Showing posts with label Food coloring stains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food coloring stains. Show all posts

Friday, December 2, 2016

How to Get Food Coloring Out of Clothing

This tip might be beneficial to you while doing all your holiday baking this time of year.

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I was reaching for some cookie decorating items, when a yellow food coloring fell out of the cabinet splattering on my shirt.  My kids must have just left it sitting in there all by itself.

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Well, I thought to myself Alcohol gets out paint and permanent markers,  guess I'll start there.

First, I gave my shirt a good rinse to remove any excess dye.

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This is what I was left with.

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I pulled out my rubbing alcohol it was 91%.  Lower percentages will work too.

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I poured it on and let it sit a few minutes.
As you can see it faded and spread a bit, but it was still there.

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So, I rinsed and repeated with the rubbing alcohol.
This time I let it sit for about a half hour.

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It faded a ton, but you could still see it just a little.
I poured some more rubbing alcohol on it and left it overnight.

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When I checked it in the morning, the food coloring was completely gone.

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This worked like a charm. 

*Rubbing Alcohol might not work on all fabric types or might take out the original dye out of clothing.  I would recommend a spot test to make sure it doesn't make the color of your clothing run/fade or ruin the fabric. Use at your own risk.

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