Get Stains Out of Baby Clothes
With ten children, we have had boatloads of stained baby clothes over the years. I had to just throw them out until I discovered the following method for getting the stains out of our laundry. It's perfect for formula and baby food stains as well as classic yellow and brown stains of a more ominous nature.
Instructions
1. Pour 1 cup of powdered Clorox 2 (I've never tried liquid) and 1 cup of Cascade dishwashing detergent into a pail, bucket or other container large enough for the stained item. Add the hottest tap water you can get. (I usually boil water in a teapot, pour that in, then finish filling with HOT tap water.) Stir until Clorox 2 and Cascade seem to be dissolved. (I never seem to get it all dissolved.)
2. Add the item and soak anywhere from a couple of hours to overnight.
3. Wring out the item and launder as usual.
Although this method seems unorthodox, I've used this method many, many times on a variety of different fabrics and have never been disappointed. The stains have been removed more than 75% of the time. If you receive free items or are able to purchase baby clothes for ten cents a piece but they are stained, this could be your way to rescue them! I learned of this method from class book by the queen of frugal, Amy Dacyczyn's Tightwad Gazette.
4. If the stain remains, try covering the stain. You could make coordinating iron-on patches for the stains. Add them other places as well so that it looks like a design element. Or you could apply appliqués. Another alternative is to tie-dye it. Cloth diapers are especially funky tie-dyed.
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