Butter is delicious and looks good on toast, mac and cheese, and most desserts. However, one thing butter doesn’t look good on is our clothes. No matter how delicious butter is, the feeling of noticing butter stains on clothes is frustrating. Due to its greasy, oily texture and milk protein features, it can be quite a task to remove butter stains.
To help you, we’ve prepared a guide on how to remove butter stains.
Butter stains can be a little difficult to notice, especially when they’ve settled into our clothes. You’ll only notice the butter stains from close when you are doing your laundry.
If you are lucky to spot them quickly, stop what you are doing and get a butter knife to scrape off the butter. Then get a clean white cloth and blot away the stain.
Then, get baking soda and pour it over the stained area to help absorb the oil and let it sit for 15 minutes.
Afterwards, treat the stain with a laundry stain remover. As usual, ensure your fabric type is fine to be treated with the laundry stain remover.
You can also use a liquid detergent for this step. Once it’s been poured into the stained area, let it sit for 15 minutes.
Once you’ve pre-treated accordingly, you can wash your fabric at the hottest temperature (per care label instructions).
Lastly, check your garment after the washing machine cycle is completed. If the stain is removed, let the garment air dry.
We don’t recommend using the dryer because butter stains are hard to see when your garment is wet and straight out of the washing machine. Furthermore, high heat can do more damage to your fabric.
Essentially, you must read the care labels to ensure the fabrics need dry cleaning. If they need dry-cleaning, we strongly advise you to take your clothes to a professional cleaner like Laundryheap to remove butter stains and get the best results!
Book with Laundryheap!
We hope you’ve found our blog useful. A friendly reminder you can also book a service with Laundryheap if you notice any stains on your clothes! We’ll remove them for you and return your clothes within 24 hours!
To learn more about Laundryheap, visit our website or download the free app on iOS or Android.