If you accidentally got rusty stains on your clothes, then try to remove them immediately, otherwise the rust will penetrate deep into the fabric fibers and get rid of it will be difficult, almost impossible. But experienced hostesses have learned how to wash away rust traces on things, both fresh and stale.
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.
Preventive Measures
Let's start by noting that by being careful with your clothes, you can prevent rust from appearing on them.
- Never hang laundry or clothing on central heating radiators if the paint has peeled off and metal is showing. Wet clothes will stain when they come into contact with it.
- Before washing check your pockets for metal objects: paper clips, screws, coins, keys. Reacting with water, iron change leads to the appearance of rusty stains on things.
- Make sure children do not come into contact with rusty outdoor equipment: stripped, steel benches, slides, merry-go-rounds.
- Dry clean white clothing with rivets, buttons, and metal locks.
How to remove rust from clothes
Rust stains that have accidentally appeared on your clothes can be removed by both chemical and folk remedies.
However, the way to remove rust from white clothes is different from the way to get rid of yellow stains on colored things.
As soon as you notice rust stains on your clothes, immediately remove them using different means. Fresh rust stains are much easier to remove than those that have already affected the fibers of the fabric and penetrated deep into it. If the stains are not washed away, the rust will destroy the fabric permanently.
For several decades, experienced housewives remove rust from clothes with the help of folk remedies: citric, acetic, oxalic acid. The fact is that any acid is a potent solvent.
How to get rid of rust with lemon and citric acid
An excellent remedy for removing rust from white and colored things, is lemon juice.
- Rub a slice of lemon on the stain and sprinkle with salt. The acid reacts with the rust and corrodes its molecules. Acid should be used only if the fabric is resistant to it. Therefore, before you apply a remedy, you should apply it to an inconspicuous spot on the garment. If after that the fabric does not slip and spread, you can apply it.
- Take a slice of lemon, wrap it in gauze and put the slice on the stain. Iron with a hot iron. After ironing, wipe with a cloth soaked in hydrogen peroxide, rinse and wash the thing.
- Squeeze a lemon and mix its juice with a glass of cool water. Dip a rusty stain of the soiled garment in the solution and keep it there for half an hour. If the stain does not come off completely, leave the fabric in water for another 20 minutes. Wash the thing in the machine afterwards at 30 degrees. You can wash clothes by hand, but in cold water. Note that only cool water should be used when removing rust stains from clothing. Dry the garment in the shade in a ventilated room.
- Take the thing with the stain and put it on a paper towel on the wrong side. Sprinkle salt on the stain and rub with lemon. Cover the top with a second paper towel, which will take up some of the stain. Allow to dry for two hours. Then rinse with cold water and wash.
- If you want to get rid of the stain quickly, drape the cloth over a saucepan of boiling water, squeeze lemon juice over the stain and pour citric acid over it. Water in a small container should boil over low heat. The liquid in the pot is not much: a little on the bottom. After 5-10 minutes, look at the result. If the stain is not gone, repeat again. Then rinse the thing with cold water. If necessary, wash at 20-30 degrees.
- The brightness of colored fabrics can be saved from rust with a solution of crystallized citric acid. Apply citric acid diluted with warm water citric acid on the stain, wait a quarter of an hour, and you will get rid of rust on clothes forever.
- Dissolved in half a glass of water and brought to a boil citric acid (20 grams) will help to remove red stains from white clothes. Dip the laundry with the stain in hot water, and in 5 minutes it will disappear, do not forget to wash and rinse the clothes.
How to Get Rust From Clothes Using Vinegar Essence
- Mix table salt and vinegar to the consistency of a thick porridge. Put the mixture on the stain and leave it for half an hour. Then rinse well with cold water. This remedy is the best way to remove rust from jeans.
- Dilute a teaspoon of acetic acid in a glass of warm water and boil, then put a cloth with rusty stains in the solution for 5 minutes. To neutralize the effect of the acid, put 5 tablespoons of ammonia in 10 liters of water and rinse the clothes well.
- Pour acetic acid in hot water (just 50 ml) and dip the laundry in it, hold it for a few hours, then wash and rinse. Ammonia alcohol would also be nice to add, so that the action of vinegar essence would not be so aggressive. Oxalic acid can be used instead of vinegar.
- With the help of acetic acid, you can remove rust not only from white clothes, but also from colored ones.
- Dissolve 5 tablespoons of vinegar in 7 gallons of water and leave the rust stains on the garment for at least 12 hours. It is best to pour the solution overnight, but you can also do it during the day. Take care of your urgent business and only then wash the garment by hand or in a washing machine.
How to get rid of rust on clothes with glycerin
Delicate fabrics cannot tolerate acetic acid. That's why we recommend a gentler product for them. It is also for colored fabrics.
- Mix one tablespoon of glycerine with one tablespoon of chalk ground into powder and a tablespoon of water. Stir to a thick consistency and smear it on soiled areas.
Do not wash it off for twenty-four hours. Then rinse the cloth well with water and wash 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 Fae. It, too, take a tablespoon of it. Cover the stains with this mixture. After 24 hours, rinse 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 24 hours. After that, wash with a liquid detergent.
What else you can use to remove rust
To remove rusty marks on fabrics and clothes, you can use other folk remedies.
- To get rid of rusty stains on white clothes will help remedy, which is created by mixing in equal proportions of tartaric acid and table salt. Apply the mixture to the rust and put it in the sun. The UV rays combined with the tartaric acid and salt composition will break down the structure of the rust stain. The stains will begin to lighten and then disappear altogether.
- A 2% solution of hydrochloric acid will also help wash rust stains on things if you hold the product on them for 5 minutes. Just do not use it for delicate fabrics, or they will come apart.
- To get rid of stubborn rust stains, soak the stain in hydrochloric acid mixed in half with water. Then apply ammonium sulfide to the rust. After applying these remedies, clothes should be rinsed thoroughly.
- Remove stubborn stains with a solution of 5 mg acetic and oxalic acid per glass of water. Heat the mixture and place the cloth with the rust stain in the solution.
- Oxalic acid mixed with 1 tablespoon of baking soda can remove the rust. Apply the product to the stain and leave it for 10 to 15 minutes, then wash and rinse.
- If you dissolve toothpaste in cold water and apply to the stain for 30-40 minutes, wash and rinse well, you will soon not recognize your thing. It will be clean, without rust stains.
- You can remove rust from woolen fabrics in dark colors with a composition of charcoal and kerosene. You need to hold the wool clothes in the solution for several hours, and then wash in warm soapy water.
- Take a teaspoon of hydrosulfite, stir it in a glass of water and heat the solution to 60 degrees. Dip the rusty piece of clothing in the resulting mixture for 6 minutes, then rinse in cold water.
How to Launder Rust at Home with Chemicals
If rust appeared on the clothes, you can use chemical stain removers. If the fabric is white cotton or dense synthetic, you can use chlorine bleach. Delicate silk and wool fabrics cannot be treated with chlorine bleach.
An oxygen bleach labeled "delicate fabrics" is recommended for these fabrics.. Chlorine bleach should not be used on coloured fabrics either.
To remove rust from your clothes, you can use a sanitary detergent that needs oxalic acid in its composition.
For fresh rust stains, the following stain removers are used: Vanish, Amway, As, Sarma, Oxy, Antipyatin. There is a special rust remover "Expert". Pay attention to the label of the fabrics. The label should say what you can wash the fabric with, and what to use is strictly forbidden.
It is best to use a stain remover in the form of a gel. They are better than powders, because they are less aggressive towards fabrics and deeply penetrate into the thing, breaking up and dissolving the rust molecules.
Pour the gel on the stain and wait 10-15 minutes, then wash by hand. If the rust stain does not disappear, repeat the procedure.
Tips for Washing Rust Stains
- Try to remove fresh stains without waiting until they get into the fabric fibers, they are easier to remove.
- Before washing, it is necessary to scrub the stains because each contact with water makes their area spread wider and stronger, they are more deeply embedded in the fibers of the fabric.
- The acid encountered in removing rust stains from clothing is an aggressive substance, so wear rubber gloves and ventilate the room when handling it.
- Brush the stains from the edge to the center to prevent them from spreading throughout the fabric.
We've informed you today about how to remove rust from white and colored clothes. We have introduced you to chemical and folk remedies to get rid of rust stains on clothes.
We hope that these remedies will help you get rid of rusty stains on things.
