Gross! I have what appears to be dried sweet and sour sauce on the inside (white) lining portion of a white leather coat. What is the easiest way to remove it without ruining the lining or the coat? Specific products as well as techniques would be appreciated!
If you want a quicker, greener way to clean the vase: 1 - vinegar and uncooked rice SHAKE ( the vinegar cuts through the residue and the uncooked rice will abrasively rub where your hands cannot reach ) OR 2 - buy some soapnuts (google), boil a handful in water for 10 minutes then strain the liquid and use this liquid instead of vinegar for method 1 ( still use the rice too and SHAKE )
Booted all the way back to LEVEL 1!! Oh well. Organic stains like food are easier to remove than chemical stains like ink. Since the lining is white, you can use bleach. Don't soak in 100% bleach. It's harsh and will eat away the lining. You need about a 60:40 water/bleach combo. I removed blood from my karate suit once by keeping the dirty part soaked in water with a small amount of bleach. I didn't want the whole top soaked because the bleach will ruin the colorful patches. It may take all day, but the stain will fade. As for me, I have to continue reconnecting with my other contacts.
I would try a moist wash cloth to remove the dried food portions. Getting rid of the remaining stain in the fabric fibers depends on the material of the fabric. Check the label in the coat for the lining material. With polyester or nylon, further careful treatment with detergent and moisture should eventually be successful. Try to blend the movement of the moist cloth in with the surrounding lining area to avoid a remaining 'water line' when it dries. With soft and very shiny satin weave more caution is needed to blend in the cleaned spot in with the surroundings. I have used a cloth moistened with organic solvent (oops or goo-be-gone) and very gently applied it over an extended area to 'feather' the traces of the treatment of the shiny lining weave. If the lining material is acetate then water traces and spot formation is a grave concern, the 'feathering' is really important then. Sometimes a trace of a spot - clean lining but a visible spot area in the weave - cannot even be avoided by a professional cleaner. Some linings lose a bit of their dye in the treated area, creating a new kind of a spot. Be gentle and watch for this tendency by doing several short treatments and checking the results inbetween. The application of organic slovent tends to do this but by the same token it can also be used to move or 'feather' the dye to 'cover up' borderlines in the affected area.
Why are you taking a multivitamin anyway? Is your diet inadequate? ods.od.nih /factsheets/iron.as.
