VIDEO: Removing silicone from clothing
Gently remove silicone from clothing
Before resorting to the last resort that is not suitable for every item of clothing, here are some tips you should try:
- The following method is very gentle, also for sensitive ones clothing What to do: Put your garment in a plastic bag or laundry bag in your freezer overnight. Similar to with wax the silicone becomes brittle and can be rubbed off with your fingers. Lingering stains can best be rubbed in with a little gall soap and then put into the normal wash.
- A much more aggressive agent, on the other hand, is the nail polish remover, which is touted as a panacea for many stains. Important: Be sure to check beforehand in an invisible place whether your item of clothing or the color of your clothes will suffer. Otherwise you run the risk of having the silicone removed from your clothing but removing the paint at the same time.
- Be sure to stay away from silicone removers from hardware stores. Even as a last resort, these funds were of no use. They are very aggressive, they remove the silicone, but also ensure that the clothing remains unusable with just as obvious stains. Silicone remover is only intended for cleaning floors or plastic.
The home remedy for removing silicone from clothing
There is one remedy that every housewife swears by. It really works, but it's not suitable for every piece of clothing:
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- If the tips above don't work for you or if you want to be on the safe side right away, use a pumice stone. The easiest way to get it is in drugstores, as it is also used to remove calluses, for example.
- Gently rub the pumice stone over the silicone stains on your clothing. But be careful: the pumice stone roughens up your clothes. For solid substances like Jeans that's not a problem - it looks different with fine fabrics, where you shouldn't resort to this method.
- After removing the silicone, you have to wash the garment again - and the stain is gone. What remains is a slightly roughened area on the garment, but this will only be noticed if you are someone comes closer to a few centimeters and then pays attention to the old stain, which is not very likely is right?
