Comments on: Baking Soda Paste – A Stain Remover

By: Country-Fried Mama

Country-Fried Mama — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:39:05 +0000

Great tip! I am way too quick to throw shirts out when I noticed that stain on the color. Wasteful…
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By: Andy @ Retire at 40

Andy @ Retire at 40 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:19:52 +0000

That’s awesome. Looks like it’s come out newly new. Amazing how those old techniques our Grandmothers used to use still work (and how taken in we are of all of these ‘new’ cleaning products).

By: Jason @ Redeeming Riches

Jason @ Redeeming Riches — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:37:04 +0000

Great post! Thanks for the tip – I wear dress shirts almost every day and can never find any stain remover that works on the ring around the collar stains!

Can’t wait to try it!
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By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:09:37 +0000

Borax is also good on stains, used in the same way as the baking soda. It’s not abrasive like baking soda, and cuts grease like a charm. I tried to get a grease stain off a shirt with detergent with no result, but even after the stain had set in the dryer, the Borax took it out. I also use it for cleaning pots and pans and counters, as well as the shower, since I can’t tolerate the chemicals in other cleaners. It’s great.

By: Kelli M

Kelli M — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:08:07 +0000

Something else you might could try – dish soap. Whenever I used to get the dread grease stains on my clothes from cooking or something, I would just consider it done for. They were now wear-around-the-house-only clothes. Then someone told me to rub dish soap right into the stain and then wash it. It actually works!!!
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By: Beth @ Smart Family Tips

Beth @ Smart Family Tips — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:29:31 +0000

I love it when solutions are both frugal AND green, especially when they work as well as this does.

I buy baking soda in large bags at Sam’s Club. It’s incredibly cheap. I use it on stains, like you did, and to clean my kitchen sink, which is white, and to scour pots and pans, among other things. It also works well added to laundry powder.

Thanks for sharing this, Nicki!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:13:30 +0000

I wonder if this would work on armpit stains just as well…. I’ll have to give it a try on some of the shirts around here! Couldn’t hurt!

By: Nicki

Nicki — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:59:32 +0000

@Amy Lynne – The second shirt (not pictured) was blue and it didn’t fade the color one bit

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:58:42 +0000

Thank you so much for testing this and posting the results. I will definitely try it!

Love the teeth wiggling comment.
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By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:55:33 +0000

Thank you for passing that along! I am going to give that a try with my dh’s shirts. The ring around the collar (and cuffs sometimes too!) has always bothered me, but Shout or Spray N Wash haven’t gotten them out.
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