How to remove stains from a tablecloth

Lots of fun has been had and lots of food has been eaten and now the tablecloths look more like wars have been fought on them. If there were children at the table it’s usually worse. Not necessarily just because of the children but because mom’s red wine was inevitably spilt by one of the children.

When there are stains the best thing is to remove them as quickly as possible. If it’s red wine, you can douse the area with salt to soak up the wine. You can also get the table cloth off the table and rinse it in water – fast. This is my method for everything including my white pants that my two year old drew all over with black permanent marker. Give a light rub when wet to help loosen the fibres to release the stain. Always make sure that if it is a type of food that is spilt that you have removed as much of the solid parts as you can before making it wet.

The next part is a little bit of magic. Take Blendwell Chemicals Oxygen Bleach, just a scoop to 5 litres of water and let it soak. You can give it an extra rub to make sure the cleaning product gets into the stain. Leave it to soak. I often leave my very well stained table cloths soak for a day or two. Take it out and wash as per normal. Your tablecloth should look like new.

This is a cleaning chemical I cannot live without – you really should try it. Even my white pants have no sign of ever being in contact with a permanent marker. For more information on what Blendwell Chemicals manufactures please visit www.blendwell.co.za to see their huge range of cleaning products. Blendwell Chemicals is in Halfway House and is the best local wholesaler of cleaning products.