Tangerine is a favorite fruit of many people, but what do you do if you accidentally get contaminated with citrus juice? There are many ways to wash tangerine from clothes and get rid of yellow stains without damaging the fabric. You can use not only special biochemistry, but also proven tools from the kitchen and first-aid kit.
Tangerine stains can be attributed to a light type of pollution. If you start removing the stain right away, the citrus stain will come off the first time. The following tips from experienced housewives will help.
Boiling water
The easiest way to get rid of the stain.
- Boil water.
- Pull the garment so that the tangerine stain is just above the sink or bowl. It is more convenient to do it together with someone.
- Pour boiling water over the tangerine trail. Water will wash all the juice from the fabric.
- Wash the product in the usual way, for example, using powder or household soap.
If the fabric is made of dense, natural materials and does not shed, it can be boiled in a pan for ten minutes, and then washed with washing powder or soap.
Advice ! You can simply hold the clothes under the tap with hot water. Of course, there is no boiling water in the tap, but the tangerine juice should be washed off with prolonged soaking.
Salt
Fresh tangerine juice can be quickly absorbed with any available absorbent. For example, you can find salt in any kitchen. It absorbs moisture well and can absorb even yellow citrus juice.
- If the tangerine juice has dried, then wet the clothes a little.
- Apply a small amount of salt to the contamination.
- Wait for half an hour while the salt absorbs moisture and dries.
- Shake off the salt, if the fabric is still wet, repeat the procedure.
- Wash the thing with washing powder or household soap.
Soda
Soda is also a good absorbent, which is used in a mushy state to eliminate stains of varying complexity.
- Dilute soda with a small amount of water to a mushy state.
- Apply the resulting mixture to the contamination.
- Leave until completely dry.
- Remove the dried soda, wash the clothes first with cool water, then send them to the washing machine or wash them by hand.
Sour milk products
The danger of tangerine juice is that it can stain clothes yellow, especially for white fabric. Kefir will help to cope with the problem.
- Apply a small amount of any fermented milk product (kefir, ryazhenka) to the mandarin stain and leave it for thirty minutes.
- After the time is up, rinse the thing with warm water, and then wash it with soap or powder.
The procedure can be repeated several times without harming the fabric.
Glycerin
If the mandarin has dried on the clothes, then soda and salt will no longer cope. A universal remedy from the first-aid kit, which is used to remove heavy impurities, comes to their aid.
Glycerin is suitable for white fabrics and fabrics intended only for manual and delicate washing.
- With the help of a cotton pad or a stick, glycerin is applied to the tangerine stain.
- Leave it in this state for two hours.
- After the time is up, wash the clothes with washing powder or soap.
Some housewives recommend making a mixture of glycerin and egg yolk. Mix egg yolk and glycerin in a ratio of 1:2 and apply to the citrus stain. After two hours, the clothes should be washed with soap or washing powder.
Hydrogen peroxide
This tool is used only for white clothes, as it has a whitening effect.
- Wet a cotton pad with a peroxide solution and apply it to the contaminated area for ten minutes.
- Repeat the procedure, changing the cotton pad to a clean one.
- Rinse the clothes in warm water and wash in the usual way.
If you don’t have cotton wool at hand, you can simply pour peroxide over the tangerine stain. True, the consumption of the tool will be many times more.
Professional tools
When folk remedies do not help, professional stain removers will come to the rescue. However, when choosing a special one, you should pay attention to the following characteristics:
- type of fabric
- color
- type of pollution
- age of contamination
Before use, it is necessary to carefully study the instructions for the product and follow it clearly.
- Bleach. It is used only for white clothes, it is enough just to wash the thing in the washing machine, using the required amount of the product. If the bleach is water-based, and not chlorine, then you can soak the fabric for a long time, depending on the depth of contamination.
- Spotter. It is used for colored clothes, the principle of application is similar to bleach, that is, you can wash things in a washing machine, or soak them for a while.
The main requirements for the use of professional stain removers:
- test on a small area of fabric first
- carefully study the clothing label
- follow the product instructions
Thus, there are many effective ways, both popular and professional, to get rid of tangerines and other citrus stains.