14 Apr How to Remove Mud Stains From Clothes (Part 1)

Playing with soil and doing artistic activities such as pottery are some of the hobbies that many children enjoy and can express their creativity and art. Most parents agree with this art. Because along with pleasure and art, soil also has healing properties. But the only thing that worries mothers is the dirtiness of children’s clothes when playing with mud and pottery. The easiest way to get rid of any stains on clothes is to wash them quickly. When you wash clothes with soil and mud stains on them, you may notice that the stains get bigger and bigger and spread to all the clothes. But don’t worry, after a quick wash, put the clothes in a completely dry place. Pottery and wet soils fall off easily after drying and no trace of them is left. In this article, we try to provide the best solutions to remove mud stains from clothes. Stay tuned.

Cleaning mud and dirt stains with detergent

If the stain on the clothes is fresh and small, use a strong detergent. Pour some liquid on the stain and rinse gently to see it disappear quickly after a few minutes. In addition, if the number of dirty clothes is large, you can use a washing machine detergent. Keep in mind that detergents aren’t suitable for every fabric, first try a small amount of it on a small part of the clothes, if it doesn’t damage the fabric, then complete the washing.

Using enzyme liquid

• To remove mud and soil stains, you must first dry them completely.
• Then use a spoon or a thin object to remove the stain from the clothes. Never try to use a wet towel at this stage. Because it causes the stains to spread. Don’t rub two sides of the stained fabric together or the stain by hand, as it will cause the stain particles to sink deeper into the fibres of the garment.
• Use a soft brush to remove smaller, finer stains that can’t be removed with a spoon.
• Get the stained part of the clothes under the cold water as soon as possible from behind. In this case, the stain particles are removed from the fibres by water pressure.
• If a lot of mud is spilled on the clothes, take them outside of the house and use a cold garden hose to rinse them off the clothes. If you can’t go outside, fill a deep container with cold water and completely remove the mud.
• Pour some cleaning liquid on the stains and let the fibres of ​​the clothes get wet. These detergents contain a controlled amount of the right type of enzyme and can break the bond between the mud particles.
• Let the detergent stay on the stain for 15 minutes. Now wash the clothes like other clothes and let them dry completely.

If there are still stains on the clothes

• Check the stained area of the garment. If there’s still a trace of mud on the clothes, or you notice some redness on them (red mud due to minerals in the soil), make a mixture containing oxygen bleach and lukewarm water.
• Soak the whole cloth in this solution. Let it stay in this composition for at least four hours or overnight until morning. Then wash it again as usual. Oxygenated bleach can be safely used for white and coloured washable clothes at home. However, it isn’t suitable for silk, wool and any clothes that have some leather on them.
• Never put clothes that still have mud stains on them in the dryer. The heat generated by the drying machine will make staining work harder on the clothes.
• If you don’t have the opportunity to re-apply the stain removing process, put the clothes in the open air to dry. Just don’t put them in a high-temperature dryer under any circumstances.

important points

• If you can’t immediately wash the soaked clothes, leave them in cold water to wash them later. To remove dried mud stains from clothes, shake the dried particles and then brush them gently. Afterward, soak the clothes in cold water.
• Never use hot water for this purpose, as hot water strengthens the protein bond in the mud with the fibres of the garment and makes staining more difficult.
• Be sure to follow the instructions on the detergent package when using this method. Because the bleach in the detergent can cause serious damage to the fibres of the clothes if it stays on them too much, especially coloured clothes.