How to wash off resin from clothes?

People who like to spend all their weekends outdoors - to walk in the woods, collect mushrooms, berries, make beautiful photos, often come across the question of how to wash the resin from clothes? They appear on clothes completely unnoticed, and they are removed with great difficulty. Smolnye pollution can spoil even the best mood, which means that a walk in the woods will not bring you much pleasure.

The first thing you must do is not to despair! From such troubles absolutely nobody is insured, that's why do not pay attention to such trifles, but just continue to have fun further. All the unwanted pollution will be removed a little later, because we will tell you how to do it.

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What can not be done in any case?

Let's first discuss what we can not do: either because it can further exacerbate the situation, or because it is unlikely to help you. To wash the resin from clothes:

1. Do not throw things into the washing machine, as if you just dirty clothes with ordinary dirt. The resin is the most difficult kind of pollution and without the use of solvents, no washing machine, no soaking can remove it.
2. Do not rub the dirt, because, thus, you will only help your pollution enter the structure of the product, making it harder for yourself to remove. And with light products after such wiping up pollution you generally can not completely withdraw.

Having decided to take advantage of non-trivial ways to remove resin stains like aerated water or vegetable oil at home, do not count on speed and efficiency. First, these methods are mentioned as possible, but not categorical, options for combating the contaminants left from the resin. Secondly, there are other, more effective, means for removing contaminants.

For the sake of fairness, let us focus your attention on the fact that vegetable oil can actually help at home remove the stain from the resin if the contamination has appeared on the fibrous structure of the tissue, for example, such as the skin. But for terry cloth, cotton, and for synthetic fabrics, it has a dubious effect.

Important! The resin has a property to harden with time, so if you want to clean the thing without any special effort, try to remove as much resin as possible.

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Preparing clothes for cleaning

The first thing you have to do is to remove part of the resin spot with a mechanical method, with a knife or with another sharp object:

1. Do this carefully so as not to damage the structure of the fabric itself.
2. After this, put the soiled product in the freezer for about 1.5-2 hours.
3. At the moment when the resin thoroughly stiffens - crumble the thing and carefully rub it with your hands, in order to fly off all the remaining resinous scales.

Important! You must perform this procedure before you start using improvised products, such as: alcohol, kerosene and the like. But despite this, we warn that it is better not to use this method if the stained product is excessively thin, because after a cold break the structure of the product may irreparably deteriorate.

Why do we need such training? The thing is that the structure of pine resin is quite complex, and as a rule, it is not washed from the surface of clothing just like that. Performing this procedure, you simplify your task. If you do it right, it will be easier to wash the resin from clothes.

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How to remove contamination from pine resin from clothes?

Although resin is difficult to remove, there are still substances that can dissolve it. We offer you several ways that you will definitely need to wash the resin from the pine.

Various solvents

Choose the appropriate remedy with which you will dissolve your resin stain. It will be best if you take a special nail polish remover. If this is not at hand - use what you have - WD-40, acetone, white spirit, just keep in mind that they are more aggressive and for thin fabrics will not work.

How to use:

1. Take a small amount of cotton wool.
2. Soak them with a liquid to remove varnish, and then attach them immediately on both sides and secure.
3. Hold in this position for 2-3 minutes, but not longer.
4. Then, with the help of other disks, remove the dirt, moving from edge to center.
   

Turpentine and alcohol:

1. Blot contamination several times with turpentine.
2. Wait for 20-30 minutes - until the resin is soaked.
3. After that, moisten the cotton swab in alcohol and wipe the contaminated area of ​​the product.
4. After a while, there will be no trace left of the stain.
5. In order to get rid of unwanted odors, always wash clothes with powder, and then dry it in the fresh air.

Iron assistance

If the affected product requires delicate care, try a safer method to remove the resin from the clothes at home:

1. Place under the product and on top of it clean paper napkins, rags or paper towels.
2. Smooth out this area with a hot iron.

In this procedure, you melt the resin and transfer it to wipes, and the product becomes clean.

Important! Dirty wipes or paper towels are changed to new, and then repeat the procedure until the pine resin completely disappears from the surface of the product. After this, always wash clothes, and then hang out to dry in the fresh air.

Coca-Cola

A lot of people know that with such a serial drink as "Coca-Cola" it is possible to clean the tub, toilet bowl, rust, darkened jewelry and the like. This magic tool can help even in our case. In it, soak the contaminated area, wait about half an hour and start rubbing the contamination.

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Contemporary

You can use nail polish remover, gasoline, carbonated beverages to wash off the resin from clothing. But do not forget about bleach and stain remover. If the pollution turned out to be excessively stubborn, then try using modern cleaning methods.

Vegetable oil

In case you have stained the leather product, soak the area with vegetable oil, wait for 15-20 minutes, then carefully soap and rinse.

Reinforced

In case if vegetable oil or other agent has helped, but not as much as you would like:

1. Treat contamination with sunflower oil.
2. Wait for the resin to soften a bit.
3. Apply a small amount of dishwashing detergent to the cotton swab and treat the entire contaminated area.
4. Wait for 30 minutes and wash everything.

Cardinal measures

In order to remove the resin from the clothes at home, if the stain is stale, you can prepare a special solution:

1. Mix in a small container size 1 tsp.potato starch, 4 drops of turpentine and 4 drops of ammonia.
2. Moisten the mixed area with dirt and wait for your solution to dry.
3. After this, take a firm brush, start to clean thoroughly.
4. If, after carrying out this procedure, small contaminations remain, repeat all the same.

Pine tar, like all other types of contaminants, is best removed as quickly as possible. So you will have more chances to restore the purity of clothes and you do not have to spend too much time on this process.