Contents:
- What not to do?
- Remove the
- resin Remove the
- stain Remove the traces and odor of the
To get a stain from the resin, you do not need to hug the pines in the forest: it's quite unfortunate to endure the spruce after New Year's holidays, sit on a fresh pine log on a picnic or on rest hang things dry next to cedars. Household stains, which we encounter every day, is not as easy to wash as it is to remove tar from clothing, so you may simply not have the right knowledge. This is what we will correct with this step-by-step guide on returning your original appearance to your things.
What not to do?
Let's first discuss what should not be done: either because it can aggravate the situation, or because it is unlikely to help.
- Do not throw a thing into the washing machine, as if you just dirty clothes with dirt. The resin is not the simplest contamination, and without the aid of solvents, neither the washing machine nor soaking it will help.
- Do not rub the dirt: this way you will only help the resin to enter the structure of the fabric, making it harder for yourself to clean up the dirt. And with light fabrics after such a stain, the stain at all risks you not to withdraw completely.
- Having decided to use non-trivial methods of removing tar at home like soda or vegetable oil, do not count on speed and efficiency. First, these methods are mentioned as an option to combat the stain left from the resin, and secondly, to remove stains there are other more effective means. For the sake of justice, it is worth noting that vegetable oil can really help to wipe off resin if contamination has appeared on a non-fibrous surface, for example, the skin. And in mind there are both material and your hands. But for cotton, terry cloth, and for synthetics, it has a dubious effect.
Board
The resin has the property of hardening, so if you want to clean the thing without much effort then, try to remove as much resin as you can right now.
Remove the resin
Want to know how to wash the resin off your clothes? The secret is that you just do not need to wash it! The first step on the road to clean clothes will be mechanical removal of contamination.
- It will be easier to remove contamination, the more resin you can remove before using solvents. Make it easier for yourself to work by picking up the maximum amount of tar with a sharp object or, for want of anything sharp at your fingertips, fingernails.
- If you have removed almost all the resin, you can skip this step, but if through the resin you still can not see the texture of the fabric, you need to reduce its amount even more. To do this, throw clothes in the freezer for an hour or put something cold on the stain, such as frozen vegetables or meat. After freezing, some more resin can be cleaned by rubbing the spot: the resin should crack and crumble, leaving behind a less frightening stain.
- Another mechanical method of removing tar can be considered to heat the contamination with an iron so that the resin, assuming a sticky condition, has passed to the prepared substrates in the form of a sheet of paper napkins or strips of cotton cloth. This method is advisable if you have tried both the previous ones, but there are still a lot of resin left in the fabric structure, and if you do not want to remove the stain with solvents from a delicate or dyed fabric. For those who are still going to resort to less sparing methods, this stage is completely unnecessary.
Council
To prevent contamination from spreading over clothing, while you try to clean it, sprinkle around with talc, moisten with water or oil.
We wash out the spot
No matter how delicate ways to get rid of pine and other coniferous trees are found on the Internet, their effectiveness and speed of action can not be compared with the strength of solvents. Of course, all these substances are quite aggressive, and we recommend testing them in a small inconspicuous area of clothing before they fill the spot. But they are able to wash the resin almost instantaneously and save a lot of time, but in a world with a rabid pace of life, this is a very valuable property.
Let's start with the product that has the most positive reviews, and this is normal alcohol. Having moistened a cotton swab or a cotton swab in alcohol and a little rubbing a spot, you can clean clothes in just a few minutes. But this is if you did not neglect the preparatory stage and removed the maximum amount of resin mechanically. Output a thick layer of resin alcohol can be tried for days and weeks - that's how important the first stage. If your pollution is not too old, and you did everything according to our instructions, then most likely you will do nothing more and will not have to. In this case, alcohol will have the least destructive effect on the color and structure of the tissue.
What to do with a stain that can not be washed off with alcohol? To wipe it will help more aggressive means that will not stand on ceremony with pollution:
- "White Spirit";
- acetone;
- ammonia;
- refined gasoline;
- turpentine.
You can wash the resin with at least a liquid for removing the varnish, if there is nothing else at hand. True, it is worth mentioning that it is not possible to wipe the stain with the usual gasoline that you are refueling: you just put a new stain on your clothes. In addition, any of these tools should be applied with a cotton swab, without touching the clean area of the tissue, so as not to damage its structure.
Advice
The use of a solvent is the fastest way to clean clothes, but it is worth considering the damage that it can potentially cause. If the fabric is too thin, and its paint is not too resistant, it is better to spend more time and remove the stain with alcohol than to cry over an irretrievably corrupted thing.
Removing traces and odor
You managed to clear the thing from the stain, but now the clothes are adorned with stains, and the smell of the solvent is so persistent that it does not get weathered? In order to remove the stains and smell, you need to wash the thing in the washing machine with the addition of a dishwashing detergent or stain remover. Also, to enhance the effect, liquid detergents can be used.
Advice
Do not forget about such a useful thing as an air conditioner. Perhaps you do not use it normally, but after using solvents it can come in handy, as it can drown out an unpleasant odor. It is better to smell the aroma of alpine meadows than to have a train as from an old jacket of a car repairman.
Clean resin from clothes and save your favorite thing if you follow this instruction step by step. Henceforth you will be more careful, but this useful knowledge will always remain with you in case of unforeseen situations.
