If you accidentally have rusty stains on clothes, then try to remove them immediately, otherwise the rust will penetrate deep into the fibers of the fabric and it will be difficult, almost impossible to get rid of it. But experienced housewives have learned to wash traces of rust on things, both fresh and old.
Today we will introduce you to effective folk and store remedies for removing rust stains from things. You will learn how to remove rust from clothes.
Prevention measures
To begin with, we note that by carefully looking after your clothes, you can prevent the appearance of rust on them.
- Never hang linen and clothes on central heating radiators if the paint has come off and the metal is visible. Wet clothes, in contact with it, acquire rusty spots.
- Before washing, check the pockets so that there are no metal objects left in them: paper clips, screws, coins, keys. Reacting with water, iron small things lead to the appearance of rusty stains on things.
- Keep an eye on children so that they do not come into contact with rusted equipment on the street: with peeled, steel benches, slides, carousels.
- Dry-clean white clothing with studs, buttons, and metal zippers.
How to remove rust from things
Rusty stains that accidentally appear on your clothes can be removed with both chemical and folk remedies.
At the same time, the methods for removing rust from white clothes differ from the methods for getting rid of yellow spots on colored items.
As soon as you notice rust marks on clothes, immediately remove them using various means. Fresh rust stains are much easier to remove than those that have already hit the fibers of the fabric and penetrated deep into it. If the stains are not washed, then rust will destroy the fabric completely.
For several decades, experienced housewives have been removing rust from clothes using folk remedies: citric, acetic, oxalic acids. The fact is that any acid is a potent solvent.
How to get rid of rust with lemon and citric acid
An excellent tool for removing rust from white and colored things is lemon juice.
- Rub a slice of lemon on the stain and sprinkle with salt. Reacting with rust, the acid corrodes its molecules. Acid should only be used if the fabric is resistant to it. Therefore, before using any remedy, it is necessary to apply it on an inconspicuous place of clothing. If after that the fabric does not fade and does not spread, you can use it.
- Take a slice of lemon, wrap it in gauze and apply it cut to the stain. Iron with a hot iron.After ironing, wipe with a cloth soaked in hydrogen peroxide, rinse and wash the item.
- Squeeze a lemon and mix its juice with a glass of cool water. Dip a rusty stain of contaminated clothing into the solution and hold it there for half an hour. If the stain has not completely gone, leave the fabric in the water for another 20 minutes. You need to wash the thing in the washing machine after that at a temperature of 30 degrees. You can wash clothes by hand, but in cold water. Please note that only cool water should be used when removing rust stains from things. Dry clothes in the shade in a ventilated area.
- Take the item with the stain and place it inside out on a paper towel. Sprinkle the stain with salt and rub with lemon. Top with a second paper towel to cover some of the stain. Leave to dry for 2 hours. Then rinse with cold water and wash.
- If you want to quickly deal with the stain, pull the fabric over a pot of boiling water, squeeze lemon juice on top of the stain and sprinkle citric acid. Water in a small container should boil over low heat. There is little liquid in the dishes: a little on the bottom. After 5-10 minutes, look at the result. If the stain is not gone, then repeat again. Then rinse the item with cold water. If necessary, wash at a temperature of 20-30 degrees.
- The brightness of colored fabrics can be saved from rust with a solution of crystallized citric acid. Apply diluted with warm water citric acid on a stain, wait a quarter of an hour, and you will permanently get rid of rust on clothes.
- With white things, citric acid (20 g) dissolved in half a glass of water and brought to a boil will help remove red stains.Dip the linen with the stain in hot water, and after 5 minutes it will disappear; do not forget to wash and rinse the clothes.
How to Remove Rust from Clothes with Vinegar Essence
- Mix the salt and vinegar until the consistency of a thick slurry. Put the mixture on the stain and leave for half an hour. Then rinse well with cold water. This product is best for removing rust from jeans.
- Dilute a teaspoon of acetic acid in a glass of warm water and boil, then put a fabric with rusty stains into the solution for 5 minutes. To neutralize the action of the acid, put 5 tablespoons of ammonia in 10 liters of water and rinse the clothes well.
- Pour acetic acid (50 ml in total) into hot water and dip the laundry in it, hold for several hours, then wash and rinse. Ammonia would also be nice to add so that the action of vinegar essence is not so aggressive. You can use oxalic acid instead of vinegar.
- With the help of acetic acid, rust can be wiped off not only from white clothes, but also from colored ones.
- Dissolve 5 tablespoons of vinegar essence in 7 liters of water and place clothes with rusty spots in it for 12 hours. It is best if you fill things with a solution at night, but you can do it during the day. Go about your urgent business and only then wash things by hand or in a washing machine.
How to remove rust from clothes with glycerin
Delicate fabrics cannot tolerate acetic acid. Therefore, we recommend a more gentle remedy for them. It is also intended for colored fabrics.
- Mix 1 tablespoon of glycerin with 1 tablespoon of powdered chalk and a tablespoon of water. Stir to a thick consistency and spread it on the contaminated areas.
Do not wash off the remedy for a day. Then rinse the fabric well with water and launder as usual. - For colored and delicate fabrics, you can use this method: take a tablespoon of glycerin, stir it with dish detergent. It is best if the dishwashing detergent is Fairy. We also take a tablespoon of it. Cover the stains with this mixture. After 24 hours, wash off the composition with warm water and throw things in the washing machine.
- Mix glycerin with grated laundry soap in equal proportions and leave on the stain for a day. Then wash with liquid detergent.
What else can you do to remove rust?
Other folk remedies can be used to remove rusty marks on fabric and clothes.
- To get rid of rusty stains on white clothes, a tool that is created by mixing equal proportions of tartaric acid and sodium chloride will help. Apply the mixture to the rust and place in the sun. Ultraviolet rays in combination with a composition of tartaric acid and salt will destroy the structure of the rust stain. The spots will begin to lighten, and then completely disappear.
- A 2% hydrochloric acid solution will also help remove rusty marks on things if you hold the product on them for 5 minutes. Just do not use it for thin delicate fabrics, otherwise they will fall apart.
- To remove stubborn rusty marks, you need to blot the stain with hydrochloric acid mixed in half with water. Then apply ammonium sulfide to the rust. After using these products, clothes should be rinsed thoroughly.
- Remove old stains with a solution of acetic and oxalic acid, 5 mg per glass of water.Heat the mixture and place the fabric with the rust stain into the solution.
- You can remove rust with the following remedy: mix 30 ml of oxalic acid with 1 tablespoon of baking soda. Apply the product on the stain and leave for 10-15 minutes, then wash and rinse.
- If you dissolve toothpaste in cold water and apply it on stains for 30-40 minutes, wash and rinse well, then soon you will not recognize your thing. It will be clean, without rust stains.
- You can remove rust from dark-colored woolen fabrics with a composition of coal and kerosene. You need to hold the woolen clothes in the solution for several hours, and then wash them in warm soapy water.
- Take a teaspoon of hydrosulfite, stir it in a glass of water and heat the solution to 60 degrees. Soak the rusty section of clothing in the resulting mixture for 6 minutes, then rinse in cold water.
How to remove rust at home using chemicals
If there is rust on clothes, then you can use chemical stain removers. If the fabric is white cotton or thick synthetic, then chlorine bleach can be used. Delicate silk and wool fabrics should not be treated with chlorine bleach.
For such fabrics, you need an oxygen bleach labeled "For delicate fabrics". Do not use chlorine bleach on colored clothes.
Rust can be removed from clothes using plumbing products, which should include oxalic acid.
For fresh rust stains, the following stain removers are used: Vanish, Amway, As, Sarmu, Oxy, Antipyatin. There is a special rust remover "Expert". Look at the fabric label.It should be written on the tag what the fabric can be washed with, and what is strictly forbidden to use.
It is best to use a stain remover in the form of a gel. They are better than powder because they are less aggressive towards fabrics and penetrate deeply into the thing, splitting and dissolving rust molecules.
Pour the gel on the stain and wait 10-15 minutes, then wash by hand. If the rust stain has not disappeared, then repeat the procedure.
Rust Spots Washing Tips
- Try to remove fresh stains without waiting for them to penetrate the fibers of the fabric, they are easier to remove.
- Before washing, it is necessary to wipe off the stains because each contact with water makes their distribution area wider and stronger, they eat deeper into the fibers of the fabric.
- The acid that is encountered when removing rust stains from clothes is an aggressive substance, so wear rubber gloves and ventilate the room when working with it.
- Brush stains from edge to center to prevent them from spreading across the entire surface of the fabric.
Today we have informed you about how to remove rust from white and colored things. We introduced you to chemical and folk remedies for getting rid of rust stains on clothes.
We hope that these tools will help you remove rusty stains on things.
