How to remove plasticine from clothes?

Plasticine is a fairly popular material for the creativity of children and their parents. The brighter its colors, the better, because the crafts turn out to be more colorful. And the more colorful the crafts, the more vigorous the dyes that manufacturers use, the more difficult it is to remove the plasticine stain if this sticky material is not where it should be (on the fabric of a T-shirt, shirt or trouser). We consider ways to remove plasticine from the surface of the fabric.

If you have small children, you just need to keep “in reserve” some tips for eliminating various kinds of stains at home. This article will be useful material in your piggy bank. From it you will learn how to clean plasticine from clothes, as well as how to remove the stain left from plasticine, because these processes are interconnected.

It is impossible to immediately remove plasticine. Your actions include several stages of ridding clothes of plasticine. They are to remove:

• large pieces of material by hand;
• product freezing;
• blotting out stains.

In order to bring clothes to their original form, you can use:

• hydrogen peroxide solution;
• ammonia;
• vegetable oil;
• baking soda;
• laundry soap;
• kerosene.

Do not immediately run to the washing machine or wash the stain by hand. This can lead to a bigger problem: plasticine is absorbed into the tissue in larger quantities.To begin with, try to remove plasticine mass from clothes as much as possible. If there are large, sticky pieces of plasticine that can easily be removed by hand, remove them without using additional tools. Use your hands to remove exclusively what is easily detached from the fabric.

Consider several methods for ridding textiles of sticky plasticine mass.

After manual disposal of the material from plasticine, it is worth freezing. Send the stained garment to cool: place it in the freezer in a plastic bag. After about 40-50 minutes, you can get the thing back: the plasticine mass froze. Next, you need to act quickly, otherwise plasticine will warm up and again become a sticky substance. You need to take a knife and try to scrape off the frozen plasticine with the blunt side of the blade.

You can freeze stubborn material in another way. In order not to tamp the crumpled thing into the freezer, you can do the following: put the product on a flat surface, take a metal bowl and fill it with ice, then put it on the soiled part of the clothes, leave it for a while, wait until the ice has melted, remove the bowl. Now you can easily clean clay.

Now you have a new task: you need to remove the trace left on the clothes from the plasticine mass, which in appearance resembles a greasy stain. In fact, this is a trace of paraffin, which is a component of plasticine. To get rid of it and wipe it off, You can use one of the good old proven tools:

• A solution of hydrogen peroxide or ammonia. A solution of hydrogen peroxide or ammonia is suitable for removing traces of plasticine, including white clothing. To prepare it, you will need 100 ml of warm water and a few (3-4) drops of ammonia (peroxide). Dip a piece of cotton wool or a cotton pad in the prepared solution and blot the stains. Then you can send the item to the laundry.
• Vegetable oil. Another way to remove a paraffin stain is to wipe it with vegetable oil. Oil will help remove paraffin, but after that you will have to look for a solution to eliminate the oil stain. If this nuance does not scare you, you can use this advice: apply a small amount of vegetable oil on a napkin and blot the stain left from the clay. To wash the oil residue, soak the soiled wardrobe item in soapy water from a dishwashing detergent, and then just wash the item in the washing machine, choosing the mode according to the type of fabric.
• Baking soda. Baking soda can also help remove hated stains. To get started, take a basin, pour warm water into it and add a small amount of powder: you need to wet the stain in soapy water. After that, you need to sprinkle it with soda, rubbing its powder well into the surface of the tissue (an old toothbrush is suitable for this), leave it for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with warm water and wash it manually or in a washing machine. Do not over-rub the powder: this can disrupt the structure of the tissue.

• Laundry soap. This tool to combat plasticine spots is found in every home. You will need a fairly concentrated solution.From a 1/3 bar of soap and 3 liters of warm water, make a solution: grate the soap, pour into warm water, mix and put soiled clothes in the soapy mass. Leave it in the tank for 40-50 minutes. After this procedure, you can wash the thing.
• Kerosene. Another “grandmother's” remedy is kerosene lotions. Everything is extremely simple: you need to take kerosene, dip a cotton swab or cotton pad into it and rub kerosene into the stain. After this, you need to temporarily leave the thing unattended, let it “brew” for several minutes, then wash the soiled wardrobe item. The smell of kerosene is vigorous, but it will disappear after washing with powder and conditioner. Be careful: do not wash this thing with other linen, it is better to wash the garment soaked with kerosene first by hand, and then send it to the washing machine, putting the machine in a gentle mode, focusing on the type of fabric.

You can use an iron, napkins or white paper to remove stains from plasticine. Lay the item on a flat surface, put a sheet of paper or a napkin on the stain and iron it with an iron. Replace paper when it is dirty, iron again. Turn the thing over on the inside and do the same on the other side of the stain, and then just wash the thing.

If the above methods could not help you or do not want to spend time and effort on home recipes for getting rid of plasticine stains, you can use a special stain remover to enhance the cleaning effect before washing. Now on the market there is a wide range of these products for different types of fabric in color and composition.

The last way that our article will offer you is by contacting professionals. There are two positive aspects to this method:

• Dry cleaning specialists know exactly how to get rid of a stain. They will take all the trouble on themselves, you do not have to deal with this, although not complicated, but time-consuming process.
• Professionals know exactly how to clean a thing by removing plasticine and stain without damaging the fabric. In particular, you need to think carefully about using this advice when it comes to delicate fabrics and expensive things.

Plasticine is a rather tenacious substance, due to its composition. From heat it becomes plastic and easily sticks to various kinds of tissues. In this case, the manufacturer or composition of the material of the trademark does not matter: all varieties require accuracy in work, even if their degree of plasticity is different.

If the baby is engaged in creative work at home, dress him in clothes that are not a pity to stain in case of plasticine embarrassment. If a child is engaged in modeling outside the home, prepare an apron and special arm ruffles with elastic bands to save clothing from unforeseen circumstances. If the plasticine is in the wrong place (for example, on your child’s favorite blouse or trousers), do not delay to fix the problem: immediately proceed to liquidate the accident.

If you act in hot pursuit, you will have a much greater chance of removing the stain, saving your favorite thing. If you postpone the removal of the stain for some time, there is a high risk that the stain will remain on the clothes. Instill neatness in your child: this will help to avoid these problems in the future.

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