Laundry - general mucky stains

Vanish bar is great. Gave mine to DD1 and never got it back. Anyone know where to get replacement?
Use oxyclean for lots of body stains overnight then wash 40 (meaning two kinds beginning with p
Grass stains I find are worst kind

If the item is pure white then half and half bleach and water, keep and eye on it and rinse off the minute the stain goes. Lemon juice and leaving out in the sun sometimes works.

Stain Devils good for specific stains.

Washing up liquid and cold water.

He is a boy, they get messy as do their clothes, life’s to short to short to worry about the odd stain.

Some types of fruit juice stains are very hard to shift- they seem to react with the fabric, particularly cotton, and leave a permanent greyish mark. Spray bleach can be useful for some stains, though.

I've tried the vanish liquid with the scrubber thing on it. That didn't work. Washing up liquid worked last week, so I tried it again yesterday, but it didn't then.

Hmmmm. I SAW him slide down a grassy bank on his bottom in his stripey shorts and as he was doing it, I was thinking 'Nooooo.'

I find that the Vanish bars clear most stains. I put the offending item somewhere flat and pour a little water on the stain to soak it before rubbing the stain hard, this way and that, with the bar. Into the machine using a bio wash tab and no further problem.

Another vote for washing up liquid.

If it’s cotton then the old fashioned boil on the hob in the stock pot does the trick .

Washing up liquid is good for getting stains out of carpets too.

I don't find Vanish that good either.

I find washing up liquid gets rid of most stains - I put some on wet white shirt collars, use an old toothbrush to gently rub in and leave for ten minutes then wash as normal. Do the same on most greasy stains.

Soaking in soda crystals may also work. I've found that works better than Vanish sometimes. I've used Vanish to soak whites that need whitening when they've gone a bit grey but it doesn't always seem to get the stains out.

Vanish doesn't seem to get rid of tea stains though.

Another vote for Vanish. I soak things for a few hours then wash, it’s done the trick so far, including a white table cloth decorated with every foodstuff imaginable and a generous amount of escaped wine.

Vanish works wonders

I find damping well and rubbing with a bar of white soap better than any sprays or other vanish-type products. They may still sell laundry soap bars, eg Sunlight.
Then wash in the machine as usual.

Or soak in diluted white vinegar, apparently (I never tried that)

At least it won't cost much if it doesn't work.

I remember the grass stains on school shirts the knees of school trousers - and the holes. Apparently caused by playing goalie.

Mostly we don't. But he has some smart clothes. He'll have a white shirt for school soon. Got to be able to get them clean!

You just don’t put a little boy in white or embroidered whatever they are’s little boys and some little girls just attract dirt