Blood - if fresh, may be removed by washing in cold water. If hard and dry steep for a few hours in cold water, to which add a pinch of baking soda. Washing and bleaching with V.I.P. Detergent with Bleach will finish the process. Never put blood stains in hot water.

Candle Wax - Use dull knife to scrape off as much wax as possible. Place fabric between two blotters or facial tissues and press with warm iron. Remove color stains with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash with V.I.P. liquid or powdered detergent in the hottest water safe for fabric.

Chewing Gum - Rub area with ice, then scrape off with a dull blade. Sponge with dry cleaning solvent; allow to air dry. Wash in V.I.P. detergent and hottest water safe for fabric. Try egg white as it is said to remove chewing gum from anything. Rub the egg white on the gum and it will remove it from cloth, hair or hands without leaving a spot.

Chocolate and Cocoa - Pre-soak stain in cold or warm water. Wash in hot water with V.I.P. liquid or powdered detergent. Remove any grease stains with dry cleaning solvent. If color remains, sponge with hydrogen peroxide, wash again.

Coffee - Sponge or soak with cold water as soon as possible. Wash using V.I.P. detergent and bleach safe for fabric or V.I.P. with bleach. To remove coffee, tea or cocoa stains, use glycerin. A fresh stain can be removed by gentle rubbing; if stain is old, soak in the glycerin for sometime.

Crayon - Scrape with dull blade. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric with V.I.P. detergent and 1 -2 cups of baking soda. If a full load is crayon stained, take to cleaners or coin-operated dry cleaning machines.

Deodorants - Sponge area with white vinegar. If stain remains, soak with denatured alcohol. Wash with V.I.P. detergent in the hottest water safe for fabric.

Dye - If dye transfers from a non-colorfast item to white fabric during washing, immediately bleach discolored items.

Egg - Scrape with dull blade. Pre-soak in cold or warm water for at least 30 minutes. Remove remaining with dry cleaning solvent. Wash with V.I.P. detergent in hottest water safe for fabric.

Fruit - While fruit stain is still moist, cover it with powdered starch. When dry, rinse the article and cold water and wash in the ordinary way. Older fruit stains may be removed with a strong solution of borax, or the stain moistened with water, rubbed with borax, and boiling water poured through.

Glue - Sponge vinegar on spot , let sit for 20 minutes. Scrape with dull knife. Sponge again, let sit then wash with V.I.P. in hottest water safe for fabric.

Grass - Pre-soak in cold water for at least 30 minutes. Rinse. Pre-treat with V.I.P. detergent. Wash using V.I.P. detergent, hot water and bleach safe for fabric or V.I.P. detergent with bleach. On acetate and colored fabrics, use 1 part of alcohol to 2 parts water.

Grease - Sponge spot with a mixture of 1Tbs. Salt to 4 Tbs. rubbing alcohol. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If spot still remains, do not dry, use dry cleaning solvent and re-wash. Grease spots generally may be removed with hot water and V.I.P. detergent.

To remove grease from silk, lay the silk on a table on top of a clean white cloth, cover the spot thickly with powdered French chalk. On this lay a sheet of blotting paper and over that a moderately hot iron. If the grease does not disappear at once, repeat process.

Ink - Fountain Pen - Run cold water through stain until no more color will come out. Rub in lemon juice and V.I.P. detergent. Let stand 5 minutes.

Iodine - To remove an iodine stain from cotton or linen, cover with a soft paste of mustard mixed with water and let stand for a few hours. Every trace of iodine will be removed.

Lipstick - Loosen stain with a non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Rub V.I.P. detergent in until stain outline is gone. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric.

Meat Juices - Scrape with dull blade. Pre-soak in cold or warm water for 30 minutes. Wash with V.I.P. detergent and bleach safe for fabric.

Mildew - Pre-treat as soon as possible with V.I.P. detergent. Wash. If any stain remains, sponge with lemon juice and salt. Wash, using hottest water, detergent and bleach safe for fabric. Mildew stains may be removed by rubbing with a paste made by mixing two tsp. of water, one of powdered chalk and two of V.I.P. Soap Granules powder. The spots should afterwards be well rinsed and dried out of doors in the sunlight. This has a bleaching effect on them.

Milk, Cream, Ice Cream - Pre-soak in cold or warm water for 30 minutes. Wash. Sponge any grease spots with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again. Never put hot water on milk and cream stains. Wash them out in cold water, followed by soap and water.

Nail Polish - Sponge with nail-polish remover or banana oil. Wash. If stain remains, sponge with denatured alcohol to which a few drops of ammonia have been added. Wash again with V.I.P. Do not use polish remover on acetate or triacetate fabrics.

Paint - Oil Based - Sponge stains with turpentine, cleaning fluid or paint remover. Pre-treat and wash in hot water. For old stains, sponge with banana oil and then with non-flammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again. Water Based - Scrape off paint with dull blade. Wash with V.I.P. detergent in water as hot as is safe for
fabric.

Perspiration - Sponge fresh stains with ammonia; old stains with vinegar. Pre-soak in cold or warm water. Rinse. Wash with V.I.P. in the hottest water safe for fabric. If fabric is yellowed, use bleach. If stain still remains, dampen and sprinkle with meat tenderizer, or pepsin. Let stand 1 hour. Brush off and wash. For persistent odor, sponge with colorless mouthwash.

Rust - Soak in lemon juice and salt or oxalic solution (3 Tbs. oxalic acid to 1 Pt. warm water.) Table salt and cream of tartar, equal parts, will remove rust stains. Wet the spot and spread the mixture on thickly, then place the material in the sun.