How to get a thin layer of gum out of a shirt collar? I have good news for you! Gum is surprisingly easy to remove by freezing. Just apply an ice cube directly to the gum, and as it hardens, it will crack and you can scrape it away. For a thin l...
Continuing with my Holiday Stain solutions… COFFEE MAY HAVE A GREAT AROMA, BUT COFFEE STAINS HAVE… Extra cream and sugar that make it a complex stain to successfully treat. Do not use bar soap as it may set the stain and make it much more dif...
The memories you’ll forge are priceless … just not painless.
I love the excitement that’s building as Super Bowl XLV approaches! For some it’s about the statistics—which team has won the most Super Bowls (Pittsburgh) and which team won the first time they played (Green Bay, 1967) and which team won the last t...
How can I remove brown pecan stains from clothing that resulted from a squirrel dropping shells on me from a tree? What a fascinating question! Your pecan shell stains are probably a combination of oil from the nutmeat and colorant from the shell. Tr...
My baby started eating food and his clothes have some food stains, how do I remove them? Baby food stains really benefit from pre-treating, but first be sure to scrape away excess stain (think pureed vegetable globs like sweet potatoes), and then rin...
Ok, we had our annual Super Bowl party on Sunday and you guessed it…even Dr. Laundry wasn’t immune to those little spots and spills. What a day! I always look forward to seeing old friends, eating, drinking and yelling our way through four quarters ...
How do you get rid of a gravy stain? Gravy is tricky because it is combination stain—you have both a greasy and colored component that needs to be dealt with, and it’s best to work on the greasy part first. Start by scraping away excess gravy with a...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I am taking the next week-plus off, so I wanted to personally express my thanks for your helping to make the Dr. Laundry blog a sought out resource for laundry questions and answers. Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Holiday Seaso...
