Kenmore 4811 Use and Care Guide - Page 7

Stain, Removal

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STAIN Adhesive tape, chewing gum, rubber cement Baby formula, dairy aroducts, 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 Urine, vomit, mucus, feces Stain Removal TREATMENT 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 removed. OIL BASED AND VARNISH: Use solvent recommended washing. on can label. Rinse thoroughly be before Use prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap. Rinse. Wash using nonchlorine bleach in hottest water safe for fabric. For spots, use rust remover safe for fabric. For discoloration of an entire load, use phosphate detergent and nonchlorine bleach. Do not use chlorine bleach because it may intensify discoloration. LIQUID: Pretreat with a paste of granular detergent and water. PASTE: Scrape residue from fabric. Pretreat with prewash stain remover or nonflammable dampened area. Wash using bleach safe for fabric. dry cleaning fluid. Rinse. Rub detergent into Pretreat or soak in product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.

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Stain
Removal
STAIN
TREATMENT
Adhesive
tape,
chewing
Apply
ice. Scrape
off
excess.
Place stain
face
down
on
paper
towels.
Saturate
with
prewash
stain
gum,
rubber
cement
remover
or
nonflammable
dry
cleaning
fluid.
Baby formula,
dairy
Use product
containing
enzymes
to
pretreat
or soak
stains.
Soak for
30 minutes
or
more.
Wash.
aroducts,
egg
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
solvent.
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,
Pretreat
with
prewash
stain
remover
or rub with
bar soap.
cosmetics
Dye transfer
on white
fabric
Use packaged
color
remover.
Wash
using
bleach
safe for
fabric.
Grass
Pretreat
or soak
in warm
water
using
product
containing
enzymes.
Wash
using
bleach
safe for fabric.
Grease,
oil,
tar (butter,
fats,
Scrape
residue
from
fabric.
Pretreat.
Wash
using
hottest
water
safe for fabric.
For heavy
stains
and
tar,
salad
dressing,
cooking
apply
nonflammable
dry
cleaning
fluid
to
back
of
stain.
Replace
towels
under
stain
frequently.
Rinse
oils,
car grease,
motor
oils)
thoroughly.
Wash
using
hottest
water
safe for
fabric.
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
polish
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
For spots,
use rust
remover
safe for
fabric.
For discoloration
of
an entire
load,
use phosphate
detergent
discoloration
and
nonchlorine
bleach.
Do
not
use chlorine
bleach
because
it may
intensify
discoloration.
Shoe
polish
LIQUID:
Pretreat
with
a paste
of granular
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.
Urine,
vomit,
mucus,
feces
Pretreat
or soak
in product
containing
enzymes.
Wash
using
bleach
safe for fabric.