Tomato stain

MimiJane

I made a bolognaise the other night with a Dolmio tomato sauce and hubby spilt some down his favourite pale blue t.shirt (yes, I know, but he insists on wearing it at meal times!).  I've tried white vinegar, borax and shop bought stain removers, but there's still a very obvious stain there.

Anyone got any suggestions please. ???

Thanks!

MimiJane

Thanks Sheel ... will give these ideas a whirl.

imanan

have you tried white toothpaste?rub a little over the stain and leave it for a while.

Pink.

Borax (available from boots £2.10, for a biggish box) worked for the last bolognaise stain I had to deal with.

I soaked stain in warm water with washing powder, then poured borax directly onto stain (whilst still in the water). Left for a while, then scrubbed lightly, and finally washed in the normal way.

Pink

VickyA_2

I'll be trying these too. Went out for a tapas meal the other night and managed to get Patatas Bravas sauce (I presume tomato-ish based?) stain on my top! Normal stain remover hasn't shifted it...............

rushnowt

kids have been stuffing tangerines all week and for the life of me cant get the damn stains out of one of the white tops, any ideas on this ......... thanks in advance

Glad

try soaking in cold water and leaving on washing line in the rain for a few days ;D

elona

I do not want to sound like an advert but when we went on holiday my youngest (10) got tomato ketchup all over her trousers and had to walk around all day like that. We did not get home till 2 days later and I put them in a normal wash programme with Surf, which claims to remove nearly all stains. I did not expect much but it worked brilliantly and got everything out.
Even my daughters who roll their eyes when I try to show or tell them anything were impressed and that is not easy.
Another thing to try is Astonish oxi (only 99p) - dissolve some in warm water and immerse the item all day or overnight. This has worked where more expensive stain removers have been useless.

Good luck.

shopndrop

As title says, how can I remove tomato stain (from pizza) off a new white shirt?

Nile

Hello shopndrop

Don't put it in the washing machine yet.

Using cold water and a bar of soap, gently rub the stain and rinse under the running cold tap.....repeat until the stain starts to disappear. When you're happy that the stain has gone (or almost gone), it's safe to put the shirt in the washing machine.

Use Ariel Biological automatic powder in the machine and the shirt should come out totally clean.

I'll move your thread over to the 'Old Style' board, where the Board Guides may want to merge it with another 'stain removal' similar thread.;)

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Regards

Nile

larmy16

Hi

I find Ace bleach is brilliant for removing stains. I decant it into a spray bottle as it makes it very economical to use that way. I keep it upstairs and if I notice a stain on clothing, I spray it immediately it goes in the laundry basket.and I find by the time it gets washed 9 out 10 times the stain is completely gone. I think it costs about £1.99 but as I say if you put in a spray it lasts for ages.

HTH