elaundry Blog: Stain of the Week- Lipstick on the white shirt.

This week’s stain of the week is one that a lot of men suffer from. What stain am I talking about? The lipstick on the shirt stain! It is a common offender and is sometimes one of the harder stains to remove because most of us don’t know how to treat it properly.

COMMON ERRORS:

The first common error is to dab some water on it straight away or to rub the shirt together to remove the stain however both of these treatments will only create a larger and more noticeable stain. Not to worry elaundry is here to save the day, with a few helpful and smart hints to avoid the terrible lipstick stain.

STEP ONE:

Firstly you have kissed your husband goodbye and left a red lipstick mark on his shirt. Not to mention him being a little annoyed being late but you need to treat it as soon as possible. Grab some of your nail remover, and squirt some directly onto the stain. Most nail removers have acetone in them this will remove the oils in the lipstick. Dab a cloth that has the acetone based nail removed on it, directly onto the stain.

STEP TWO:

Secondly, take another cloth that has been dipped in water and rub the lipstick mark, if this doesn’t lift the stain completely add some dish washing detergent to the water and dip the cloth once again in it and apply directly to the stain.

STEP THREE:

If the stain still appears put the shirt in the wash and WALLAH! The stain should disappear! If all else fails and you are at your whit’s end with a cranky husband please bring the shirt into elaundry and we will happily treat the shirt for you along with any other of your common and not so common stains, because we love laundry!