Posts filed under “Laundry Stains”

Clothing goes into wash, comes out with light pinkish stain?

The laundry is sorted by color. Darks from lights. Reds separated by themselves. Each load is washed with cold water and a high speed tumble. Clothing are air dried. No fabric softener is used. The detergent is Tide 2x ultra with bleach alternative color safe. The clothing is washed at a laundromat. When clothing is [...]

How to remove wood stain on a creme carpet…?

My cat tipped over my glass of water last night while I was asleep and it spilled all over my brown wooden laundry basket… I lifted the basket up this morning to clean the mess up but the basket left a brown ring on our creme carpet. How can I remove it?

Stained sweater…Tips for getting the stain out??

I stained my sweater with laundry detergent (I think). I just noticed it this morning when I went to go put it on. There are two large red circles (Tide laundry soap is my best guess). Any tips on getting this out?? Thanks for your help!

Men-Is it normal to have white reside stain on underwear?

I do my husband’s laundry and notice from time to time some white residue on the front of his underwear. Could that be a natural discharge? Do guys get that? Or is that after sex discharge or something? I don’t want to ask him as he’ll think it is really bizarre that I am analyzing [...]

Getting out an old olive oil stain.?

I spilled some olive oil on a shirt awhile back and instead of me treating the stain, the shirt got thrown in with the other laundry and washed. Is there any way to get the stain out now? It’s one of my favorite cotton shirts.

Stain remover for laundry?

I have some stain remover where you squeeze the gel on and then rub it in with a little brush before you put your laundry in the washer, but I have about a load of stuff that has stains and some have a couple little ones, so I don’t really feel like rubbing the gel [...]

Laundry: Mystery Stain?

A circle stain (about 2" diameter) has shown up on several white shirts after laundering. Looks like you set a dirty glass on the shirt. The shirts are usually laundered together, sometimes not. Noticed this a few weeks ago on a couple of shirts, now more are affected. Any ideas? Thanks!

Laundry question – discoloration after washing?

I just did some laundry and put on a shirt I had washed. The lights in my apt aren’t great and I noticed a slight discoloration stain which of course is highly visible in the harsh work lights and sunlight. How did this happen? My washing machine has pretty basic choices – small, med and [...]