Stain guide for clothes in Cheras.
Find the stain, follow the short tip, then open the full guide where we have one. Prices at the bottom are the shop's stain-removal rates.
Protein
Blood and sweat. Heat cooks these into the fibre.
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Blood
Cold water only, from the back of the fabric, then soap. Hot water sets it.
How to remove blood stains from clothes -
Sweat
A yellow sweat or deodorant mark on a white shirt may lighten if you wash it soon, alone, in cold water. It often does not come out completely. Do not iron it first.
How to get a yellow stain out of a white shirt
Oil and grease
Cooking oil, ghee and body oil. Soap has to break the grease before a wash.
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Oil
Blot, work in a little dish soap, and rinse cool. Do not use hot water first, and do not dry it until the mark is gone.
How to get an oil stain out of clothes
Tannin
Coffee and the same family of brown drinks. Milk in the cup changes the first step.
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Coffee
Blot, then rinse from the back with cold water and rub in dish soap. Start cold when the drink has milk or creamer.
How to get a coffee stain out of clothes -
Tea
There is no separate tea guide. Tea is a tannin like black coffee, so the coffee steps are the ones to follow: blot, cold rinse from the back, then soap.
Use the coffee guide
Dye and ink
Pen ink, lipstick and colour that has run. Rubbing makes a bigger mark.
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Pen ink
Do not rub. Dab from the back, rinse cool, and keep it out of the dryer. Skip alcohol on silk, wool and acetate.
How to get a pen ink stain out of clothes -
Lipstick
Scrape it off, blot, then dish soap and a cold rinse. Wash the shirt alone and air dry.
How to get lipstick out of a white shirt -
Dye transfer
Wash a white shirt on its own, in cold water. Cold water lowers the chance of dye moving. It does not make mixing safe.
How to wash a white shirt so colours don't run onto it
Malaysian food
Curry, chilli and soy. Scrape what you can see before any water.
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Curry
Scrape, blot, and rinse cold from the back. Dish soap cuts the oil. A faint yellow mark on white cotton can fade in the sun after washing.
How to get a curry stain out of clothes -
Chilli
No separate chilli guide. Blot, do not rub, and rinse cold. If the stain is oily, as sambal often is, follow the oil guide.
How to get an oil stain out of clothes -
Soy sauce
No separate soy-sauce guide. Blot, rinse cold from the back, then soap, and keep heat away until the colour has gone.
Same first steps as the coffee guide
Mould
Common after a wet week or a closed wardrobe. Brush spores off outside.
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Mould on clothes
Brush the loose spores off outside, then soak in vinegar or, on whites, oxygen bleach. Dry the piece completely.
How to remove mould from clothes at home -
Musty smell
Rewash as soon as you notice it, with vinegar or baking soda, and do not fold the clothes until they are fully dry.
How to get rid of musty smell in clothes -
Mould on leather
Brush it outside, test a hidden spot, wipe with diluted vinegar, dry in the shade, then condition. Do not soak a leather jacket.
What dry cleaning does
Bring the stain to the shop
Stain removal is RM8 for a small stain and RM10 for a large one. Results vary by fabric and stain. Your items are never mixed with other customers' laundry.