Stain Guide
Use our interactive stain guide to learn how to treat your toughest stains.
Stain removal to keep your favorite clothing looking its best. Quick and easy to use expert advice, the Purex Stain Guide helps you identify the right treatment for stain removal. Whether chocolate, wine, coffee, grease or blood stains - here's how to remove it. For the ultimate stain removal assistance on the go, download Purex’s mobile app for the Purex stain guide, free Purex promotions and more helpful laundry advice. How to use the guide: Not sure how to get rid of a tough stain? The Purex Stain Removal Guide is here to help! Just select a stain type, the cause of the stain, what fabric you need to treat and then click "get Results." It's that simple!
1. Select Stain Type
2. Choose Stain
- Chewing Gum
- Baby Formula
- Beverages (coffee, teas, soft drinks, wine, alcoholic, drinks)
- Blood
- Candle Wax
- Catsup/Tomato Sauce
- Chocolate
- Collar/Cuff Soils
- Coffee
- Cosmetics
- Crayons
- Dairy Products (milk, cream, ice cream, yogurt, cream soup)
- Deodorants, Antiperspirants
- Dye Transfer (white garment that picked up bleeding dye from another garment)
- Fabric Softener
- Fingernail Polish
- Fruit Juices
- Grass Stains
- Grease (motor oil, animal fat, mayonnaise, salad dressing, butter, cooking oil, and car grease)
- Ink
- Iodine
- Lipstick
- Mildew
- Mud
- Mustard
- Paint
- Perspiration
- Pine Resin
- Rust
- Shoe Polish
- Tar
- Tea
- Yellowing
- Gravy
4. Results
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How To Remove Mildew Stains From RayonRayon generally should be dry cleaned. Always follow garment label instructions when pretreating and laundering your clothes. For colored garments, test an inside seam for colorfastness. If the garment is washable, launder stain with Purex® detergent, 20 Mule Team Borax, and bleach if recommended for garment. If stain remains, sponge stain with hydrogen peroxide and relaunder. Dry in sunlight. Note: Some badly mildewed fabrics may be damaged beyone repair. If dry clean only, take it to the dry cleaner for stain removal. |