jamie
06-08-2005, 08:25 PM
av <PeaceAndStillness@hotmail.com> wrote:
> apart from one "green" household hints book which recommends that
> I boil the stained part of the towel in a solution of Cream of
> Tartar, I'd like to know what others have found useful for
> getting out quite a bad rust stain from a white towel. It was
> left damp with a safety pin inside which, of course, rusted.
Drench the stain thorougly with bottled lemon juice, and leave it
outside in direct bright sunlight for a few hours. Sometimes it
takes two or three treatments to fully get rid of the rust stain,
sometimes only one.
My husband used to get his workshirts covered with rust stains fairly
often, and this always worked for me. (Why hospitals like to select
blue and white striped shirts for heating/AC maintenance personnel
who get covered in rust and black grease is beyond me.) At least
the place he works now had more sense, and picked brown shirts.
--
jamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com)
"There's a seeker born every minute."
> apart from one "green" household hints book which recommends that
> I boil the stained part of the towel in a solution of Cream of
> Tartar, I'd like to know what others have found useful for
> getting out quite a bad rust stain from a white towel. It was
> left damp with a safety pin inside which, of course, rusted.
Drench the stain thorougly with bottled lemon juice, and leave it
outside in direct bright sunlight for a few hours. Sometimes it
takes two or three treatments to fully get rid of the rust stain,
sometimes only one.
My husband used to get his workshirts covered with rust stains fairly
often, and this always worked for me. (Why hospitals like to select
blue and white striped shirts for heating/AC maintenance personnel
who get covered in rust and black grease is beyond me.) At least
the place he works now had more sense, and picked brown shirts.
--
jamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com)
"There's a seeker born every minute."