rust stain on white! help!

rabialiones

my dd put her damp white linen trousers (expensive designer) over radiator last night , wanting to wear this am.
only to find that they had rust stains on from back of radiator.

any ideas how to remove rust stains, have searched but no results came up.

tawnyowls

Lemon juice, or baking powder made into a paste with water, are the two I've seen recommended.

mgardner

tawnyowls wrote:

Lemon juice, or baking powder made into a paste with water, are the two I've seen recommended.

I have successfully used lemon juice on an old white table cloth, was also told you can rub with lemon peel if very stubborn mark.

Churchmouse

Whatever else you try, don't use chlorine bleach, it sets the stain forever!!:eek:
I think lemon juice and salt are the best homemade removers, but I have resorted to commercial ones with some success. If you want/need to you can try an oxygen bleach.

*zippy*

Just wanted to say a quick thankyou for this great tip. I was just about to put bleach on a pair of dd's white linen trousers and jacket that i was horrified to find rust stains on from a radiator. Thought I would check on here first, thank goodness I did. Used the lemon and salt and marks have faded quite a bit

Churchmouse

Glad to have been of help. Now I on the other hand discovered about chlorine bleach, after I'd used it!!!! Many years ago now, but that's one you don't forget.

angelpye

Hi, just a quick question, does anyone know how (if you can) to get rust out of a t-shirt - it's grey if that makes a difference with a picture on it. It's dd1's favourite and it blew off the line onto a rusty pole in recent bad weather and I had not noticed until the next day.:eek:

I have a feeling this will be one of those stains that are permanent but thought it was worth an ask - many thanks for reading!

zippychick

Hi Angelpye:hello:

this thread suggests lemon juice or a paste made with bicarb (but don't use bleach)

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the ideas together. Good luck and let us know if it works!

Zip:)

angelpye

Does anyone know if the lemon juice bleaches the colour out of things?

zippychick

shoot - i think it might, sorry i didn't know that. Just going for a bath here, will have a looky round when I am back. Sorry about that:o Genuinely didn't know!

edit - this suggests it wont... but will research more (that's if my electric stays on as it keeps disconnecting me:eek: damn crazy weather)

EC12345

Hello. I wonder if someone can help me. Got out my summer linen white trousers yesterday and noticed there is a brown stain on them which almost looks like the colour of rust. There is a little metal belt on them which has a tiny tiny bit of rust around the metal but it looks like it may have transferred onto the trousers. I washed them last night and used vanish but it is still on there ...

Does anyone have any ideas ... I've had them for about 10 years so they lasted well but apart from the stain (which is noticeable) there is nothing wrong with them... I really don't want to throw them away...

Any ideas gratetfully received ...

EC