Stain Lab

Valentine’s Day, the busiest date night of the year is quickly approaching. Many women spend hours before getting nicely dressed, applying makeup, and painting their nails. 

Happy New Year! It’s time to head back to work, wearing all of those neatly pressed shirts that you received over the holidays. Unfortunately, one of the stains that plague our work shirts are deodorant stains, caused by the reaction of the aluminum salts in the deodorant with your sweat. 

May is the month when we celebrate our wonderful mothers! Although we do appreciate them every day of the year, Mother’s Day is a special time to thank them for all that they do. Whether we do this through the gift of flowers or with a surprise brunch, we want them to know how much we care. 

How did that lipstick stain get there? Rambunctious kids? Accident? Don’t worry: we can help! 

Perfume stains can be an unexpected phenomenon. Spraying perfume onto your clothes may make the fragrance last longer, but if we aren’t careful, it will also cause unwanted stains on our favorite clothing. 

Learn how to remove candle wax stains from cloth and fabric 

The start of flu season seems to bring out the worst in runny noses, coughing, sore throats and other aggravating symptoms. Nothing tries your patience more than trying to give your sick child a spoonful of cough syrup just to have them turn their head at the exact moment that leaves you pouring the medicine right down their shirt. 

Toothpaste stains make their appearance on bathrooms sinks and tiles, and sometimes on clothing. You may stand there in amazement that your child managed to dribble straight down their shirt! Not to worry; toothpaste stains are relatively easy to remove. 

Thanksgiving is almost upon us! Hopefully there will be no spills, but there’s always that chance that a piece of turkey coated in gravy makes it way to your shirt. 

July often means fun in the sun, family barbeques, and hot dogs and hamburgers loaded with all of the fixings! We all cringe when we watch our kids take a big bite of that hot dog as the ketchup and mustard drop down the front of their shirts. 

How many times does your child come home from school with grease stains down the side of his or her pants because they couldn’t find a napkin after eating some yummy french fries? Or the stain down the front of a shirt from a French fry that took a tumble? 

There is nothing better than a big scoop of ice cream on a cone on a warm day. Or a scoop of ice cream on a piece of apple pie. Or a delicious treat on a wooden stick that most children drool about. But what happens when that ice cream starts to melt and ends up running down the front of your clothes? 

As the weather warms up, grills are being pulled out of storage, dusted off, and cleaned up. Burgers are being carefully crafted, and steaks are being delicately marinated. Each of us have a favorite barbecue sauce with the savory taste that makes our mouths water! But what happens when our favorite grill chef has a mishap and ends up with the savory sauce across his … 

One of the favorite fixings for any holiday meal is cranberry sauce. If you are lucky, a stop at your local grocery store provides you with this beloved side dish. However, if you are like my family, cranberry sauce must be made from fresh cranberries. 

The month of ghosts and goblins is upon us and with that comes every child’s favorite holiday – Halloween! Whether or not your children sneak a piece of candy as they walk door to door, there are bound to be sticky fingers wiped across clothes or costumes sometime this month. As usual, the quicker you treat the stain, the easier it will be to remove. 

Happy New Year! One of the most talked about stains is baby formula. Whether the stain is from breast milk, formula with milk, or baby spit up, all of the stains are considered protein stains. 

Purex® Plus Clorox® 2 has the 100 stain cleaning power your laundry needs! But did you know there are everyday household tips you can use along with your detergent to help fight some of life’s hardest stains. 1. Coffee Run the item of clothing under cold tap water immediately after the stain. Make sure to douse both the front and the back of the … 

The official start of fall brought cooler temperatures that many of us are enjoying by relaxing out on our porch or curled up by the fireplace with a glass of our favorite wine in hand. 

One of my favorite snacks is a bowl of fresh guacamole and a bag of crisp tortilla chips. Yum! But how many times does that chip break under the weight of the scrumptious guacamole, leaving you with an avocado stain across a shirt or pair of pants? Don’t panic, and don’t rub at the spot! 

With Halloween around the corner, children everywhere are looking forward to all of the candy they hope to collect, and parents are dreading the sugar-high and stains that are guaranteed to cover their children’s costumes and clothes. 

Nothing starts a morning off better than a cup of freshly brewed, hot coffee. And nothing starts a morning off worse than ending up with that delicious coffee spilled all over you. If you have a chance while the stain is fresh, get a damp cloth and blot the stain. This will help remove some of the stain before it sets in your clothes. 

Your kids are outside playing sports, and the only thing you need to tackle are the stains they make. 

April showers bring… mud? The green soccer field turns into a mud pit, and the baseball diamond is a slip and slide of mud from base to base. Now that you have mud covered uniforms and clothing, what to do with it? 

Rust is not a stain that you combat using traditional methods. Detergent or typical stain removers are not going to be very effective, and do not use chlorine bleach! This can make the stain permanent. 

With spring around the corner, many of us are slowly starting up yard work, removing the plants that did not survive the freeze of the winter, trimming back trees that need some maintenance, and clearing weeds in flower beds in preparation for new plants. 

As the school year starts up again, we seem to find more and more grass stains on our clothing. With sporting events, children playing outside, it is a rare occasion to be completely stain-free. But why are grass stains so prevalent on cotton t-shirts and jeans? Why do grass stains seem to really “stick” to cotton and stain so deeply?