How to remove chocolate stains from your clothes
Chocolate is one of the most loved dessert foods in the world. Some would argue that chocolate is not simply a luxury, but a necessity. Either way, it’s incredible popularity and versatility has made it an essential part of our everyday lives.
Of course, from a cleaning perspective, chocolate can be a nightmare. It’s soft, and sticky, and can melt & harden at moderate temperatures. This physical feature makes for a particularly tricky stain.
With this in mind, there are going to be times when you’ll need to perform an emergency clean-up. That’s when we hope the tips outlined here will come in handy and save the day for you and your wardrobe investment.
As soon as the stain occurs, the first thing you’ll want to do is scrape up as much of the chocolate as you can. For this, we recommend any flat metal object such as a spoon or a butter knife.
If this stain occurred on a rug or a piece of clothing, we’d recommend soaking the stain from behind with cold water. Make sure to soak thoroughly.
Then, take a rag with some laundry detergent rub the stain. Try to rub in small, circular motions towards the center. You want to avoid spreading the stain as much as possible in order to minimize the damage.
Leave in the detergent and allow the stain to sit for about 3 minutes or so.
Then, soak the stain in a bucket of cold water for 20 minutes. While this is happening, make sure to rub the stained area about every 4 minutes until the stain begins to loosen.
Finally, rinse everything out thoroughly. If there is still residue left, just repeat the process until it’s gone.
Sometimes, you’ll finish cleaning the chocolate, but there will still be an oily residue left over. Don’t worry. This can be taken care of by applying a stain remover, then washing normally as you would do with the rest of your laundry.
If you spend a lot of money on clothes like I do, this tip alone should save you a lot of money.