I haven’t been this excited about a new household trick in long time. Did you know you can use Dawn dish soap to pre-treat a stain? On my way downstairs to the laundry, I pass right by our kitchen sink and Dawn dish soap every day. I head down to use overpriced stain removers on my kids clothes. My kids clothes are a mess every day after playing outside, eating every meal, etc. Now I just pre-treat the stains with a little Dawn, and I have far better results than I used to. It’s this easy:
How To Pre-Treat A Stain Using Dawn:
1. Apply Dawn directly to any cotton/polycotton fabric, covering the entire stained area
2. Rub it in using your fingers.
3. Wash it normally with Tide in your washing machine (Do not reapply Dawn to the same spot and wash again.)
I took some pictures on a particularly messy day in our house. One shirt was trashed by the Strawberry Monster and the other attacked by the Chocolate Monster (i’ll let you guess who was who). I treated both the strawberry and the chocolate stains with nothing by Dawn dish soap, put them in the wash with our regular Tide and they came out like new! I love our new way to use Dawn beyond the sink.
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My worst stains are blood and grass. Those are the worst and craziest stains to get out of clothes!
How ironic is it that you post about Dawn being a great stain remover and I forgot to get some stain remover from Target last night! Instead of going out to get that stain remover, I'm going to try the Dawn Dish soap. Thanks!
I seem to have greasy food stains that NEVER come out. I will have to try this. Is it the blue Dawn only?
Laura @ Mice In the Kitchen
My mom uses a Dawn and baking soda, I believe, combination and has gotten out year old grease and oil marks/stains!
My baby is breastfed and if we are out and he has a blowout. I'll rinse it out, but that poo stinks and is so yellow it takes a lot of elbow grease to get those bad boys clean!
I don't even know what my worst stains are, they're all mystery stains from my toddler.
arm pit stains
ketchup and spit up!!
my worst laundry stains are usually craft supplies or oil
was crazy glue if finally wore off and red clay i got stuck about amonth and a half ago and i had my white pants on and now i wear them to do outside work
My worst stains are blood and ink!
Blueberry stains!
I have a toddler so grass stains, poop stains, food stains–yep just about anything haha!
Sharpie is the worst!
My worst stain would have to be the baseball stains my boys get yearly! I hate having to get out the clay and grass stains.
My kids are the messiest! Chocolate, strawberries, popsicle, and any kind of sauce are my stains!
Yay for new ideas. I never seem to get stains out! I'm definitely trying this one!
I'm definitely going to try this one! I've never seen to quite get stains out!
Arm pit stains.
Crystal
Blueberry Stains!
Savings K
A great stain remover is steamer. It is so difficult to quite get stains out!