How To Remove Tough Stains From Clothes After Halloween

Welcome to the fall season! Like every year, Halloween is right around the corner and everywhere you can smell the fresh aroma of pumpkins and apple pie. But the fall season is not only restricted to this but a lot more! Halloween is complete fun with spooky tricks and treats. Along with these fun tricks come the toughest stains. From fake Halloween blood to face paints and food stains, your attire is a complete mess the next day. But who cares if these stains can be treated well like a professional and that too very easily! That’s why we are here bringing to you the most amazing tricks for stain removal after Halloween is over.

Tips To Remove Face paints Stains from the Costume

It comes as no shock when you see your kids’ clothes covered in the remnants of face paints they used for Halloween. These paint stains are hard to remove as they easily stick to the fabric. But here are some hacks to get rid of the paint stains from the fabric.

• Using an alcohol-based cleaner or simply a nail polish remover will work.
• Dip the stained part of the fabric in it and rub it together
• Reverse the garment and use cold water to release the paint stains from the fabric.
• Then use your preferred spot remover to pretreat the remaining stain
• Scrub the fabric before washing it in the usual wash cycle.

How To Remove Fake Bloodstains from Clothes

Not everyone does this fake blood thing on Halloween but if you do there are high chances that your clothes might get a few drops of these blood stains as well. But how to remove it? Here you go!

• Try spraying shaving cream onto the stain.
• Rub the stained area and generate foam.
• Rinse it in cold water to release the stain.
• If the stain is still there, repeat the process before laundering.

Tips To Remove Make-Up Stains From the Costume

Whatever makeup you do for Halloween, there are chances of getting it on the costumes as well. But no worries when baking soda is there in the kitchen. Use baking soda to remove the unwanted makeup stains from the costume.

• Sprinkle some baking soda on the stain and rub it into the stain.
• Keep brushing until you get rid of the stains.
• If some stains are still left, use hairspray to release the remaining stain.
• Saturate the stained area with the pre-treat solution and let sit for 10-15 minutes before laundering it.

Hacks For Removing Hairspray Stains From the Clothes

Tried crazy colours/hairsprays on your hair for Halloween and your clothes are covered in colours too? Here’s how you can make it look fresh and clean like before.

• Lay your stained cloth flat and dampen the stained area with water.
• Saturate the stain in a pre-treatment solution for 15 minutes.
• Create a stain removal solution by mixing 1/4th cup of all-purpose bleach into a bucket of cold water. (but first test it on the inside of the hem to check with a spot treatment, If the spot is not discoloured you are good to go)
• Soak the hairspray-stained garment for 20 minutes and rub it together.
• Rinse clothing in cold water to remove bleach before laundering.

Remove Food/Candy Stains From The Cloth

Halloween is all about tricks and treats but what when sweets you had cling to your clothing! There’s always a solution.

• Pre-treat your stained area with stain remover liquid and rub it together
• Use cold water to wash it off.
• Wash it in the machine as usual.

Hope these tricks help you remove the tough stains from your clothes after the Halloween party is over and if not, feel free to book our laundry and dry cleaning service in London. Laundra Moon provides laundry services to handle those tough stains for you, and within 24 hours, your clothes will be returned looking fresh and as good as new!