Electrolux EWFLW65IRR Use and Care Guide - Page 35

Stain, Removal, Suggestions

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Stain Removal Guide Stain Removal Suggestions STAI N Adhesive tape, chewing gum, rubber cement Baby formula, dairy products, egg Beverages (coffee, tea, soda, juice, alcoholic beverages) Blood Candle wax, crayon Chocolate Collar or cuff soil, cosmetics Dye transfer on white fabric Grass Grease, oil, tar (butter, fats, salad dressing, cooking oils, car grease, motor oils) Ink Mildew, scorch Mud Mustard, tomato Nail polish Paint, varnish Perspiration Rust, brown or yellow discoloration Shoe polish Tomato Urine, vomit, mucus, feces Wine TREATM ENT Apply ice. Scrape off excess. Place stain face down on paper towels. Saturate with prewash stain remover or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. Use product containing enzymes to pretreat or soak stains. Soak for 30 minutes or more. Wash. Pretreat stain. Wash using cold water and bleach safe for fabric. Rinse with cold water. Rub with bar soap. Or, pretreat or soak with product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Scrape off surface wax. Place stain face down between paper towels. Press with warm iron until wax is absorbed. Replace paper towels frequently. Treat remaining stain with prewash stain remover or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. Hand wash to remove solvent. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Pretreat or soak in warm water using product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Pretreat with prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap. Use packaged color remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Pretreat or soak in warm water using product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Scrape residue from fabric. Pretreat. Wash using hottest water safe for fabric. For heavy stains and tar, apply nonflammable dry cleaning fluid to back of stain. Replace towels under stain frequently. Rinse thoroughly. Wash using hottest water safe for fabric. Some inks may be impossible to remove. Washing may set some inks. Use prewash stain remover, denatured alcohol or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. Wash with chlorine bleach if safe for fabric. Or, soak in oxygen bleach and hot water before washing. Badly mildewed fabrics may be permanently damaged. Brush off dry mud. Pretreat or soak with product containing enzymes. Pretreat with prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. May be impossible to remove. Place stain face down on paper towels. Apply nail polish remover to back of stain. Repeat, replacing paper towels frequently. Do not use on acetate fabrics. WATER BASED: Rinse fabric in cool water while stain is wet. Wash. Once paint is dry, it cannot be removed. OIL BASED AND VARNISH: Use solvent recommended on can label. Rinse thoroughly before washing. Use prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap. Rinse. Wash using nonchlorine bleach in hottest water safe for fabric. Use rust remover safe for fabric. Do not use chlorine bleach because it may intensify discoloration. LIQUID: Pretreat with a paste of powder detergent and water. PASTE: Scrape residue from fabric. Pretreat with prewash stain remover or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. Rinse. Rub detergent into dampened area. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Pretreat with prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Pretreat or soak in product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. Pretreat or soak in cold water. Wash in hottest water and bleach safe for fabric

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Stain
Removal
Guide
Stain
Removal
Suggestions
STAI N
TREATM
ENT
Adhesive
tape, chewing
Apply
ice. Scrape off excess.
Place stain face down on paper towels.
Saturate with
gum, rubber
cement
prewash stain remover
or nonflammable
dry cleaning
fluid.
Baby formula,
dairy
Use product
containing
enzymes to pretreat or soak stains.
Soak for 30 minutes
or
products,
egg
more. Wash.
Beverages
(coffee, tea,
Pretreat stain. Wash using cold water and bleach safe for fabric.
soda, juice, alcoholic
beverages)
Blood
Rinse with cold water. Rub with
bar soap. Or, pretreat
or soak with
product
containing
enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Candle wax, crayon
Scrape off surface wax. Place stain face down
between
paper towels.
Press with warm
iron until wax is absorbed.
Replace
paper towels
frequently.
Treat remaining
stain with
prewash stain remover
or nonflammable
dry cleaning
fluid.
Hand wash to remove sol-
vent. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Chocolate
Pretreat or soak
in warm water using product
containing
enzymes. Wash using bleach
safe for fabric.
Collar
or cuff soil, cos-
Pretreat with
prewash stain remover or rub with
bar soap.
metics
Dye transfer
on white
Use packaged
color remover. Wash using
bleach safe for fabric.
fabric
Grass
Pretreat or soak
in warm water using product
containing
enzymes. Wash using bleach
safe for fabric.
Grease, oil, tar (butter,
Scrape residue from fabric.
Pretreat. Wash using hottest
water safe for fabric.
For heavy
fats, salad dressing,
stains and tar, apply nonflammable
dry cleaning
fluid to back of stain.
Replace towels
cooking
oils, car grease,
under stain frequently.
Rinse thoroughly.
Wash using hottest
water safe for fabric.
motor
oils)
Ink
Some inks may be impossible
to remove.
Washing
may set some inks. Use prewash
stain remover, denatured
alcohol
or nonflammable
dry cleaning
fluid.
Mildew,
scorch
Wash with chlorine
bleach if safe for fabric.
Or, soak in oxygen
bleach
and hot water
before washing.
Badly mildewed
fabrics
may be permanently
damaged.
Mud
Brush off dry mud.
Pretreat or soak with product
containing
enzymes.
Mustard,
tomato
Pretreat with
prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Nail polish
May be impossible
to remove.
Place stain face down
on paper towels.
Apply
nail pol-
ish remover to back of stain.
Repeat, replacing
paper towels
frequently.
Do not use on
acetate fabrics.
Paint, varnish
WATER BASED: Rinse fabric in cool water while stain is wet. Wash. Once paint is dry,
it cannot
be removed.
OIL BASED AND VARNISH:
Use solvent recommended
on can
label. Rinse thoroughly
before washing.
Perspiration
Use prewash stain remover or rub with
bar soap. Rinse. Wash using nonchlorine
bleach
in hottest
water safe for fabric.
Rust, brown
or yellow
Use rust remover safe for fabric.
Do not use chlorine
bleach because
it may intensify
discoloration
discoloration.
Shoe polish
LIQUID:
Pretreat with
a paste of powder
detergent
and water. PASTE: Scrape residue
from fabric.
Pretreat with
prewash stain remover or nonflammable
dry cleaning
fluid.
Rinse. Rub detergent
into dampened
area. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Tomato
Pretreat with
prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
Urine, vomit, mucus,
Pretreat or soak
in product
containing
enzymes.
Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
feces
Wine
Pretreat or soak
in cold water. Wash in hottest
water and bleach safe for fabric