I love berry season in general, but blueberry stain removal I could do without.
Learning how to remove blueberry stains from fabric is important if you are accident prone but love those tasty little berries.
One very natural way to remove these stains is to use boiling water, and pour it over the stain. The key is to make sure the boiling water can flow freely through the fabric, which means you need to stretch out the clothing over a heat proof bucket, and then pour the water over the stained area.
You have to be very careful with this stain removal method not to burn your fingers, so hold the clothing taunt with clothes pins, clips or a rubber band, and get your fingers far away from the pouring boiling water.
The technique is actually demonstrated on a video on the site. You can see it in the video tips for removing berry stains from clothing.
***Update #1 - As additional confirmation that this tip really does work, I've now gotten even another tip, from a reader, sharing how she uses the boiling water technique successfully for berry stains. *** End Update #1
***Update #2 - Here's another quick comment I got from a reader. She says:
The boiling water technique does work...it also works on wine stains in linen.***End Update #2
A reader, Johanna sent me in this question, and I directed her to the berry stain article on this site. Her question was:
"Any tips for removing blueberry stains? We made some popsicles and my toddler dripped blueberry juice on her clothes where she wasn't covered by a bib (of course). Next time she eats one I'm going to wrap her in a drop cloth hahaha."
Then, she tried one of the suggestions, and it worked!
She said: "I just wanted to let you know that not only did this work but the stains were 2 weeks old when I finally got around to it.
I left my daughter's dresses to soak for the better part of an afternoon with Oxy Clean powder."
I'm so glad this worked for Johanna! Presoaking is a completely awesome stain removal technique that is really easy.
And oxygen bleach is one of the simplest ways to remove lots of different types of berry stains.
by Dana
I agree, I would also use Oxi Clean to pre soak old blueberry stains.
However, if I was able to treat the stains right away, i.e. the same day, I would use Whink Wash Away pretreater.
Then when I actually did the wash, usually within 1-2 days, I would add Oxi Clean to the load as a booster.
This is also how I handle baby food fruit and vegetable stains as well as the dreaded formula stains on a daily basis.
When I get behind on the wash I just presoak each load, as the Oxi Clean really breaks down stains by itself given the proper soak time.
by Carol
(New York)
Carol provided this quick tip for removing these stains.
Here is a blueberry stain removal video I found, showing how this lady used vinegar to remove blueberry stains from her clothing.
For fabrics, Stain-Removal-101.com recommends removing stains caused by blueberries with liquid laundry detergent or hydrogen peroxide. In addition, a soak in Oxiclean can do wonders for these stains.
However, there is more than one way to remove blue berry stains from fabric, including using vinegar for stain removal, which is what the video below suggests.
by Brooke Evans
(NY )
Blueberry Yogurt Stains Easily
Brooke, a reader of this site, sent in this tip for how she removed blueberry yogurt stains from her quilt and sheets, even though it was a few days old.
by Steve Kushnir
(Manlius, NY USA)
Steve has shared how he used a common household item, dishwasher detergent gel, to get rid of stains from blueberries from his carpet.
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