How To Remove Stains: You won’t believe how easy it is!
Do you want to know how to remove most common stains? Here are 13 ways I found to remove the toughest stains with inexpensive and easy to find ingredients. Below I will give you the best way to clean each specific type of stain without using harsh chemicals, but instead using things you already have around the house,.
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How To Remove Stains
Remove Pink Stains from Your Toilet –
Sometimes this is a bacteria and sometimes it’s a mineral.
Pour some Hydrogen Peroxide (3 percent hydrogen peroxide you can find at the store) into your toilet.
Let it sit for a bit, scrub with a toilet brush and flush.
How To Remove Hard Water Marks –
Add a cup of white vinegar to a spray bottle. Spray with vinegar and scrub with a clean paper towel or with a sponge.
If you have tougher hard water marks, then I recommend making a baking soda and water paste.
Place that on the hard water marks and let it sit for 5-10 minutes.
After that scrub and rinse.
How To Clean Stained Cutting Boards –
Make a paste of baking soda and 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (the kind you can find at the store).
Place that over the stain and let sit for 10 or more minutes. Scrub and wash off.
How To Get Stains Out of Sinks
Remove food stains, pot marks, and more by sprinkling baking soda into the sink and scrubbing. Baking soda is a good all purpose cleaner.
Rinse with clean water when you’re done.
How To Clean Silverware Marks Off Dishes –
Make a paste of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda. Place on the dish, and scrub.
Wash when you’re done
How To Clean Coffee & Tea Stains Out Of Mugs-
Fill cups, coffee pots, etc with water and add 1 Alka Seltzer tablet per 1 cup of water.
Let soak 10 minutes or more, scrub, and wash.
How To Remove Hard Water and Coffee Stains from Coffee Pots –
Fill coffee pot with water, add 1 tablet Alka Setlzer per 1 cup of water and let sit for 10 minutes or more.
Scrub and wash.
How To Remove Fresh Blood Stains –
Squirt 3% Hydrogen Peroxide onto the blood stain and let sit for 10 or more minutes.
Blot with a damp, clean cloth and see if the stain is gone, if there is still remaining stain just repeat the process.
Once the stain is gone – launder as usual.
How To Remove Ballpoint Pen Ink Stains –
Squirt rubbing alcohol onto the ink stained area and let it sit 10 minutes or more.
Blot the stain with a damp cloth and see if the ink is gone.
If not repeat until the ink is removed. Once all of the ink is gone, launder as usual.
How To Remove Deodorant Stains –
If you get deodorant onto your clothes, grab a clean dry towel and rub the clothes the direction of the fabric until the stain is gone.
How To Remove Grass Stains, Mud, and Dirt Stains –
Place some Dawn dish soap onto those tough stains.
Spread around to coat the whole stain and let it sit for 10 minutes or more. This works as a prewash stain remover and is my go to stain removal method.
For the best results, lightly scrub the stain to get the Dawn into the fabric. Launder and your stains will be gone.
How To Remove Yellowing Arm Pit and Sweat Stains From Your Favorite Shirt-
This can be one of the most stubborn stains.
Make a paste of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda.
Place onto the stain and let it sit for 10 minutes or more.
Lightly scrub the stain (a spoon or old toothbrush works great).
Shake off the paste and launder.
How To Remove Marker Stains from Wood –
Place regular (not gel) toothpaste on a microfiber cloth and buff that marker right off the wood.
How to Remove Stains Video
Here are some other tips to remove stains:
- You can add a tablespoon of ammonia to a bucket of lukewarm water to clean your windows.
- I use Goop to get rid of oil stains
- I clean carpet stains with a soap mixture of 2 ingredients
- Lemon Juice can be added to vinegar for cleaning if you don’t like the vinegar smell
- Tomato Sauce can be removed with hydrogen peroxide and vinegar
- White wine stains I soak in Biz bleach
- Old Stains are hard to remove from clothes once they’ve been dried and you might have to take them to a professional dry cleaner.
- A magic eraser can remove many marks and scuffs off of doors, and remove soap scum from shower doors
- Candle wax stains can be removed from the carpet by placing a brown paper bag over the wax and ironing the bag on a light setting.
- Nail polish remover can sometimes take nail polish out of the carpet but it doesn’t always work
- A juice stain can be removed from the carpet using my carpet cleaning solution
- Remove a soapy residue by using soap.
- A mustard stain can be removed using my carpet cleaning solution.
- Ice cube is a quick and easy way to get dents out of your carpet
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Great tips for removing stains without all of the toxic chemicals! I would love to have you share your post on Farm Fresh Tuesdays!
Thank you so very much Lisa, and thanks for the invite. I’ll have to stop by and check it out, sounds like fun.
These are great hacks, Chas! I’m so glad you shared them with us at the Hearth and Soul Link party. There are two or three I want to try straight away! Shared on the Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Thank you for being a part of Hearth and Soul.
Thank you so very much April and thanks for sharing – I appreciate it. I’m thrilled there are a couple you’re interested in trying. See you at the next party.
Thanks for sharing these, Chas. I didn’t know about the Alka-Seltzer hack. I know I’ll use those. 😉
Thanks Linda, I loved how well that worked to clean my coffee cup right up. It was pretty amazing.
Thank you for sharing at the #TrafficJamWeekend Linky Party. Yes, I prefer to only use natural cleaning products as they are safer and healthier and gets the job done better than commercial products.
Thank you Antionette, and I agree. It’s nice to get away from those chemicals and realized the natural products are just as efficient and sometimes cost less.
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared.
Thank you so much Marilyn ❤️
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared.
Thank you so much Marilyn, and thanks for stopping by
Thanks for sharing those wonderful tips. Alka- Seltzer is new tip I would like to try soon..
Thank you, I’m so glad you like them and want to try them.
You always give me so much useful information Chas. Thank you for sharing with Charming Homes and Gardens. I always look forward to your posts my friend.
Thank you so much Kim, I’m thrilled you like the tips and tricks.
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Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn
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Thank you so much Marilyn, I hope you have a great week.