How to remove vomit stains from clothes

             Vomit stains can easily be considered as the most terrible ones, since they ruin your clothes. A weird stench accompanies them which gross you out. At times if left untreated for a long time, removing these stains can become an arduous task. However, luckily there are tips which would enable you to get rid of these gross stains without having to discard away the fabric. So it is time you get over your gag reflex, put on your gloves and armor and start battling these annoying stains.

Method One (for old vomit stains)

Things that you will require:

·      container

·      cold water

·      baking soda

·      lemon juice/vinegar

·      dish washing detergent

Steps that you need to take:

This method is particularly useful for old vomit stains. Follow all the steps given below and eventually end up with a vomit-free, entirely clean garment.

1.    Primarily, you have to take some cold water in a container, or rinse the stain with cold water. This would dampen the stain, making its removal easier.

2.   Now add a liberal amount of baking soda over the stain. The application should be in such a manner that it totally covers the stain.

3.   After leaving the baking soda on the stain for some time, almost ten to fifteen minutes; pour lemon juice or vinegar over it.

4.   Citrus present in lemon juice or acetic acid of vinegar would react with the baking soda. As a consequence, this mixture of baking soda and lemon juice/vinegar will begin to fizz. Once this fizzing starts, start rubbing the stain with your fingers.

5.   If treating this vomit stain with bare hands nauseates you, then you can always go for plastic gloves.

6.   Keep rubbing the stain until its maximum amount gets out.

7.   Now, again rinse the fabric with cold water, making sure that all traces of baking soda and vinegar solution are washed away.

8.   Afterwards, take some dish washing detergent and rub it on the stain. If any remnants of the stain are still left, then continue rubbing it with the dish washing detergent.

9.   Hopefully, the stain will have been gone by now, yet if it happens to be stubborn or if you are apprehensive about any other set-in stains, then soak the cloth in cold water for an hour or half and then wash it like you normally do.

Precaution:

Always use cold water while treating vomit stains. This is because warm water further sets in the protein stains.

If the vomit stains are fresh you can adopt the following method for their removal.

     Method two (for fresh vomit stains)

The following method is comparatively simple and works well with fresh vomit stains.

Things that you will require:

·      Cold water

·      Blunt knife or spoon

·      Liquid laundry Detergent

·      Pre wash stain remover

·      Plastic gloves

Steps that you need to take:

1.   For fresh stains, primarily what you have to do is remove the excess vomit from the stain as much as possible. This chore might be very grossing, yet you have to do it. So buck up yourself, get some plastic gloves and a dull knife, squeeze eyes, scrunch up your nose and scrape off the vomit.

2.   Rinse the stained area and its back with cold water and apply a pre wash stain remover.

3.   Let the stain remover set in for some time. This remover might be available in the form of a stick, gel or spray.

4.   Afterwards wash the fabric with liquid laundry detergent.

Tip:

Bleach could also be used in conjugation with stain remover. Yet make sure that you go for a color safe one, so that your clothing doesn’t get damaged.

 Has it ever happened that while travelling, you got sick? The feeling itself was dreadful indeed, yet the most gruesome part was that you had your favorite  jumper on which your mom had made for you last Christmas, and it got covered in sickly vomit stains. Now you are in a fix. What to do so that these horrible stains can be removed effectively without harming the fabric? Keep your panicky nerves at bay because fortunately there are some effective tips to handle the situation.