Check out these handy tips for removing the toughest stains!
No matter what industry you work in, work uniforms always have a chance of getting dirty. When your uniforms get tough stains, the ability to maintain a clean and professional appearance suffers. The best policy is to act as quickly as possible, and one can do that with the help of a few pointers and tools. Below are a few tips on removing tough stains from uniforms, plus how Lord Baltimore Uniform Rental can make uniform maintenance easier!
Grease Stains
Whether you work in an autobody shop or you’re in the food industry, grease and oil stains can threaten the usability of your work uniforms. One of the best ways to clean up a grease or oil stain before throwing it in the wash is to coat it with cornstarch, baking powder, or baby powder to soak up as much of the stain as possible.
Grass Stains
If you work in landscaping, lawn care, or outdoor home improvement, you might run into some grass stains. One can remove even set-in stains with a mixture of one part hydrogen peroxide and three parts cool water, plus baking soda. Rub this concoction into the spot and let it sit for a few hours before rinsing.
Blood Stains
Cold water is the key ingredient to washing out blood stains from clothes, as warm water encourages stains to set. If you don’t have cold water on hand, an ice cube will do. Hydrogen peroxide is one of the best pretreatment solutions to use in addition to cold water, but it does risk bleaching dark clothing. Window cleaner is another potential home pretreatment.
Paint Stains
Paint has three types of bases: latex, oil, and acrylic. If you have a latex paint stain, regular stain remover plus some elbow grease should do the trick. If it has an oil base, one will need to use a paint thinner like turpentine to help remove it. One can also wipe out acrylic paint with a paint thinner.
Wine Stains
Among all the beverage stains, wine stains are notorious for their stubbornness. There are different ways to remove wine stains. One is to soak up the wine with salt, another is to pretreat with detergent and hydrogen peroxide, white vinegar and detergent, or boiling water.
The Expertise of a Uniform Rental
Even if you cannot remove certain stains, a professional uniform rental service can manage the cleaning for you! Leave it to Lord Baltimore Uniform Rental to professionally launder, repair, and replace your uniforms. Contact us for more information!
Trust Your Employee Uniforms to the Professionals at Lord Baltimore
For over forty years, Lord Baltimore has provided cost-effective towel rental services throughout the East Coast, including Maryland, Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Southern Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
To learn more about how employee uniforms can help your business, please contact Joe Bateman at Lord Baltimore by calling 800-292-1224 or visit LordBaltimoreUniform.com. We also handle uniform and mat rentals and purchase for restaurants. Additionally, we also sell and rent uniforms, shop towels, fender covers, and mats for the manufacturing and automotive industries.