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Laundry disaster!!! Help!!!?

OK...so I love wearing Chap Stick. Not much of a makeup girl! I always have a tube stuck somewhere. This time, that was not such a good idea. I left a tube in the pocket of a pair of pants, and put the clothes in the dryer. Of course it melted, but it left grease stains all over my clothes! A whole load of laundry ruined! It even included some of my favorite and newest pieces! I don't think of this as a regular grease stain, so it may require something different. Help me!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I think the best thing you could do is get a contact number for the ChapStick company. I bet they know exactly what to do. Don't worry you're not the only one that has done this. Google Chapstick on clothes in dryer. But I think your best bet is to go straight to the source and check with the chapstick people.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sorry but you're stuck with the stains, once you dry something the stain is dried in, it won't come out. But if you don't believe me, you could always use a deep stain remover and wash them in hot water (hot water releases stains better than cold water). Good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda work best at removing stains

  • 5 years ago

    There are shade removers and whites restorers on the marketplace in each and every of the supermarkets. no matter if the shade removers might want to artwork once the garments were dried, i'm not certain, they ought to say on the packet. i'm continuously moaning that my husband doesn't do the showering yet having heard your tale i do not imagine i'll in destiny! If I were you i can make investments in a padlock or a minimum of provide him a crash route in laundry, probably preclude money contained in the longer time period. Oh bless him, he's attempting to do his in basic terms right isn't he!

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    1 decade ago

    Put Dawn dish soap on each spot and then wash in hot water. Use the regular Dawn --not with bleach or anything for conditioning hands

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You could try washing everything in hot water, that might dissolve it a bit, but the ink might run...

    good luck, I've done that before too, it sucks

  • 1 decade ago

    Try Oxyclean, that might be able to take care of it, although I never try it myself. I use it on my regular laundry and it keeps all the color from fading.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Try Borax!! It rules!

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