Stain Removal

[Natooke]

What is the product you use or recommend for removing stains on clothes?

Is Ta Bort the only and best product out there?

[Aussie]

I haven't really found anything other than Ta Bort here, so I've resorted to the old-fashioned methods, that seem to work. So for the following stains I use:

Blood - cold, salty water (1msk salt to 5dl water)
Paint or varnish - Lacknafta or T-Röd<br>Grass - T-Röd, then soak in ammoniaktvålvatten and rinse in lukewarm water
Coffee or Tea - Soak in tvättmedel, then wash before stain dries out
Pen or ink stains - T-Röd, then soak in ammoniaktvålvatten and rinse in lukewarm water
Lipstick - T-Röd<br>Mould - Soak overnight in lättfil, then rinse out with ammoniaktvålvatten
Rust - Lemon juice
Oil - Lacknafta, then soak in ammoniaktvålvatten and rinse in lukewarm water
Wine - Salt on the stain, then soak in lukewarm ammoniaktvålvatten and rinse well in lukewarm water
Fruit or juice - soak in lemon juice-water mix (say 1 tsk lemon juice to 1dl water)

Note : Ammoniaktvålvatten is made by mixing:
1 msk tvål in 2.5dl lukewarm water. Then add 1tsk ammoniak (25%).

You can get this at ICA, as well as the T-Röd and lacknafta.

[Carolyn]

Probably environmentally better anyway to use the older methods. My darling husband got a good look at a cabinet under the sink of a friend's house the other day and nearly had a heart attack at the combinations of chemicals there. Everything from Drano to chemicals for removing lime and calcium deposits and god knows what else, most of which have been banned from Sweden for decades.

[Aussie]

The other good "green" product I use a lot is the Gumme brand Såpa. It comes in green and yellow ..or maybe it's pine and yellow.

It is non-caustic and is really gentle on your hands, but seems to be good for stain removal on clothes as well as for general cleaning.

I used it when the kids spilled a glass of cola all over my new pale blue sofa, and there is no sign of the stain now.