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[crazylemongirl]

I'm not exactly the most lady like of creatures and, as such I'm not to good at getting food from my chopstick (or fork) to my mouth.

My problem is that I have a few not nice stains on my white tops.

Stains are: french dressing, some chillie paste and other random stuff.

My question is how do I get the damn stains out? I used to use napisan (aussies and kiwis know this stuff) but I wouldn't know the equivilant product here.

CLG

[waterbaby]

Don't know of any napisan equivalents... but have you considered a bib?

[crazylemongirl]

[canuckistan]

Try this: dissolve some washing soda in hot water with a little bleach and let the clothes soak for a day or so, then wash them in the machine.
Washing soda you can find at any store in the laundry soap/bleach section...it's a white paste in a flat rectangular plastic box with "speed cleaner" written on it in English (my box is yellow) It's not expensive at all. Works great and isn't as rough on clothes as straight bleach.

[rachel phillips]

The first thing I do when I get food on my clothes is to blot up as much of it as I can and then put dish soap on the stains -if it will not damage the fabric. After that how I treat the stains depends on the kind of fabric the clothes are made of and the specific nature of the stain. For example, oily stains come out better in hot water, but linen and rayon should be washed in cool water. Clorine bleach should *never* be used on wool, spandex or silk but oxydizing bleaches (such as Korean brand okushikurin) are usually safe for them. Chilli stains usually wash out after a few launderings (with pre-treatment and bleach) in cool water, but if you have an oily stain on polyester (polyester has a tendency to retain oily stains) you may have to launder the garment in 50-60 degree water and strong detergent to get the stain out. Try rubbing alcohol and then dry cleaning fluid first; they're less drastic. Vinegar, Aquanet aerosol hairspray, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, bar soap, and chlorine and oxygen bleaches are all useful for one kind of stain or another. Does this help?

[schwa]

Korean food spatters -- rub with soju!

[Soju erner]

had a couple pulgogi sauce stains on a white cotton T-shirt. When i got home, i scrubbed the hell out of it on the washboard with the detergent bar, rinsed and let it dry in the SUN. Sun drying works like bleach, and so even though I didn't get all of the stain out when I was washing it, the sun took care of the rest for me. Good luck.

[ajuma]

If you know anyone with a Costco membership, you can get "Spray and Wash" which will take out almost ANY stain (unless you've washed it in anything but cold water, that is!) from any fabric!