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Friday, 14 November 2008 16:03
 As the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaches (and with a new array of stains expected at the end of the day), Mom Central has launched a contest in conjunction with Clorox's stain and laundry expert, Dr. Laundry (a.k.a., Harold Baker). We welcome tales of legendary stains from years past as well as the latest spills and burns this year's holiday is sure to create. And if you happen to have a camera close by as stains occur this year, snap a picture and send it our way by emailing Allison at
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Additionally, Clorox has put together an arsenal of laundry information that will be available online and by telephone 24/7 through the holiday season. Dr. Laundry has expanded his already thorough stain-and-laundry-advice blog, http://www.drlaundryblog.com, to include a new series of instructional videos. Additionally, Dr. Laundry’s popular Stain Hotline will also be making a reappearance this year. Baker created a hotline – 1-800-STAIN-411 –for advice and tips on the nine most common holiday stains.
Share your best stain or spill stories by posting your comments below! The first 200 submissions will receive a coupon for a complimentary bottle of Clorox Liquid Bleach, and three first place winners will receive a Stain Survival Kit, featuring the best solutions to avoid stains in the first place. Please note that you must log into the Mom Central site before commenting. To do so, log in in the purple box on the right hand side of this page. Or if you have not yet registered as a part of the Mom Central community, please do so now by clicking here!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 09:25
Last year, my nephew spilled cranberry sauce on a tablecloth that belonged to my grandmother and has since been handed down. He tried to help by then scrubbing at the stain with a napkin, and of course my Mom walked in and caught him "cleaning." Not the smoothest way to start the holiday! Luckily my aunt is a genius with stains - this year, we'll barely be able to see it, and as an added bonus, the tablecloth now has a new story to tell :)
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 09:25
Imagine a almost two year old eating a chocolate dipped ice cream cone from Dairy Queen in the middle of July! This was definitely one of those "What were you thinking?" moments for me!LOL! Of course, my little man LOVED it, but it made the biggest, stickiest mess EVER! The chocolate stained his shirt, but luckily I was able to scrub the carseat cover clean....Yep, definitely learned my lesson from that one!LOL!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 09:42
My dad is known for always getting something on his shirt when we go out to eat. Anything from spaghetti sauce splatterings to salad dressing oils to red wine ended up on his clothing. My mom finally learned to stop buying him so many white shirts after years of trying to get all the stains out! At least it's something we can all laugh about every time we go out!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 09:56
My son was on soy formula the first few months of his life. Including Thanksgiving. He had reflux and stained everything everywhere we went! I am still working on removing stains and he is a year old already!
5Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:00
I always get something on myself whenever I eat. It never fails, I always hear the plop and look down and see a blob of something on my chest or lap. I can usually get the stains out by soaking them and them putting a stain spray on it. I have learned that some adults need bibs too. I am one of them and I am not ashamed!
6"Red red wine"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:00
We had a dinner party and I was horrified when someone tipped over a glass of wine on my friend's dress. Luckily I used a stain stick on it and that helped her when she was able to launder it later!
7"Cranberry and Gravy stain"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:04
I only brought one outfit for my toddler to our family Thanksgiving. She managed to escape from her bid and her clothing was covered in stains. She really stood out during the photo sessions.
8"Whew"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:06
Having kids, we always have messes. Always! DS is well known for wiping his mouth on his sleeve. It is hard finding anything to get those tough stains out, especially chili from his hot dogs. After some 'doctoring', we finally got it out. Whew!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:07
I wanted my niece, nephew and my daughter to try new foods. So I bought a pomegranate for them to try. I made sure they were all wearing their play clothes so they wouldn't get their clothing dirty. As soon as I cut into the pomegranate and started peeling back the skin- the pomegranate slipped out of my hands and crashed onto the table. I was covered in pomegranate juice! There goes my light blue t-shirt The lesson I learned is- next time I need to make sure to not only make sure the kids are wearing play clothing but myself as well!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:09
I know it'll be the same situation again this year *sigh* Chocolate and red punch on our fancy table linens and our best clothing! HELP!!
11Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:09
There are always stains if there is some form of eating going on. This includes kids and adults. I find that getting medicine stains out of clothes seems to be the worse!
12Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:12
My toddler was stains all over her white dress during a dinner party and we had no other outfits to put her in. Our pictures turned out lovely.
13Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:12
My toddler was stains all over her white dress during a dinner party and we had no other outfits to put her in. Our pictures turned out lovely. Luckily, we got out most of the stains with a stain stick.
14"Too much gravy"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:15
Last Thanksgiving, my cousin overflowed the gravy boat and gravy spilled down the table onto most everyone's lap. We ended up taking a picture to memorialize our "turkey badges of honor!". Stains can sometimes bring up funny memories!
15"Grape Juice!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:17
100% purple Grape juice! Ugh! Between a 3 and 5 year old, I am dealing with these unsuccessfully constantly!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:24
I was only married for a few months when the biggest stain of my life happened. I was doing my husbands laundry for work. He is a pilot and wears white shirts. Well after the wash cycle was finished I went to put the shirts in the drier and realized that I washed his shirts with an ink pen....what a mess. Thank goodness with all my years of catholic school and wearing a uniform. My grandmother taught me a trick to use hair spray to get ink out. This was a real mess and almost half a can of hairspray later all the ink came out. I then washed all the shirts again and they came out crisp and white. I never even told my husband that story
17Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:24
My daughter poured cranberry on our table cloth last year and up till now, I am still doing everything possible to remove the stain. i hope this story and clorox will work together to get it off
18"7 kids...need I explain??"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:25
Last Thanksgiving, my then 2 year old decided that he didn't like the color of the wine so he proceeded to dump entire bottle of wine on the tablecloth while we were getting the food ready in the other room. To say the least, this year, we will wait to open the wine until someone is in the dining room!!
19Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:26
My son gets a lot of stains on his clothes, as does my husband (okay, I confess, I do too). The toughest stain that I had to try to power out was white paint from a wall that my son leaned against with his new jeans and sweater on. I have never met an easy stain to remove, so need all the help I can get.
20"Drat that fruit"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:29
My son is a very picky eater so when I found the pomegranate, I was thrilled! It's the one fruit he will eat with no arguing. And all the healthful benefits of this fruit!
I do not like this fruit however. Actually, I cannot stand this fruit.
The pomegranate and I have issues. I have gotten much better about preparing the fruit but there is no easy way!
All over the counters, all over the floor, all over my hands, all over my apron.
APRON?? Yes.
My new fancy shmancy apron that I had waited ages to get. I got a little cocky with my pomegranate carving skills that Thanksgiving. I thought they would look lovely on the table; they look like miniature cranberries!
I was horrified and saddened. I tried to not let it ruin my Thanksgiving but it sure was hard.
I will never get cocky with a pomegranate again.
They win.
21Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:30
I have had my daughter pour her glass of grapejuice on my tan carpet and nothing has been able to get that stain out. I know I will get more grape juice stains as my kids love grape juice.
22Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:30
The first Thanksgiving after being newly married, I invited the whole extended family to dinner. My new mother-in-law was helping to carry the last of the fixings to the table. The last trip included me carrying the mashed potatoes and her the cranberry sauce. She went to sit down and place the cranberry sauce on the table, simultaneously and the chair broke. Well, as I am sure you can imagine, the new mother-in-law hit the floor and the cranberry sauce covered her white blouse. Luckily she wasnt hurt. She tried for weeks to get the stain out with no luck. I was mortified and embarassed then. We dont get along now, so I would live to see that moment again! LOL! (ok, just kidding about that part!)
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:30
I remember back when I used to wear dresses and my oldest just started walking. I had my favorite dress. It fit perfectly and I looked really good in it. I laid my dress on the bed to get ready for a get together at my future in laws. DH was suppposed to be watching our daughter but of course he wasn't. He gave her some red kool aid in a sippy cup that leaked. She had at least 4 sippy cups so I don't know how he picked that one. Anyways, I ran to the bathroom and when I came back in the room she had dripped kool aid all over my dress!! It was like all these drops. Of course had a big kool aid smile on her face while her dad was in the other room playing video games. I just knew the dress was ruined I mean it was red kool aid! Of course I was mad at my hubby the rest of the evening but he surprised me the next morning by washing it and got the stains outs. So I am proof Clorox works!
24Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:30
A couple months ago I was doing a load of whites. Once they came out of the dryer, I noticed an ink pen that my darling son decided to drop into the laundry while he was helping me put the soap in. I didn't notice and then was left with white clothes and blue polka dots. Ink is probably the only thing that my stain removers can not get out completely. However, MY mother came to the rescue and told me to use aerosol hairspray. My family's once blue spotted white clothes are now as good as new.
25Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:31
My boyfriend is notorious for wearing his food. If we're home, i treat with a stain spray or stick right away. But some of them still elude me. I'd love some tips!
26Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:34
I spilled curry paste (with turmeric and oil in it) over the carpet. There was this yucky oily yellow colored stain all over....I tried a few things but finally what worked was 'Toothpaste'. Plain old fluoride toothpaste (not the gel kind). Rub some over the stained area, let it sit for some time...scrub and clean with a clean cloth and water.
Try it...it works! :)
27"Gravy Train"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:35
Last Turkey Day, the gravy boat overlfowed and we all ended up with "brown badges of honor" as it dripped onto the table and we rushed to clean it up...lots of funny memories can be made from stains!
28Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:35
The worst stain I ever had happened towards the end of my pregnancy. My husband and I were shopping for baby things and while we were in line to check out I saw him looking down at my chest and gave me and odd look.Little did I realize at the time why he did that.I ignored him and paid.When we got to the car he announced my boob was leaking!Sure enough I looked down to my first experiance with soon to be breast milk. I just keep hoping no one else noticed.I couldn't get the mark out of my shirt though.So, it was stained to me...as well as embarassing.
29"Stains!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:36
Stains...everyone gets them! From grape juice, ketchup, coffee, soda to even blood. But the toughest for me is when my son gets grass stains on his clothes - especially when he wears whites or any kind of pants.
Anyone eat pomegranites? those produce some bad stains, even stains your fingers! Its just as bad as cranberries.
30"my story"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:42
My husband always makes fun of me since he can look at my dress and get an idea about what i ate since I always eat in a hurry...so I always keep a stain removal pen with me for on the go stains
31"It actually came out!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:44
The worst stain that I ever got on was when I was making brownies. I was mixing the brownie mix in this big bowl when it slipped out of my hands and All Over Me! It landed all on my white sweat pants. These were my new favorite things to wear-great to throw on at home-nice and comfy. Well, I thought there was no getting this stain out for sure!
I couldn't believe my eyes when it actually did come out! I had to wash them in Hot water at least three times, but thanks to Tide and Bleach, there isn't a trace of a chocolate stain on them!
32Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:45
My stain story happened this past August. It was my son's first birthday and I made him cupcakes, but I used blue icing. Not thinking to take his clothes off and just have him in his diaper when he got his cupcake, I left them on. The blue icing ended up staining the cutest outfit he had at the time and then it stained my shirt when I picked him up to take him to the bathroom and give him a bath! Next time, I'll know to just use plain white icing!
33Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:46
I found breastmilk spitup to be quite challenging stain to remove. My tip is to soak the stained clothing in COLD water for a couple hours (preferably) immediately after the spitup. Then use Clorox coldwater bleach to eliminate the stain without discoloring the material. It's been working great for me.
34Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:48
I went to get a load of whites out of the dryer when they finished. There was blue everywhere! On our white underclothes and even the dryer tub itself! The culprit was a blue crayon that had inadvertently been in with the wash and melted when the dryer was running. I had to rewash things several times and some things I wasn't able to salvage at all. Thank goodness it was mostly underwear and socks! This was almost a year ago and we still have some blue underwear in our drawers! Getting the stain out of the dryer was quite a fun experience as well!
35"Immediately"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:49
Key word is immediately. If you get a stain that you know will be hard to get out, rinse it out with running water as soon as possible. I've found that peroxide helps get stains out as well. If it's bleachable, by all means apply a little bleach to the water as well. I'm a mommy of four and have had a lot of trial and error experiences with baby poop. I used to hate the stains it would leave behind, and it seemed like nothing worked like rinsing ASAP.
36Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:50
Last summer, my kids fell in love with playing dirt and mud in the playground. It gave headache for cleaning his clothes. Friend gave me a bottle of stain remover and I could not believe how easy to clean the dirty clothes!
37Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:51
My worst stain experience happened when I was about to go out to the clubs. I was wearing a very pretty white blouse. We stopped to have dinner. I ordered hamburger and fries. While I was eating my fries I dripped a big goop of ketchup right in the middle of the upper part of my shirt.
38Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:52
My worst stain experience happened when I was about to go out to the clubs. I was wearing a very pretty white blouse. We stopped to have dinner. I ordered hamburger and fries. While I was eating my fries I dripped a big goop of ketchup right in the middle of the upper part of my shirt. I had to go to a local store and buy another shirt before we went out.
39Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:54
My second grade Daughter is bad about getting stains on her Cheerleading outfit, so I take a Tide-Pen with me, and it works really well,it always gets the stains out and she looks fresh and clean, I love it!! :)
40Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:54
I found out my son's reflux couldn't handle grape juice when he puked it all up on his bedroom carpet! Oh, it was a nightmare to clean up, but I finally got it after hours of different solutions and lots of scrubbing. Grape juice is no longer welcome in our house!
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at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:55
We always have friends and family over for party. There are a few occasions where the guest spill their red wine or the food on the carpet. So I always have s stain spray or stick ready.
42Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:55
I passed the gravy to my sister one Thanksgiving. The handoff did not go smoothly and it endes up all over both of us the table linens and the dog. The only coat that recovered was the dog! She was very happy!
43Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 10:55
I bought my daughter a beautiful flaminco dancer dress for Halloween this year. It is white with red roses and trim. Well, we always have an easy dinner on Halloween so this year we ordered pizza. My daughter was dying to get into her costume as soon as she got home from school. When it was time for dinner she swore she would be careful. We even put a "bib" over her dress. Well the bib came off and she got greasy pizza grease all over the front of the bodice. Needless to say she went out with the big stain on the front of her. She didn't care, but I was glad her dad was the one taking her trick or treating. I would have felt embarrassed.
44Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:01
Last year, for my son's first Thanksgiving (he was just under a year old) he decided to get into the relish tray, which included pickled beets and black olives in juice. It was all over him (in a light colored outfit) and my parents tan carpet. Oh what that was! It took some time and lots of research but we were able to save the carpet and clothes! He is even more into things now that he is almost two! We are certainly taking the time this year to try to keep things up and to have a stain survival kit of our own made up!
45Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:02
I gave my son a marshmallow chocolate treat in the car. What a mess! It was on the seat, on the back of the driver's seat. On his clothes (right down to his socks), in his ears, nose, etc. UGH! What I have found over the years it is always best to have something white and just bleach it out. I have never found a product that can get out stains like my bleach pen can on whites.
46Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:03
My daughter recently spilled tomato sauce on a new dress. I used a stain stick but could still see the stain. I rewashed it several times with different pre-treaters. I finally soaked it overnight in Clorox 2. Happily, the remaining stain was removed.
47Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:06
When my husband and I first married he was a door to door salesman. Many a white shirt was ruined due to his sweat, my lack of knowledge of how to clean his shirts. I learned the hard way that bleach should never be used on a perspiration stain, especially on white cotton fabrics, as proteins in the sweat will react with the bleach and turn the stain even darker. Also avoid heat – such as ironing or putting a stained garment in the dryer – as the high temperatures will permanently set the stain, making it impossible to remove.
Treat with a mixture of 1 tbsp of vinegar in half a cup of water, sponged onto the stain, which should restore the color and also remove any perspiration odors. Another good stain remover is fresh lemon juice rubbed into the stain or an enzyme pre-soak product before washing as usual – whatever you do, do not use this on fabrics such as linen, silk and wool
48Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:07
Being a nurse, I have to wear white to work. Needless to say, it is very hard to keep my uniform looking its bes while taking care of patients and three children at home. However, the worst stain that I have had comes from a different source. There was a problem with the water in our town, and the city had workers repairing the problems. As a result, our water temporarily had a large concentration of iron, which stained my pristine white uniform a dirty, reddish color. It had been washed and dried, so I didn't think it would ever come clean. It sat around in a laundry basket for a few days. I was going to trash it, but I decided to at least attempt to get the stain out first. I didn't expect to, but I was going to try before I threw it away. I placed it in the washer alone, with detergent and a generous amount of Clorox liquid bleach. It came out as white as it had been before. I was abs
49"Tea Maker Mishap"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:08
If you forget to put the tea pot in your automatic tea maker, it creates quite a mess. The pot of concentrated tea ran out, all over my kitchen counter and floor. The only thing handy to mop up the mess was a few of my bath towel close at hand. I managed to get some of the stains out of a few of the towels, but I am afraid the other two are destined to become shop rags.
50Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:11
With kids in the house we always get stain on the tablecloths or on the carpet. Stains from juices, sauce, soda and fruits. So I always use a stain remover all bleach them if they are white tableclothes.
51Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:11
Well I work with food and my uniform shirt is a white oxford shirt. Lets just say I have had many stains over the years. I have tried many many different stain removers. I usually just end up adding bleach to the washer to keep my work shirts extra white.
52Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:13
toothpaste! My mom swears by it! She taught me to use a little bit of white paste toothpaste to get stains out of small messes on the bathroom floor, countertops, and other places. Works like a charm!
53Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:13
I left my husband to babysit my daughter last week and told him to feed her some fruits. He gave her some chopped strawberries and forgot to put her bib on her. She was wearing her brand new white shirt that my sister had gifted her. When I got home to my utter shock my husband was sitting with her with his eyes glued to the football game and my daughter had a great time mushing up the berries in her hand and coloring her clothes and feeding chair. The shirt was a mess.. But I decided to keep it that way so I could show it to her when she grows up.. Its now a pretty white shirt with strawberry patterns.. Pretty Unique work of art from my little artist :)
54"Welche's Grape Juice"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:14
My worst stain experience was spilling Welches grape juice on off white carpet. I used kitty litter to absorb the liquid and then vacuumed it the next morning
55Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:15
Two years ago I had just finished redecorating our bedroom and after months of searching had found the perfect quilt and shams for our bed. Not two days after I cleaned them and put them on our bed did my two-year-old daughter take a black PERMANENT marker from my nightstand and go to town on the bedspread, shams, nightstand, and other things in the room! When my huisband called to tell me about it I burst out laughing because it was too unbelievable! Sure enough, then I got home it was my worst nightmare come true. There was nothing I could do about the quilt and shams except buy new ones, everything that had a hard surface I could get most of the permanent marker off with a magic eraser. Lesson learned...no more permanent markers in in the bedroom!
56Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:15
Grass stains are the biggest challenge in our house hold, with 9 year old boy around, its important to have the right products on hand! I love those instant wipes and pens for every day stain prevention
57Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:15
Grass stains are the biggest challenge in our household, with 9 year old boy around, its important to have the right products on hand! I love those instant wipes and pens for every day stain prevention
58Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:15
The day I came home from the hospital with my and my husband's first baby, I aparently made a new mom mistake, and didn't secure my baby's diaper as well as it should've been. When I asked my husband to change the baby's "dirty" diaper, he picked him up, the diaper popped open, and needless to say, my husband's white t-shirt got a bit messy! lol We can laugh about it now, but I couldn't get the stain out of that poor t-shirt, and sadly, it had to get thrown out.
59Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:16
What can I say, this is the holidays and here comes the mess and stains. I hope clorox will be kind enough to help my family out. I don't want to spend one year getting rid of stains.
60Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:18
This happened just the other day, I was so embarrassed. My blood pressure shot up and I got a severe nose bleed while I was in bed. I stained my brand new white pillow cases.
61"STAINING SILK"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:18
ok worst ever holiday stain was GRAVY ..... yep it looked so nice on my silk dress, especially the round stain discreetly placed over my bodice, there was NO HIDING THIS ONE! I put on a sweater and put new stains (sweat) on my silk dress that ended up going in the TRASH CAN! YIKES
62Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:19
I carry a stain stick with me in my purse.I have used them while eating out if the kids make a mess!
63Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:19
My husband is always getting coffee stains on his clothes, I don't know why but he still does. So I am always dealing with that and I have 3 boys, so there are always stains to deal with around my house!
64Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:19
My husband was on a tour with his band and while he was gone I wore his nice new white shirt.I was having a glass of wine and yes I had spilled some wine on it and he was due back home in three hours. I put a little bleach and water on it for 3 minutes and it was gone.
Another trusty miracle chlorox solution has saved me from an argument our house.
I was so glad he was home and everything was normal.(HEH-HEH)
65Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:20
My son always comes home from school with green dry erase marker on his clothes and it will not come out no matter what I try.
66Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:21
The worst stain I've had to deal with is black polish for lack of a better description rubbing off of my husband's laptop backpack onto his dress shirts. It took a while for me to figure out what was causing these unslghtly stains on the shirts he wore to the office, having a high level executive job it wasn't making a good impression on the senior management. Suffice to say once I figured out the cause he stopped using that backpack which was pity as it was very expensive and had a nice stylish design. By the way nothing I've tried has gotten these awful stains out so those shirts have become what we refer to as "home shirts".
67Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:22
My son loves to paint, and has made his fair share of messes in the play room of our house. I have tried everything under the sun trying to get that paint out, but nothing has worked except good old fashioned bleach and water.
68"Getting Out Grass Stains"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:22
The worst stain my son had this summer was grass stains. They were all over his clothes and they were very hard to get off. I decided to try a stain stick and low and behold it took all of the grass stains off of my son's clothing.
69Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:22
With two children only 18 months apart in age I constantly have messes. The one that is most memorable to me right now though is when we gave my youngest daughter pudding and she wanted to eat it herself (like her big sister). I would venture to bet that most of the pudding was actually on the floor, her clothes, her hair, etc and not in her mouth. It was definitely a disaster to clean up, but I guess you have to let them learn to eat on their own eventually.
70Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:26
My disadter happened with my son. He loves grape juice and when we drink wine, he thinks he is drinking it too by drinking the grape juice. Well this Thanksgiving he wanted to make the toast, which we do and wish everyone a great holiday. He made his toast and when he went to take a drink of his juice, he was trying to sit down at the same time. My sister was next to him and next thing you know, she was wearing the juice. She is not the most cheerful person, but we all got a huge laugh out of it.
71Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:27
It was the end of Junior High and during lunch I sat on a ketchup spill. I did not know I had sat on it and so I finished out the rest of my day with dried ketchup on my bottom. Needless to say it was in the worst area of my pants and when it was brought to my attention, I was so embarassed. I learned two things that day. 1. Always look before you sit down and 2. Ketchup was difficult to get out of tan pants, color bleach wasn't out then.
72Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:30
twin four year olds. What that havent gotten stains from hastn been invented yet. CHeese sauce, Cheese, Spaghetti Sauce,Tacos, Enchiladas, Kraft Dinner, every fruit invented plus milk and juices. UGH Grape Juice has to be the worst. Sure Could use those stain guides.
73Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:32
My first communion dress - My mom allowed by daughter to wear it for play, and it got dirty so cleaning it became a high priority, and was I thrilled when it became clean again, and no longer a play toy for my daughter!
74Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:32
Three words- Tide to go!!! With a 2 and a half year old daughter who is constantly spilling stuff on her new clothes, this is heavensent. It takes off almost ALL stains. Even a 2 week old chocolate stain was taken off by this!
75Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:32
My daughter gets THE worst stains on her clothing. She is a stain magnet. She once got into my makeup and some of it got on her cutest outfit. We pretreated it with Spray N Wash and it came right out.
76Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:32
We were out the one year instead of staying home and of cource as my husband says "you can dress them up but you can't take them out" I spilled stuff down the front of my shirt, it was a spagetti type of sauce and of cource no one had anything that would take it ou so I ended up being embarrassed and stained. I did get the stain out at home later but maybe next time I should take a bib along?
77Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:32
My baby had head to toe baby food on him. I thought That it would never come out but it did with the power of bleach
78"Never clean with a color."
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:33
A few weeks ago my mom was sorting out her Avon order and some stuff dripped on her white bedspread. I got the bright idea to scrub the stain with lizuid detergent and a RED towl. I didn't think the towel's color would rub off. Luckily the red stain that I left with the towel came out in the washing machine.
79Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:34
I have a family table cloth handed over to me by my mom, last year at thanksgiving, it was stained. I have been washing and treating it just to see if the stain will go away but nothing seems to work. I really hope that this is a chance to try something new on it.
80Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:36
Our son was so excited about eating his tire soup, that he dumped the bowl ALL OVER his pants. I thought they were ruined. Nope, the bleaching actually took it out!
81Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:37
Being Swedish every year I host a midsummer party, one of the dishes I prepare is lingonberries, berries similar in taste and color to cranberries. The day of the party I had to work a morning shift so my husband volunteered to help set up and put out the food. My shift ran later than I had expected and by the time I got home the party had started and was in full swing. To my horror I saw my husband had used one of my best white table cloths for the buffet table and lingon berry sauce had already been spilled upon the cloth. I decided to push this out of my mind and enjoy the party instead of trying to remove all the dishes and replace the cloth. After the last guest had left I poured club soda on the spot, it worked bit, then I presoaked the cloth, worked a tiny bit. Over the next few days I pretreated and washed the cloth again, each time the stain was little less.
82Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:40
I love this! I laughed when I received this because I had just spilt a two liter bottle of Mountain Dew all over me! It must have fallen and I was unaware. I opened it up and was showered with the sticky substance and it covered me and my white tshirt. Uugh! I've found that it is very difficult to get soda pop out of my tshirts, especially when it is a darker drink.
83Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:41
I had taken my 4 year old son to the zoo and as we were leaving he asked for ice cream. I got it for him and strapped him in to his car seat and we left. My husband and I were talking and weren't paying attention to our son. Next thing I know I look back and he's fallen asleep and the chocolate ice cream was EVERYWHERE!!! It was all over him, the car seat, the back seat of my car, the floor and the window! That was quite the mess to clean up. To this day my son points to the stain in the back seat and tells me it's his chocolate ice cream!!
84"bluberries"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:41
my brother and family came down from maine and brought blueberries. It was right before my sons 2nd birthday. He really like wearing those messy berries. The mess was everywhere. I had to soak his clothes for a while with bleach and rewash since I was paranoid about the bleach being in his clothes but it all came out. That was a fun mess
85Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:44
Several years ago, I used a Target grocery bag (plastic) to prevent my white dress from being stained by dirt on the bench outside the store while I was waiting for my friend to pick me up. But because it was a hot day and I sweat quite a bit, I ended up wearing small red target patterns on my bottom when my friend finally showed up. Lesson learned--it feels good to go green.
86"Wine fiasco!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:45
I wish I was telling a story that starred somebody else besides myself, but unfortunately I had a terrible accident last Thanksgiving at my Brother in law's house! He has white carpet in his living room and had just had it professionally cleaned before all the family showed up for the holiday. Welllll, I caught my heel on the edge of a throw rug in the kitchen while carrying not one, but TWO glasses of red wine! Down I went and the wine flew and splattered in what seemed like a MILLION drops all over the living room floor! I was mortified! I think my face was redder than the carpet! Luckily for me I have a very understanding brother in law who has 4 children and had obviously seen worse things happen. He directed me to his stash of carpet cleaners and bleach under the kitchen sink and before you know it we actually got it all up! Boy was I relieved! I'm not allowed to pass the wine now!
87Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:46
I have 2 stain stories. The first one is when I was 16 I was babysitting for a friend, while I was wearing white pants. She had a little 6 month old baby. My experience (back than) with babies was limited, but she left me with instructions. One of the duties was to feed the baby peas for lunch. So I did. The baby did not feel well, and the peas did not stay inside for long. And no, the baby did not throw up. Needless to say, I had to toss the white pants!
My second story also involves the color white & a baby. This time it was a white rug. (I have not worn white pants since!) My friend had a baby shower at her house-her first baby. She served red wine. I was only there for a few minutes, and guess what I spilled? I felt awful, but now that I have had 3 kids of my own, I know that the white rug did not last long!!!
88Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:46
My good friend was hosting a Christmas party, to which I had invited one of my good friends who lived in her neighborhood. My friends child happened to spill red juice all over my friends carpet and on the sleeve of a guest's white shirt. I was mortified! I ran to the laundry room where my friend keeps all her cleaning supplies. There must have been at least 50 cleaning products there! I grabbed the first thing I spotted that said "Oxy" on it (I think it was carpet cleaner). The stain disappeared from the carpet and shirt right away! I was amazed and since then have used that same product in my own home!
89Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:46
One night I was taking my plate full of spaghetti to the table when my little fluffy kitty decided to rub against my feet. As I tripped over him, not only did I end up wearing the spaghetti, but so did my husband who was coming over to stop me from falling.
90"The Color Green"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:48
Why is it that grass always seems to be greener when it happens to be on the pant leg or knees of my sons blue jeans. For the longest time I couldn't figure out how to get the stains out. I tried stain treaters, pre-treating with extra detergent, extra washings, etc. Nothing was working until finally I got the answer. I called my mom. She told me to rub a little bit of sugar and water on the stain then wash. You would never believe it but it worked. Not one bit of green left on his pants.Thanks Mom! No more green jeans in my home anymore. And to the grass, the green is all yours.
91Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:50
When my daughter was about three, I was making spagetti sauce in the kitchen and she was in the family room watching Barney or so I thought. Realizing after about 30 minutes later that she had been really quiet, I went to investigate. That's when I discovered she had been painting the brand new Bernhardt sectional which was beige with tomato sauce. She had taken the cans I had thrown in the trash ( this was before recycling ) and was finger painting sauce out of the can on to the sofa. Fortunatly I had paid to have it protected with scotchguard and it all came right off.
92"Messy Girl I Am"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:52
I don't know aboutanyone else but I get stains on evrythin especially this time of Year as I bake more.Pumpkin is an especially hard satin to get out and every year.i end up throwing clothes away.I hope this year will be better,cause I can be a messy girl.In the summer If I wear white I will spill somthing on my clothes it seems ten secs after I get the clothes on.I am always getting coffee stains.You name the satin and chances are I have spilled in on myself or have had help.Lol oh well .Clorox does work on a lot od stains though.
93Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:52
As a lab scientist, it is important for me to keep my lab coat shiny white, even after all the abuse that lab coat takes day in and day out with all kinds of chemicals. It was starting to look pretty raggedy last year and my students even joked about it. Luckily, I was able to rescue it with some bleach and a bit of TLC...it looks brand new now!
94"Even the older ones."
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:52
My daughter and my eldest son decided that it would be fun to have a paint fight. I however was not pleased when I walked in to see paint marks all over their clothes. I was so happy that the paint wasn't too hard to get out. Although I had to put their clothes throught two washes.
95Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:53
For my in-law's anniversary party, we dressed my little girl in her very first party dress. She was the toast of the party until one of the guests ditting at our table accidentally spilled her glass of red wine and much of it spilled on my little girl's dress. We spent the rest of the evening fielding "the best way to get out that stain" stories from everyone else at the party!
96Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 11:55
i was having dinner with my fiance and she had made pasta with chicken and vegetables. we were having a romantic dinner with some red wine when all of a sudden someone rang the doorbell and our airedale terrier jumped up to run to the door and bark at it. as he was jumping up he hit one of the table legs, which knocked over the food and the wine all over myself and my fiance. we were soaked with wine and tomato sauce and thank goodness for stain removers because we got the stains out. our dog got a two for one with that one.
97Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:01
I was making enchaladas and I was dipping them in the bright red sauce my daughter came behind me and scared me I jumped and my white shirt got coverd with the sauce Thank god for bleach it got the mess out :)
98Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:04
My kids love chocolate milk! The real thick store bought milk. One day I thought I had put my son's sippy cup lid on tight, but no I did not! A flood of chocolate milk landed on his shirt, pants, & underwear. It was not a pretty sight. Thankfully, some soaking took care of the problem!
99"Got the Stain Out"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:04
I had a egg shell colored shirt that had a stain on it. I used clorox to get it out and it worked great. Then I went to a Halloween party that used black lights and the stain showed up again! Hilarious.
100Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:07
i made a bunch of homemade sauce. i had put some in storage bags to later after cooled place in freezer. i had not sealed bags yet because they were still warm, they stayed steady on the counter till i turned my back to start dishes. all of a sudden my dd starts screaming...mommy the spaghetti sauce is spilling everywhere!! and everywhere it was!!
101"Not just ketchup anymore"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:07
but mustard too! We have a 3 and 6 yr old, but it's our 17 yr old who seems to stain her clothing with either mustard or ketchup - and often too! We always keep pretreatments handy!
102Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:07
My worst stain maker is my four year old son. I didn't actually get to see my worst stain lately in the making, but I sure got to enjoy it later. Last week when I went to pick up him up from school I got a wonderful surprise. One of the mom's had decided that chocolate ice cream would be a good treat for the day! Yikes. I'm not sure if he actually ate any or just wiped it all on his light yellow shirt!
103"What a mess!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:10
My sister was trying to help us all set the table when she got too excited and decided to back in to my mother as she was cooking knocking our bowl of punch all over the kitchen. It splashed so badly it even got on the rolls and in the gravy. Table cloth returned to its whitest white with Clorox! Thanks Clorox!
104Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:11
My daughter tried really hard all day to keep her new clothes clean. She wouldn't even go outside to play with her cousins at a family gathering, but decided to "sit still" with the grown ups. Well, after I finally convinced her that we could go outside and still stay clean, she ran for the nearest chair, which also happened to be near where her cousins were "baking' , with mud, leaves, real juice, etc. Just as my little girl began to sit down, her cousin put one of her mud creations in the seat of the chair. Splat! Needless to say, between the sad little girl and the messy stain, I had my hands full the rest of the evening! It took 3 washings to get all of that dried in dirt out of her clothes.
105"Dog eats Kool Aid"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:13
My dog got into a packet of Kool Aid on my white carpet while I was at work. It was cherry Kool Aid so it was a mess! I tried getting out the carpet shampooer but that just seemed to make it worse! I ended up using diluted bleach water and it finally came out!
106"Hot Dog Mess"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:14
I remember my daughter was eating this hot dog with all the trimmings. This included mustard, pickles, ketchup even horseradish. And she was only seven years old at the time and the whole series of toppings fell on her dress. This created a huge mess for me to clean up. The stains would not come out with all the detergent in the world. I used a stain remover and it lightened the stain a little.
107Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:15
We were at a summer party. My grandma was with us wearing her white pants. Someone spilled red wine on a char and she sat down. Unfortunately, she was quite embarrassed. Thankfully, the host had a jug of white vinegar. After some tactful soaking and a little elbow grease, we got it out and grandma was very thankful that her white pants had been saved!
108"Tablecloth collection"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:16
I actually collect old cotton tablecloths from the 1940's & 50's. When I find them at flea markets they are usually in pretty bad shape with a lot of staining. It sometimes takes days and multiple treatments, but I soak them in a boiling pot of water filled with baking soda and salt. Afterwards I launder them and iron them. Sometimes the stains only fade (coffee is a tough one and I usually have to apply some Clorax bleach) but by the time I'm done... they have been restored to a usable condition. They are so lovely and colorful and I always have plenty of tablecloths to choose from for the holidays!
109Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:20
My sister was running into the house and spilled a bowl of punch on the floor and on herself - on her white pants. The grape stains would not come out no matter so we finally soaked the pants and then used clorox. Thanks Clorox - the stain disappeared.
110Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:25
We had a few friends over with small children and I offered them grape juice thinking they will be fine with bibs and sitting on the kitchen floor. The kids did very well with the juice but when it came time for refills I ended up tripping over my puppy and spilling it all over my white capris-My Clorox sure came in handy-Thank You!
111Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:25
I was holding a bowl of red chile in the family room and I tripped and spilled it all over the carpet and my boyfriend and his work shirt. It took a few washings but thanks to Clorox bleach we got the stain out of his shirt. If only we were so lucky with the carpet.
112Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:27
After we ate thanksgiving dinner last year I couldnt believe the stains on my table cloth and napkins. I didnt think they would come out. I used cloox and they looked good as new.
113Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:27
With four kids, my house is often chaotic. My two-year old particularly loves to bother my nine-year old. The culmination of one long afternoon's teasing happened with my two-year old squeezing a box of chocolate drink all over my nine-year old's clothing. As I had to take care of an infant as well as get the other three to bed, the laundry was put on the back burner. When I finally got around to treating the stain, it had pretty well dried. I washed it in Clorox 2, though, and her clothes were as clean as they were before the stain. I wish it was as easy to get siblings to get along.
114Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:31
I love decorating the table for Thanksgiving,espcially with my tablecloth but wow does it get messy. After clearing off the table, I feel like crying when I see what has gotten on the tablecover but I know it will be as good as new a soon a I wash it with clorox. It definately makes it bright again.
115Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:32
My son had a nose bleed in the middle of the night. Blood got all over his bed, pillows and pajamas. I threw everything in the washer with Clorox and removed the stains from everything. I used clorox diluted with water on his bed worked like a charm I was so impressed how great of a job it did and so easy to use.
116Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:33
We have ruined many shirts/blouses. On the advice of dear mom we decided to try tide to go stain stick. It has worked wonders for us and saved some of our favorite clothes!
117Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:39
My husband was deployed to Iraq, and we were planning to celebrate my birthday when he came home on leave. I had bought a beautiful new outfit to wear for our evening out. The sandstorms he was accustomed to overseas caused him to have frequent nosebleeds. Unfortuately, when he gave me a hug and handed me my gift he began to have a horrible nose bleed and got blood on my new clothes. He was humiliated, but I was just glad to have him home. Using Clorox helped me get the stain out in no time!
118Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:42
clorox is the only thing that gets my boys socks clean. they love to run outside and always take their shoes off. i hate that, but can rest easy knowing that clorox will rescue me!!
119Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:42
I went into labor last Thanksgiving with my son who will be one this year. ENOUGH SAID about THOSE stains!!!! Water break anyone?
120Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:46
My husband and I were babysitting for our niece. She wasn't feeling good so she came into our room for a drink. I asked my husband to go get her a drink. Apparently he didn't realize that when a child is complaining of a tummy ache- you probably shouldn't fix them a bright red Kool-aid drink! Of course, our niece got sick and I was trying to get fluorescent red stains out of bedding and pajamas. the clorox bleach worked like a charm!
121Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:50
My 4 yr old's school Thanksgiving Program was today. When his father and I arrived the teacher's assistant ran out to apologize because my son had spilled bright magenta paint all down the entire right leg of his pants. I told her not to worry about it and put him in the back row. She looked so relieved.
122"Mom of 3 children"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:56
Every Year around the Holidays I buy long sleever t-shirts that we decorate and wear for Christmas.By now I should know better than to buy white! Last year we had Cranberry sauce at my mom's house and the youngest child Mike who was 3 at the time spilled it all over his whte shirt!!! I could not bleach it because it had Christmas decorations all over it,so I dabbed a litle of Chlorox bleach with a q-tip and gently applied it to the stains and it came off. But guess what ,I bought 3 long white sleeve t-shirts again .When will I learn???
123Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:56
I have a really nice table cloth and my hubby brought home motor and set it down on the table. Fine they were new bottles right? Well one had a small hole in it and leaked! I grabbed a can of coke and poured it on it and let it sit for a few then washed it with Clorox2 and detergent and I was surprised it actually came out!
124Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:57
My 16 yr old son has a favorite white hoodie that he wears all the time and it gets very dingy. Clorox is the only product that gets the dingies out and I just love it!
125"White!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 12:57
The clorox bleach worked like a magic!!!Every time I'm using bleach the clothing getting white , clean and fresh..like a new!My kids can not say if there new or old clothes!!!
126Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:06
We have a famous "stain" story in our family. When he was little, my uncle, dressed all in white and with white bucks on, fell into a barrel of borscht (red beet soup) that my great grandmother had stored behind the couch that he was climbing on...everything turned pink, including the shoes! This was more than even Clorox could handle! We all stay away from borscht these days!!
127Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:16
Last year,we had Mississippi Mud Pie for Thanksgiving,and with having small children,it was a mess.There was chocolate,graham cracker,and marshmellow everywhere.Needless to say the stains never really came out.Never will we eat Mississippi mud pie again though hehe!
128Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:19
My daughters are formula fed at the moment along with breastmilk, anyway one of the twins has a weak latch on a bottle and the formula dribbles down past the bib onto her neck and clothes. I found that you can get rid of formula stains using dreft or shout advanced in the blue bottle and rubbing it onto the stain with a toothbrush and then soaking in super duper hot water along with oxi clean
129Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:20
I am obsessed with laundry--I feel in control when clothes are clean, lol! Gravy stains and cranberry sauce stains are no fun--but the rest of Thanksgiving is awesome! Clorox got out all the stains from last year so we can all wear our best outfits again this year with no stains from last Thanksgiving!
130Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:22
I had baseball practice and it was one of those bad days when the rain just came out and hit us hard in the middle of the game. I had a play that ruined my jersey, but got me a score falling towards home base. I got home and had to wash the jersey three times before I finally got all the color stains removed. Definitely memorable
131"fruit punch"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:26
We just bought my granddaughter a cute outfit for her birthday and she was so proud of it. Well she decided she was going to help herself to some fruit punch in the fridge and she unfortunely missed the glass and it poured all down the front of her. I walked back into the room and the poor thing was crying so hard I didn't have the heart to get mad at her. I just explained that she had to ask next time she wanted something to drink. We took off her outfit to wash it and thankfully Clorox did the trick. I had to laugh because after it was washed and dried she put the outfit back on and promptly asked if I could get her some juice.
132Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:26
Probably my worst stain was when I was wearing a white blouse and eating a hot dog. Sure enough, someone bumped into me and I got it all over the blouse. We were outside so there was no club soda to use, no stain sticks, just plain old water and a napkin. The blouse was ruined.
133Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:28
My worst stain has to be the time my son decided he wanted to wear his paint instead of painting with it. It was everywhere after just turning my back to grab some paper towels, lol....what can I say boys will be boys after all.
134Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:30
When my youngest was 3 she decided to was herself with Desitin.. She was covered from head to toe.. It was in her hair all over her clothes and all over my carpet.. What a mess.. I took days to clean up this mess.. Desitin is so greasy .. We had to talc everthything to absorb the oil in this.. of course i took pictures of the even.. I have to add She did 3 other times.. I swear it didnt matter where i hid this product she found it.. I can laugh now..
135Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:31
I was at work and spilled liquid ink all over my white shirt, i had to spend the whole day all inked up. It was horrible, but a great conversation starter.
136Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:37
I don't know that I have one specific story about stains, but my 12 and 13 year old boys are horrible with white t-shirts. It never fails, we always have spaghetti when the kids are wearing white and sure enough, it ends up on the shirt. I've gotten to where I don't even buy them white things anymore because they end up ruined.
137"Tomato Harvest"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:39
I grew heirloom tomatoes this summer. One day, I harvested a big crate of them. I picked up the crate and when I put it down, I had a big red stain across my favorite sweatshirt! The bottom tomatoes had gotten squished and run out the bottom of the crate! I poured Clorox on the shirt, threw it in the washing machine, and prayed! Clorox worked so well! My favorite sweatshirt is back to being white!
138"Yikes!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:41
With 3 kids, ages 7, 4 &2....stains are an every day occurence at our house. The hardest to get out...any stain that happens when we are doing crafts. ie, marker, paint, play-doh. My advice, wipe off, spray with pretreatment and hope it comes out. If it doesn't it's not the end of the world....they are only little once!!
139Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:41
I am always spilling stuff I am very clumsy, now I know whne I eat to wear my play clothes but still I soak the stains or wash them out immediately before it has time to set.
140Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:52
I had an ear infection several years ago, but at the time I didn't know what it was. Well earlier in the day I had eaten Cheetos for a snack on the way home from work. Right before dinner I had a severe case of vertigo and had to lay down for awhile. I became so nauseous from the spinning of the room I had to get up and make it to the bathroom. Wouldn't you know the first one I made it to was all white. I couldn't contain the contents of my stomach and it spewed out everywhere. When I was done every surface looked like a dreamsicle, especially my fluffy white rug. What a clean up job for me! Once I got myself together I rinsed off the rug as much as I could and thought about how I could possibly restore the rug. I used my regular laundry soap and Clorox bleach. What a life saver. The rug and everything else in the room once again looked picture perfect, not to mention sanitized!
141"Cranberry Mess!!!!!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:55
A few years ago,I was having all of my relatives,at my house for Thanksgiving.I had everything perfect.Fresh white linen tablecloth,with all my good china on the table.And perfectly decorated.I made a cranberry punch.I went to place it on the table,and it slipped out of my hands!! My dog was nearby,she is a white fur dog.The cranberry punch went everywhere,all over my dog,the walls,and tablecloth!!!Just when that happened,all of my guests arrived!!My husband took the dog downstairs to give him a bath,and my relatives helped me cleaned up the mess.Every Thanksgiving now,I think about that Cranberry punch,and my red dog!!!
142Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 13:59
My biggest stain problem is ink stains on just about everything. The only thing that I have ever found that will get those stains out is the aresol hairspray... .I don't know why but I always keep some around to get it out!
143Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:07
My daughters are always getting messy. They are 8 and 6. One day I fixed my famous but messy sloppy joes. My daughters wore more than they eat.
144Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:10
We just bought a brand new rug for our office and were so excited about it! It was EXACTLY what we wanted. We didn't even have the rug for 24 hours when it got stained! Our dog is mostly indoors but he goes out to use the bathroom. Well, anyway, it had rained earlier in the day and my daughter took him out to play. He got super muddy outside and when my daughter brought him in the house, she forget to clean off his paws before letting him loose. He tracked that wet, sticky mud ALL OVER our new rug! (not to mention all over the rest of the house, too!!!) We had a difficult time getting all of the mud out of the carpet and rugs but it finally came out. That was probably the most stressful stain experience I've had in awhile!
145"Coffee Stain"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:12
We had my DH's family over for Christmas Dinner. It was our first meal at our dining room table. We just sat down to eat. My mother-in-law spilled her full cup of coffee. We plotted the spill and ate our meal. Apparently she was sitting where the table pads come together. I didn't know until I cleared the table, but the coffee had gone between the table pad seams. I was able to get the stain out of the linen table cloth but the finish on the table was ruined it that area.
146Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:12
My mother in law bought an adorable sailor outfit for my son who was 2 at the time. I had him wear it for his grandparents but before they even got here he smothered himself with chocolate ice cream! I hid the outfit but grandma found it! I thought she would be really upset but she was the one who showed me how to get it clean with Clorox. We actually get along better now because of that mess!
147Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:22
My 16 year old son has got to be one of the messiest kids ever!! One day a couple of weeks ago he comes home from hanging with frieds all day only to find out when he walks through the door not only doeshis shirt have pizza and salad dressing ains down the front but his new pants are covered in MUD due to an impromtu game of football with the friends. Having a child like my son has really made me a stain expert. I was able to remove all stains even the salad dressing (putting powder on oil spot really absorbs it back out of the clothes!)
So now that I am an expert at stain removal my son thinks everything is going to be ok "because mom can get it out)
148Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:24
When my son was a baby he used to have these huge blowouts in his diaper. It was disgusting and I could never find a diaper that could contain the explosions! His clothes were nearly ruined. Thank goodness he's ten now and the worst thing I deal with is grass stained knees!!!
149"painther?"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:35
when my daughter was one, she got finger paint and coloring books for christmas, i was teaching her how to paint in the books on the kitchen floor and started to make dinner, when i turned around, not even 2 minutes, she finger painted on her clothes instead of the coloring book, she's 6 now and still paints on her clothes instead of the paper
150Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:37
I recently bought my 27 month old daughter a pair of white jeans and put then on her before we went out for a Sunday Family Breakfast. Needless to say,she got more egg yolk on her jeans than in her mouth.
Whe I got home I treated the stain w/ Clorox Bleach pen and washed the jeans with additional Clorox liquid Bleach.
I am happy to say that you can't tell at all that the baby had made a mess of her jeans. They are as white as when I bought them.
151"A close call...."
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:41
When my nephew was young, I would always let him play in the backyard. He's was always a fast little boy, running around in circles on the grass. One day, he was wearing a brand new white shirt that his mom got him. He kept running, jumping, and falling onto the grass that his shirt ended up with huge amounts of grass stains. The grass stains were sooo hard to wash out. XD
152Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:47
My 3 year old was running through the living room with a sippy cup of juice. It was the juice that caused the stain, though. The accident happened when she tripped and fell, jamming the rigid straw up her nose. You guess it! Blood stains RUINED her seafoam green tracksuit. I needed a better detergent!!
153Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:48
When I was about 12 or 13, I went to Knott's Berry Farm with my uncle and his girlfriend. I wore my new white jeans. There was a grape juice festival going on. I think I spilled purple juice all over myself within the first 20 minutes of being at the park. And was totally humiliated all day long...
154Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:51
I was pregnant and teaching school one year. I had finally found a really nice maternity dress and was wearing it for the first time. I made the mistake of forgetting we were painting that day in class. A bottle of black tempera paint got knocked over right onto my dress. I drenched my dress with water from the classroom sink and scrubbed and scrubbed that night when I got home to try and remove it. I finally got the stain light enough to blend in with the dress, but I knew that stain was there everytime I wore it
155Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 14:58
How about waiting to have your Holiday pictures taken with your two daughters, 6 years and 3 years. One decided to throw a clump a dirt at the other in their brand new cream colored dresses.... OUTSIDE the sutido to have pictures taken.
You should have seen how we tried to clean then and still get pictures taken. Hopefully the proofs come out ok
BTW- this happened TODAY!
156Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:07
My son came home from college and was wrestling with his younger brother in my living room. While they were having fun, they knocked my plant over spilling it. Instead of vaccuuming up the dirt first, they picked up a few big pieces and then added soap and water to the spill making MUD!!! After long hours of trying to get the stain up, I can still see a large spot!!
157Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:07
I had just bought my 3 yr old daughter a new outfit and she got chocolate on it ... i had to use diluted bleach and soak it for about an hour and it came right out...love clorox!
158Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:10
A older friend needed some lace curtains for her newly painted bedroom. I knew that I had some older ones that I hadn't used in years. I dug them out of the bottom of a box, and was disappointed to see that they were really diggy. I was afraid that they wouldn't look good enough to give to her. I soaked them in a light solution of Clorox. I was surprised at how white and bright they turned out. I took great pride in taking them to her.
159"Worst Stain"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:14
My worst stain was caused by a crayon in the pocket going through the dryer. Everything had a nice green color to it. Most the clothes I was able to save by getting out the stains, however inside our dryer still has a green tint to it after hours of cleaning!
160Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:18
I remember after my great grama passed away, she had the most beautiful linens that she had left to me that desperately needed to be laundered. My grama always told me to use just a bit of Clorox on the stain and then let sit. Then fill up the washer with hot water and then put your Clorox in and launder on delicate cycle. Her linens came out so beautifully! Thank you Clorox.
One more thing I best remember is one time my grama stepped on a nail in our yard, and I remember her sitting on the side of the sink with her foot in a Clorox bath disinfecting her foot. My grama always swore by her Clorox. It is what is trusted by our family! Thank you Clorox!
161"KIDS!!"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:22
I too have kids and ofcourse there are always messes everywhere. From faces to clothes to floors I feel like I am alway cleaning!!! The worst I found is crayons accidentally finding their way into the washer. Well needless to say the boys looked a little green for a while!
162Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:33
Over the years I have seen plenty of horrible stains with my kids, the trick is to always catch them before they hit the dryer. That is the ultimate point of no return.
163"Strawberry Paint"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:34
I spent three years trying to get my daughter to eat more fruits and vegetables. I snuck them into pancakes, cereal...even icecream. No matter what they were in - she always knew and refused to eat it! I decided a trip to pick strawberries herself to see how they grew and see other kids eating them would help convince her that fruits were not so bad afterall. We spent a wonderful day picking strawberries as a family. Two large baskets full of strawberries later, we returned home to make shortcake. I set the strawberries, shortcake, and whipped cream on the table and went to call my husband and other daughter to the table for dessert making. As we entered the dining room and looked at the table, we gasped in unison. My fruit-hating daughter had used the strawberries to "paint" our tablecloth and chairs. I worked on those stains for days... and she stil won't eat strawb
164Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 15:58
Growing up, I have always loved cooking for my family. I remember one dinner a few years ago that I was so excited to prepare because I was making spaghetti with a sauce from scratch. It all came out great and as I was walking the plate of spaghetti to the table, my brother came rushing through the kitchen door and the plate brushed against my dress causing spaghetti sauce everywhere. I was so mortified and the stain was huge. We saved the dinner, but my stain took a long time to get out and I am always reminded of the stain with my dress.
165Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:00
Our worst stain was when my daughter left her very berry lipstick in her pocket of her white jeans. I washed them without checking the pocket. What a surprise when I started pulling the clothes out of the washer. Everything had at least one red mark. Boy did I ever learn a valuable lesson that day. Check the pockets.
166Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:00
Picture this- all 6 of my children wearing matching white shirts for the family picture- well one child went in the fridge to get some water- and in a blink of an eye the youngest grabbed the ketchup bottle and threw it up in the air- top opened and all 6 shirts had streaks of ketchup here and there. the bleach pen took them all out,fast! the picture was taken an hour later- no signs of the ketchup.
167Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:10
I didn't personally have to get these stains out, but my mother-in-law did. My son was born in the car, and of course that left quite a big mess! She used peroxide to get all the stains out. And they all came out too!
168Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:11
Grease stains are the worst and I mean food grease stains. Butter, cooking oil, grease from sausage or bacon. Those are the clothes stains that are impossible to treat, especially if they are on colored clothes. If they happen to be on a solid white item, you can just bleach the item, but colored items, that's another story.
169"spagetti sauce"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:16
When my daughter was a little younger, she went through a very independent stage. I couldn't help her do anything, she was a big girl, she could do it on her own. Especially when it came to eating. I made a huge mistake and fixed spagetti for dinner during one of those independent moments. She was wearing a brand new outfit that day and got spagetti sauce ALL over it, she had tipped her plate into her lap. There was NO getting that stain out. In fact, I've tried several stain remedies and haven't found anything to get spagetti sauce out!
170Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:16
The best advice I can give for stains is very simple.You need to use Shout on your colored clothes.It can get out almost every stain I have ever run up with.You can use Clorox Bleach for all of your whites.I will not wash white clothes unless I have my Clorox!
171"red wine stain"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:23
Every year, my husband and I have Thanksgiving at home. Our tradition is to drink red wine with our dinner. Every year we manage to spill or should I say dribble the red wine on our good dress clothes. Last year we even tried using adult bibs, yes, I said adult bibs. Only problem, they were made of terrycloth and the wine soaked through them.
172"red wine stain"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:24
Every year, my husband and I have Thanksgiving at home. Our tradition is to drink red wine with our dinner. Every year we manage to spill or should I say dribble the red wine on our good dress clothes. Last year we even tried using adult bibs, yes, I said adult bibs. Only problem, they were made of terrycloth and the wine soaked through them. Club soda then wash in clorox.
173"sports"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:34
with 2 boys playing sports, there are always stains, grass, dirt, mud. it is hard keeping the uniforms clean and white, getting ready for the next game. you always want them looking clean and fresh for the next game.
174"Don't hurry the curry"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 16:51
I always manage to spill something on my shirts, so when the Tide stain sticks came out I bought one and put it in my purse. A few weeks later, I took my friend out to lunch at a Thai restaurant. We tried a variety of things, one being red chicken curry. It was tasty and yes, I got some spots on my shirt, so I cleaned them with my Tide stain stick while my friend watched. I had some curry left so I had it boxed up to take home. My friend and I walked to her car and since we had brought separate cars, I decided to walk on to my car. Everything was fine until I tried to dig out my keys. I had to juggle the box and my purse ,the box wound up in a strange angle. The lovely curry sauce leaked all over my blouse!! Just then, my friend pulled up in her car to talk and died laughing as she had seen how hard I had worked on those tiny spots! I did treat that huge stain, I got it out!
175Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 17:11
My mother has always sworn by clorox. I grew up using it all my life.It is still a tried and true product which my family always uses when we want to get rid of tough stains on all of our white clothing items.We always use it to keep the outside of our house looking great too .It cleans the outside of the house without damaging our plants and flowers.
176Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 17:22
The first year my husband and I were married, we spent Easter with my family. As always, my mom prepared more than enough food and the house looked amazing. My husband was a little nervous about his first holiday dinner as a son-in-law and the fancy tableware and cloth napkins didn't help matters. As dinner progressed, I could see he was starting to relax. The next thing I know he was reaching for the large bowl of pickled beets (i.e. bright purple) and before I could tell him to be careful, one of the beets slid off the serving spoon and onto the heirloom tablecloth! My mom told him not to worry about it, but the glaring purple circle was hard to miss. It's not an official holiday in our house without reminding my husband of that first Easter dinner!
177"Tighten the cap"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 17:33
About 10 years ago I was at a friends house, eating dinner. I just put some salad dressing on my salad, and I didn't tighten the cap on the dressing well. My friends mom got the dressing and shook it, of course the cap fell off and dressing was EVERYWHERE! I felt so bad, she was very upset, it was on her, the floor, (white carpet mind you), and some on the walls!
178Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 17:38
I have white countertips and am constantly using clorox bleach to remove stains due to food and juice. It works wonders for household cleaning and laundry needs! Love it!!
179Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 17:43
The only thing that takes the stains out of my stovetop is good old Clorox. I wouldn't use anything else. And, with my old stove, we sure need all the help we can get at this house!
180Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 18:01
No matter how careful we are with the coffee and tea cups, my beige formica often shows rings on it. The only thing I use to remove these is a little Clorox on a sponge. Just let it sit on the stain for a few minutes and it's usually gone right away.
181"Only one stain story"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 18:04
I think I have 100 million diferent ones. The one that gets the vote for me is. My grandma in law & I were talking about laundry. I was telling her about Emma's reflux and how se was ruining all of her baby clothes. She went to her basement and dug up the most stinky disgusting bar of soap! She said this should work I got in Mexico is cleans anything. It was a brittle bar of a pumice like marterial. I tried it anything would help at this point. Emma had ruined her sweet holiday outfit with a mess of vomit! It worked I was amazed. I am sure I could never walk into a store and ask for Mexican soap but it was nice to have to remove stains for awile!!
Now that Max is hear I wish I had some soap!!!
182Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 18:06
I found an awesome antique claw foot tub that had some serious rust stains...Tried several things to get them out to no avail...Finally we used some Clorox and the stains came right out...Look just about like new!
183Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 18:19
Last year we had thanksgiving dinner at my moms. I was wearing a really cute white shirt. For dessert we decided to do a chocolate fountain. My 4 year old was so excited to have a chocolate covered strawberry that she came running over to show me, she tripped and i ended up wearing the chocolate. When I got home I took the shirt and old tooth brush that i use for cleaning some clorox bleach and scrubbed the chocolate and let it sit over night the next morning i did a load of white and found the stain all gone
184Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 18:23
My daughter is a messy eater, just like her father. I used to never buy her white shirts or the expensive brand clothes that I love so much. I gave in and bought her a shirt one day. It was white with red strawberries on it. She had the shirt on for 10 min before she managed to get black permanent marker on it. I knew that I could not wash the shirt in the washer with Clorox because the red would bleed. I went and bought a Clorox pen to use on it. It worked wonders!! I was so impressed that I bought her a white dress to wear this Christmas. I am no longer afraid of her staining her white clothes!
185Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 18:44
I tried and tried to get the hard water stains and lime scale out of my cat's water bowl. I used the vinegar trick but it did not remove all the heavy buildup even after sitting several days with vinegar in it and scrubbing the dish. I even heated the vinegar as the water dish has a heating element in it. Finally, I tried Clorox bleach and it took the stain and lime scale right out.
186Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 19:38
By far the messiest stain I ever removed was turkey drippings. The entire turkey, pan and all slipped off the counter and down the front of me. After several attempts with stain remover product, to no avail, I pretreated with Clorox 2 for colors. After 2 washes, the stain was completely gone.
187Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 20:26
My first job was working the counter at Dairy Queen. One day a bus pulled up and we were faced with close to 50 kids. Our small work area quickly turned into chaos. Back then they made us wear white pants and shirts to work. I had just made a chocolate shake for a customer and was turning around to give it to them when I ran into a co-worker. He had chocolate shake all down the front of his white pants and shirt. I was so embarrassed. I'm sure his mother pulled her hair out trying to get that stain clean!
188Comment
at Monday, 17 November 2008 21:07
I've picked up many stained linens over the years and soaked them with a solution of clorox.. They are rendered almost new and I am collecting beautiful things that would have been tossed into the land fill! Thank you!
189"Kids"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 21:10
I really can not stand trying to get egg yolk and chocolate stains out of my kids clothes it never fails I say now don't get this on your clothes and when I turn around they have it all over them two seconds later.
190"stains and boys"
at Monday, 17 November 2008 22:25
I really don't have one particular story that stands out however I have 5 sons so stains are a regular part of our routine here. I have a 13 year old son who is special needs and we avoid light colors for him at all costs due to his coordinations disorder he is always spilling something or getting something on him. He went to an art class last spring and they did a painting project he came home with paint all over from his face to his shoes. it looked like some one had thrown paint at him. but in reality he had spilt it on himself and tried to clean up after himself. Well lets just say the entire outfit he was wearing that day got tossed out right down to his socks.
191Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 00:53
I get stains all the time from my 3 little stain makers. I had a dinner for my mom's birthday and gave the kids water to drink, Little did I know that the 5 year old got out the paint set and painted on an antique doilly. I was able to make a Clorox Soution and take all of that paint out and reset the doilly pattern. Also, I can't live without Clorox for the simple reason it disinfects my surfaces and keeps illness away. The kids bring all sorts of stuff home from school- colds, dirt, germs, etc.
192Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 01:54
My 16 year old daughter loves white but always seems to get stains on her shirts. Of course I never see them until I'm putting them in the washer. Thank goodness for bleach!
193"INK!!!"
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 02:11
The worst stain that I experienced is when my son left an ink pen in his white clothes.It was washed and dried in them.It ruined all of his white clothes.I used clorox and then I used alcohol.I did not want to use both products together.I was afraid of some kind of adverse reaction.Somehow washing with one and then the other did the trick.All of the ink came out successfully!
194"My daughter is so messy!"
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 02:33
It NEVER fails, every time my daughter who is 15 puts anything in her mouth, we have a stain! Last Thanksgiving, we sat down to eat and she went to put the first bite of food in her mouth (which included cranberry sauce!!) and half the bite plopped on her shirt because she was laughing at my step-dad who was picking on my son! We always carry an extra shirt for her because she is famous for spills! So she changed her shirt and the next thing I knew, she was helping my Mom bring the pies to the table to cut them and she slipped on my Mom's linoleum floor (it was feshly mopped) and she WORE one entire chocolate pie! I keep teasing her that we are going to have to buy her an adult bib for her to wear at every meal! This year she is in advanced art and you can only imagine I should own stock in Clorox with as much as I buy! Its a good thing Clorox is not as expensive as gas!
195Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 02:40
One of my twin boys got a stain on his shirt from school that I thought would never get out. I am not sure exactly what it was, but I think it was from spaghetti. I tried using the tide stain stick to go, and when that ran out, I used regular liquid detergent. It took me about a week to get the stain out, but I finally did it. Always pre-treat stains as soon as possible.
196Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 03:01
I've used the Tide Clorox pen for many a stains! My hubby got permanent marker on one of his favorite white t-shirts and the stain came right out!
197Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 03:02
I use the Clorox Bleach Pen for on the go stains to help remove them. It's a live saver especially with a 2 year old.
198Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 04:27
I use the bleach pen and it always works on small stains...I use shout for the larger ones! Having kids can sure keep you BUSY! =-)
199"Red Snow Cone, Oh My!!"
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 04:33
My husband had his company picnic recently and they had cherry snowcones. My five year old daughter asked to get one as we were leaving the picnic. I wanted her to finish it before getting in the car because I just knew what was going to happen if she didn't finish it before leaving. Sure enough I was right. Not even five minutes after leaving did she spill the red snowcone all over her shirt in the car. I just knew that wasn't going to come out. But thank heavens it washed out with stain remover. What a relief!!!
200Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 06:41
My sister was using paint to make a hand print border around her 4 year old twins' bedroom. The girls got into the pain and got it on the carpet. She had them help clean it up with bucket of water and scrub brushes. As one of the got on her hands and knees and started to scrub up the mess she started singing "Sing sweet nightingale..." We about busted a gut laughing. This is the song Cinderella sings in the Disney movie as she scrubs the floor. This was the girls favorite movie at the time.
201Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 06:50
I travel alot so the bleach on the go pen really helps me out when needed thanks
202Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 08:30
my 14 month old little girl loves spaghetti,well just the other day we was eating spaghetti for dinner and she was eating and decided she wanted to smear it all over her outfit,spaghetti sauce and white doesnt work together lol but she made a mess :)
203Comment
at Tuesday, 18 November 2008 12:27
i just have every day messes, working in an elementary school(k-3 kids) and at this time of year there are lots of art projects (today we made hand turkeys and of course i was wearing a white sweatshirt) (enough said), so that is my story in a nutshell.
204Comment
at Monday, 24 November 2008 11:10
I would have to say that when my daughter cut her foot open and had to get 20 stitches and there was blood all over her clothes and the carpet would have to be my best,or as I say "worst" stain accident!
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