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I'd say bleach stains are among the worst because bleach removes color. Bleach is funny like that.

I have to say that "Mud Tires" in the underwear have to be top cat here

Is the blood mine? That makes a huge difference!

jesssup wrote:I'd say bleach stains are among the worst because bleach removes color. Bleach is funny like that.

I have to totally agree. Bleach is the worst. No mistaking it.

Bleach is the worst damage, but it's not really a stain.

I'd say...petroleum based sealants are some of the most difficult to remove. anything that works into the fabric and is also oily...just tough to remove without damaging the material.

Mavyn wrote:anything that works into the fabric and is also oily...just tough to remove without damaging the material.

Yep. The backs of my shirts are replete with stains from my hair products.

Pit stains.

Anything with cooking oil or other oily substances. All the other stains listed I can get our of fabric, but cooking oil is a 50/50 chance for me.

I got red wax on my favorite sweatshirt. Haven't been able to get the stain out. Stupid wax.

*puts oxyclean and peroxide on shopping list*

Coomassie Blue, even on a blue shirt, it dries kinda reddish. I get to play with the fun chemicals.

Bananas are a decent pain to get out.

melb wrote:Anything with cooking oil or other oily substances. All the other stains listed I can get our of fabric, but cooking oil is a 50/50 chance for me.

Yep. Grease stains are the worst. They always leave a darker spot that won't come out, ever.

Blood is mad easy to get out. Some dial soup and peroxide and it comes right out.

Sulfuric or other strong acids are pretty bad, too. I have a shirt with a (small) hole in it from chem lab.

But that's still not as bad as bleach.

Doggie diarrhea.

RWoodward wrote:Yep. Grease stains are the worst. They always leave a darker spot that won't come out, ever.

Squirt dish washing liquid on the stain and let it sit and absorb for 30min-1hr, then wash regularly. The stain should come out.

chocolate!

From what I hear, blood.

Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!

I would have to say cooking oil or anything like that.

tyford2 wrote:Squirt dish washing liquid on the stain and let it sit and absorb for 30min-1hr, then wash regularly. The stain should come out.

Baking soda also helps

Another solution for blood stains, even older ones: meat tenderizer. I make a paste of it with a little water, put it on the stain for a while, and then throw it in with the regular wash. Older stains that have been through the dryer a few times may take several attempts, but they will eventually come out.

Waddams Threatens Fire is WFRR?

bblhed wrote:Waddams Threatens Fire is WFRR?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The DIP would melt the cartoon characters and they were terrified of it. Very old reference from 1988.

And, yes, I had to look it up because I had no idea at first either.

Iodine; that will stain your skin for days.

Activated contamination from a neutron beam. Takes forever to decay. =/

"WISK" is the answer. Gets out almost all greasy stains. Put on as soon as you can and let sit in a few minutes before washing in as hot water as allowable. Once grease stain goes in dryer and bakes in, really hard to get out, but WISK even does sometimes after that. Mama knew her stains!

Mavyn wrote:Bleach is the worst damage, but it's not really a stain.

I'd say...petroleum based sealants are some of the most difficult to remove. anything that works into the fabric and is also oily...just tough to remove without damaging the material.

I keep two things and gets out 99% of my stains...one is ERA, it gets out blood, dirt, wine (unless you have "Wine-away", which is a miracle for wine stains!) and anything that isn't a greasy stain. The other is "WISK" which gets out anything oily or greasy, such as cooking oil stuff, body oils such as "ring around the collar", car grease, etc. My hardest is ink. I've tried hairspray, but that's a pain to work with. Someone told me "shaving cream" for ink. Have to try that. ERA & WISK are staples in my house. My mama is 85 and those are the only two things she has used her whole life. I guess she knows something?!

I have this really nice button up shirt that I got from a thrift shop a couple of years ago when I dressed up as a zombie (from PvsZ) for Halloween. I like it a lot and I know I would wear it, but it got stained with face paint. Any suggestions about how to get rid of the stain? (Setting it on fire would be a good solution, but I want to wear the shirt)

Any stain that could be used as evidence against you in a court of law is probably pretty bad.

I've had good luck with Shout getting out most stains, especially grease, and even blood (good idea to hit blood with hydrogen peroxide first, though).

The worst are ink (especially inks that are only soluble in organic solvents like xylene; i lost a couple shirts in the wash because I forgot to take a sharpie out of one of the pockets) and set-in deodorant stains.

Coffee is the worst kind of stain because it means I spilled my coffee.

Meh. Blood comes out with cold water and soap.

The stains that get left by the chili oil from dan dan noodles are nasty because they're ultra-permanent. But real, *authentic* dan dan noodles are irresistible. It's so unfair.

I think the worst kind of stain is the kind that actually doesn't come off. Now, you can get off most "stains" without too much trouble.