How do you get out citrus stains?

Executive Member Joined: Mar 02 2008 Posts: 425

how do you get out citrus stains, like oranges, out of clothing?
the light colored clothing often get these stains and are impossible to come out.
let me tell you what I do...
I soak in oxy clean, or make an oxy clean paste and rub into the stain, nothing helps, the clothing still come out of the wash with those yellowish stains, (which I think is from orange juice or s/t like that).

any suggestions?

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 10429

Not sure how well this'll work on old stains, but....

put the fabric right side up over a heatproof bowl and pour boiling water right on the stain from a vertical distance of at least a foot.

Executive Member Joined: Mar 02 2008 Posts: 425

thats interesting.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48139

that's a stubborn stain !
wash a few times, then, pretreating. don't put into the dryer !!!!!