Dear Stain Wizard, The following story is true.One of my customers over indulged on Christmas wine, fell into the Christmas tree and broke her nose. She bled profusely onto the green tree skirt. Approximately three years later, she brought the stained tree skirt in to be cleaned…The Blood Had Turned Black, and it was everywhere! […]
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The Stain Wizard’s December Letter (part 1: Black Contact Dye)
Dear Stain Wizard, I have a red sweater that picked up black contact dye from the cleaning process (hydrocarbon).I am too afraid to use dye stripper, but I will if I have to. Is there anything I can do to save this garment? Signed, Stan in Texas Hopefully this is an isolated incident, because if […]
“The Stain Wizard” responds to his November letter about shoe polish
Dear Stain Wizard, HELP!! I have black shoe polish on a white tablecloth. I don’t know what to do… Signed,David, in Minnesota Dear David, Believe it or not, I’ve had 3 people from across the country contact me recently about this very problem. You are lucky. The tablecloth is white, so we will be able […]