Rust stain on cotton towel

[av]

Hi,

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.

Thanks,

avril

[Vox Humana]

"av" <PeaceAndStillness@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> 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.
>

I had all my whites sorted and ready to wash a few weeks ago only to come
home to find that the water heater rusted through, soaking the clothes with
rusty water. I got some Iron Out and added it to the wash water, soaking
them for several hours. It took out all the rust.

[av]

Hi and thank you for your response. As is often the case, I
don't know that product by that name here in Melbourne, Australia
(unless it is a hardware item that I'm unfamiliar with).

Could you please tell me what are its active ingredients?

Thank you,

avril


"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "av" <PeaceAndStillness@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:418647a5$0$25017$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I had all my whites sorted and ready to wash a few weeks ago
> only to come
> home to find that the water heater rusted through, soaking the
> clothes with
> rusty water. I got some Iron Out and added it to the wash
> water, soaking
> them for several hours. It took out all the rust.
>
>

[Dawn]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 01:26:36 +1100, "av"
<PeaceAndStillness@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>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.
lemon juice and salt
boiled rhubarb juice

[Lobo]

"Dawn" <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 01:26:36 +1100, "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.
> lemon juice and salt
> boiled rhubarb juice

Boiled rhubarb juice will remove a stain? I would think it would leave a
red/pink stain?
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[Dawn]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:29:37 -0700, "Lobo"
<lobo119@doodahdoodah.bresnan.net> wrote:

>"Dawn" <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 01:26:36 +1100, "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.
>> lemon juice and salt
>> boiled rhubarb juice
>
>Boiled rhubarb juice will remove a stain? I would think it would leave a
>red/pink stain?
Not if you use the green variety of rhubarb :)

[DrClean]

"av" <PeaceAndStillness@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> avril
>
Hi Avril,

Rust is removed using acid treatments, which is why things like lemon juice
can have an effect. Start with acetic acid or Pickling vinegar and work to
stronger acid groups or even specific rust removers.

However, cotton likes alkaline not acid conditions so have some dilute
ammonia handy to stop any adverse reaction when you get on to higher grade
acids or specific rust treatments.

Hope this helps
--
DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

[Lobo]

>"Dawn" <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote in message
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> >Boiled rhubarb juice will remove a stain? I would think it would leave a
> >red/pink stain?

> Not if you use the green variety of rhubarb :)

I'm not familiar with a green variety ... will a green stalk work?
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