I got chocolate ALL over my womens silk shirt. Is there any way to get it out?

3 Responses to “I got chocolate ALL over my womens silk shirt. Is there any way to get it out?”

  • Purple Apple says:

    Oops ! you have to be careful next time ..
    but first of all ,

    You didn’t tell me what’s the color of your shirt ?
    before you washed it

    If its color white don’t worry use CLOROX on it
    http://www.thinkdwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/clb.jpg

    If its not , you can use VANISH
    http://www.hamstern.ch/hamstern_ch/fr_vanish/images/vanish_multi.jpg

    don’t worry & be Happy =D
    References :

  • Freya says:

    Throughout all of these steps, do NOT use hot water on your shirt – that will set the stain in! Also, work from the underside of the stain when possible to avoid pushing it further into the fabric.

    1) If the chocolate’s hardened, get a blunt knife and scrape as much of it off as possible. Otherwise, wait until it’s hardened, then proceed with the scraping.
    2)Rinse the stained areas with cold water. Once it looks like no more chocolate will come out, put stain remover on the stains(if you don’t have any, laundry soap works. I’ve also heard that dishwashing liquid works VERY well, but I’ve never tried that myself).
    3)Wait ten minutes for the stain remover/laundry detergent to loosen the chocolate.
    4)Take a brush or scrubber and scrub the soap/stain to get rid of as much of the stain as possible, then put some warm(not hot!) water on the stains and scrub some more.

    If you only have a few light stains left on your shirt, it should be safe to wash it as usual using cold water. If there are stains left after washing, do NOT put your shirt in a dryer(although I don’t think silk is supposed to be machine dried anyway). If your shirt is still a mess after all this, the only advice I could find was this:
    "If you went through those steps and still have some chocolate stains left, or if your facing a chocolate catastrophe, throw everything in the washing machine along with 1 gallon of whole milk and let the load soak for 30 minutes before running it through the wash cycle. That should remove the chocolate. If dark greasy stains remain, finish them off by pretreating the areas with dish detergent 15 minutes before running then through another wash cycle."
    I have no idea how well this would work but if nothing else does the trick then it’s worth a shot, I guess. Taking it to the dry cleaner’s is another option if more conveniental solutions don’t work and you don’t want to try soaking your shirt with whole milk, or do anything that might harm your shirt(I don’t have your shirt, so I obviously don’t know what the care instructions say is and isn’t safe).
    References :
    http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/stain-removal/how-to-get-rid-of-chocolate-stains/
    http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/how-to-remove-chocolate-stains-994.html

  • Mad Max The Pianist says:

    Use color safe bleach and hot water.
    References :
    tide.com
    ehow.com

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