Stain Removal: Salsa

Salsa stains on fabric pose a problem due to the tomato sauce in the mixture. Tomatoes contain a large amount of both oil and red pigments, which set into the fabric easily and renders a nasty stain. The porous nature of the fabric allows it to easily soak up the oil and the pigment. The stain that remains is often orange in appearance. Here are several tips to help promptly remove salsa stains from fabric.

1) Wash away all tomato chunks using cold water. Utilize a hand brush or simple sponge to work any touch chunks out of the fabric. Try not press the chunks of tomato or more oil and pigment might be released into the clothing fibers which would make the stain removal even more difficult.

Squirt the spot using dish detergent. Work the dish detergent into the spot completely by rubbing the cloth together. Certain brands of dish detergent are especially formulated to deal with hard, oily residue. This makes them ideal to use for salsa removal. The dish detergent will quickly penetrate the fresh stain and help to lift out the oil . If the stain is bad allow the dish detergent to sit on the stay for up to thirty minutes prior to laundering the clothing in the washing machine. Launder the clothing using cold water. Look closely at the location of the stain prior to placing the clothing into the dryer. A dried stain will be more difficult to remove. Verify that the stain is gone prior to dryer placement. If the stain still remains then repeat the dish detergent process.

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