more often than not it doesn't seem to do the job.
>Barry Siegel

I think Spray 'n Wash works better than Shout.  I've never had very good
luck with Shout.

Something you have to remember with products like that, though, is that
they only work BEFORE the clothes are washed.  If you wash it once, then
notice the stain, future applications will do no good.  Not sure why
that is.  I have had very good luck with Spray 'n Wash and Fresh Start 
detergent in cold water. 

There are bleaches for colored clothes.  Clorox makes one, and Biz works,
too.

As a matter of fact, in one fantasy game I played a zombie.  My costume was 
daubbed with ketchup and mud, wetted, rolled into a ball and allowed to 
ferment in a plastic bag in the sun for a few days.  I then put it on and 
rolled in an oily sandy parking lot, added some food color (for that green ooze 
effect) and wore it for two days straight (including about 7 miles of hiking 
in warm weather, and sleeping in it).  A lot of makeup bled onto it, too.
Needless to say, my husband did not greet me back with open arms.

Anyway, I washed it in the usual way, only in hot water and with a 1/4 cup 
of Biz to help it along.  Every bit of stuff came out.  I was shocked.
(And a bit disappointed--next time I'm a zombie I'll have to dirty it up
all over again.)
-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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