Grass Stains Be Gone: My Best Trick for Removing Them!

[peichef]

As the mom of 7yr-old identical twin boys & a rambunctious girl, I should know the answer to this. But, surprisingly it doesn't happen too often.

What is your best trick to remove grass stains?? My dd just tripped on our hill & stained the knee on her new pants.

 

[PamperedDor]

I love Oxyclean!!! Hot water (if the pants allow) and a soak them for the day in Oxyclean and hot water - should come right out! I use it all the time on my boys stuff!! (and my girls as well!!)

 

[peichef]

I need to do the pants on cold -- they are the perfect length & can't risk them shrinking....seems to me my MIL said something about rubbing a potato on it, or something like that!?!

 

[lkprescott]

Have you tried a stain remover? You could also just take some liquid laundry soap and rub it into the stain, let it sit and wash... repeat if needed before drying. Here's a stain removal guide:
http://www.all-homeandgarden.com/stain_removal.htmlOh and when you do wash it, toss in some Borax along with your normal laundry soap... Borax "boosts" the cleaning power.

 

[rennea]

As the mom of 7yr-old identical twin boys & a rambunctious girl, I should know the answer to this. But, surprisingly it doesn't happen too often.

What is your best trick to remove grass stains?? My dd just tripped on our hill & stained the knee on her new pants.

Spray hairspray on the stain and wash.

Works everytime and hair spray is cheap and easy to find!

 

[smspamperedchef]

Have you tried a stain remover? You could also just take some liquid laundry soap and rub it into the stain, let it sit and wash... repeat if needed before drying. Here's a stain removal guide:
http://www.all-homeandgarden.com/stain_removal.html

Oh and when you do wash it, toss in some Borax along with your normal laundry soap... Borax "boosts" the cleaning power.

Cool! Thanks!

 

[cathyskitchen]

Tide paste - use powdered Tide and mix it with water to form a paste, apply it liberally to the stain and scrub with a small scrub brush. Put it in the wash with more Tide and voila, clean white pants!

 

[PamperedDor]

You can still use the oxyclean with cold water as well - I just use the hot to speed things up - works awesome! I also suggest the paste of whatever detergent you use -

 

[peichef]

thanks guys!so far I have done a mix of vinegar & H2O, followed by Shout! It's in the wash now. We shall see what happens.

 

[susan g]

I have recently started using an old toothbrush with liquid laundry detergent on my 3 kids stains and it has gotten everything (including grass and mud) out. The trick seems to be getting whatever stain remover you are using rubbed in really well. Be careful on the knees of their pants not to rub too hard.
My 2 favorite stain removers are Wisk (it has enzymes so it's great for grass) and M30 which a friend told me about. You can get it in a small plastic tub at Dollar General for $1 and shockingly it works really well.

 

[wadesgirl]

I have recently started using an old toothbrush with liquid laundry detergent on my 3 kids stains and it has gotten everything (including grass and mud) out. The trick seems to be getting whatever stain remover you are using rubbed in really well. Be careful on the knees of their pants not to rub too hard.
My 2 favorite stain removers are Wisk (it has enzymes so it's great for grass) and M30 which a friend told me about. You can get it in a small plastic tub at Dollar General for $1 and shockingly it works really well.

I was just going to suggest M30. Someone else on here told me about it and it does work well on stains. I don't have kids so I don't know about grass stains but it has worked on other stains.

 

[peichef]

I'm guessing M30 is an American thing that we can't get (in this part of Canada, anyway).I LOVE, love, love using a toothbrush for cleaning -- never thought of it for laundry though Anyway, the vinegar / water mix (rubbed in) followed by Shout did the trick. The pants are good as new I love stain removal.

 

[wadesgirl]

I'm guessing M30 is an American thing that we can't get (in this part of Canada, anyway).

I LOVE, love, love using a toothbrush for cleaning -- never thought of it for laundry though

Anyway, the vinegar / water mix (rubbed in) followed by Shout did the trick. The pants are good as new

I love stain removal.

Probably. You might be able to find it online. We find it at Dollar Tree locally.