How to wash henna with clothes?

Situations when you need to know how to wash henna off clothes, modern women happen quite often. Henna has long been used to color hair and apply intricate patterns to the skin. Women all over the world now also use natural paint for such purposes. In the process of applying often henna leaves traces on objects of interior and clothing. The substance is almost immediately absorbed in the upholstery or matter, so the measures to clean expensive things you need to take immediately. Otherwise, then it will be impossible to cope with them. In this article we will discuss the most effective ways to remove henna stains with the use of products that are familiar to us and very exotic.

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How to remove henna from clothes?

If you have stained a blouse, pants or a towel in henna, then do not panic and get upset in advance. It is necessary to proceed immediately to remove the stain. So you still have a great chance of getting rid of it. For a successful result, use one of the suggested methods.

Soaking:

• If you used a towel when painting hair, and after the procedure noticed reddish stains on it, you can try to remove the contaminants in an aqueous solution of chlorine. To do this, soak the natural fabric in chlorine solution and leave for several hours.

Important! This way to get henna off of clothes, suitable for cotton, linen towels and products made from other natural fabrics.

• You can use a more gentle for the fabric method and soak in a soapy detergent solution. The affected product must also be left soaked for several hours.

Important! The concentration of the powder in the solution should be twice as large as in the case of ordinary washing.

Soap soap

Such an ugly brown soap is quite effective in removing various types of spots on the fabric. Washing Henna with clothes will also help.

How to use:

1. Grate the laundry soap.
2. Dissolve the soap shavings in a small amount of warm water. You should get a thick soap slurry.
3. Apply the prepared mash to the henna contaminated area and leave overnight.
4. In the morning, wash the thing in the familiar mode.

Important! Experience shows that this method completely removes henna creamy hue.

Hydrogen peroxide and ammonia solution

A strong agent, based on ammonia and peroxide, will help to quickly wash henna from clothes.

How to use:

1. Shake off the lumps of sticky henna from the surface of the fabric.

Important! Shake off carefully, so as not to smear the coloring matter on the matter.

1. Spread the damaged product on a plate covered with a white cloth, or pull it onto an inverted saucer.
2. Sprinkle cloth around contamination in a radius of approximately 2 cm with talc. This will help to avoid the appearance of greenish divorces in the process of removing henna from clothing.
3. Prepare a cleaning solution of 1 tablespoon of 10% ammonia, 5 tablespoons of 3% hydrogen peroxide and 5 tablespoons of warm water. Thoroughly mix the mixture of liquids.

Important! Before you start cleaning henna, you should check the effect of the solution on the fabric on a barely visible area. If after treatment the fabric did not change color, and the cotton swab that the product applied was not colored in the color of your blouse, then the solution can be used to clean the stains.

1. Apply the prepared product with a cotton swab on all areas contaminated with henna. Change the swab to clean as it gets dirty.

Important! Process spots should be in the direction from its edge to the center. So henna does not spread to pure areas of matter.

1. Leave the product for a better action of the solution for 15-30 minutes.
2. Repeat the procedure again.
3. Rinse clothes in clean water at room temperature.
4. Wash the product in the usual way.

Important! Do not try to increase the concentration of hydrogen peroxide or ammonia in the solution. So you can completely ruin the fabric.

Milk

It is quite unusual and unexpected method of getting rid of henna stains is the treatment of stains with milk. In this case, the use of milk for washing is justified.

How to use:

1. A small amount of fresh milk is heated to a temperature of 50-60 degrees.
2. Drink the stain abundantly with liquid and leave for half an hour.

Important! It is best to soak the contaminated area in warm milk.

1. Treat the stain with soap or detergent.
2. Rinse the product well in clean water.

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Other ways to remove henna from things

In addition to the aforementioned improvised means, which everyone can find in their home, you can use special purchased means to wash henna from your clothes.

"Palmira"

In the household chemistry store you can easily find inexpensive, but quite effective in the form of paste "Palmira".It does not matter how fragrant you get this remedy, the main thing is that it will cope with henna stains in a few minutes.

How to use:

1. Apply the paste on slightly moistened stains of henna.
2. Leave the product for a while.
3. Wash clothing by hand.
   

Bleach

Modern market of household chemicals is full of various means for all occasions:

• To solve this problem, bleach containing active oxygen can help. The form of release of such a device can be different: powder, gel, aerosol.
• Also come to the aid of the following stain remover: "Vanish", "Spot" or "Antipyatin."

Important! Use of such products should be carried out according to the instructions for the use of bleach or stain remover.

Dry Cleaning

If you could not wash stains from henna from clothes by any of the methods mentioned in this article, we recommend that you turn to a professional dry cleaning. Only so you can still save your favorite thing from the stingy spots of henna.

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Useful advices:

• To avoid such unpleasant situations, hair coloring should be carried out in home clothes, which it is not a pity to stain or discard.
• To protect the skin in the area of ​​hair growth from staining with henna, pre-treat it with any fat cosmetic cream.

Using simple guidelines, you can protect yourself from further problems. But if they arise, you already know what to do.