How to Remove Chocolate Stains from Fabric

         Yummilicious chocolates make everyone’s mouth water. You just cannot say no to these scrumptious delights. Just imagine rich chocolate melting in your mouth and dribbling down your lips; and your taste buds would definitely start salivating.

        However, this delectable delicacy does come at a price and this price tends to be especially heavy if it drips down your clothes and leave behind stubborn brownish stains. This brown chocolate certainly feels heavenly melting in your mouth, yet this feeling isn’t reciprocated when this very chocolate makes its way down your shirt front.

        As a matter of fact, chocolate stains tend to be a tad obstinate, and if not treated adequately, their removal can turn out to be tricky. But our handy and effective stain removal tips would enable you to emerge out of this chocolate stain maze, safe and clean. Follow the methods elaborated below and restore your clothes to their original stain-free state.

             

Method One (Using Liquid Laundry Detergent)

          Liquid laundry detergent, can effectively battle chocolate stains, enabling you to get rid of them and therefore the following method deploys this cleaning agent.

Things that you will require:

·      Liquid Laundry Detergent

·      Spoon/ dull knife

·      Clean, cold water

·      Stain remover

Steps that you need to take:

1.  It’s best to treat chocolate stains as swiftly as you can if your fabrics happen to incur them. This is because the less time they will have to set in, the easier will their removal be.

2.   First of all, you need to take hold of a spoon or butter knife and use it to scrape off the excess chocolate from the stain. Avoid rubbing or scrubbing, because both of these methods are likely to spread the stain further.

3.  Next step involves rinsing the back of the stained area. It is recommended that you use clean running water for this purpose. This will enable some percentage of the stain to get out of the cloth and prevent it from setting in further.

4.  Then, apply some liquid laundry detergent directly onto the chocolate stained area. Allow this detergent to sit in the stain for some time, approximately 5 minutes. Afterwards, place this cloth into cold water and allow it to get soaked in it for almost 15 minutes.

5.  Once this time period is over, agitate the soap lightly by rubbing the stain gently with your fingers until it starts coming off.

6.  To ensure that all chocolate stain traces have been effectively removed, you can also consider applying a stain remover onto the chocolate stain after the laundry detergent treatment.

7.  Apply the stain remover onto the cloth and after letting it sit onto the stain remnants for some time, rinse the fabric with cold water.

8.    You can follow this step by laundering and drying your fabric like you normally do.

Method two (Using Ammonia and Hydrogen per oxide)

Tough chocolate stains might refuse to get out of the cloth by the former method. In such a situation, you need something strong and owing to this reason the following method makes use of ammonia and per oxide solution.

Things that you will require:

·      Ammonia

·      3% hydrogen per oxide solution

·      Gloves

·      Sponge

·      Clean cloth

·      Cold water

Steps that you need to take:

1.  Primarily, you need to make a solution of ammonia and 3% hydrogen per oxide solution.

2.  Apply this cleaning solution onto chocolate the stain with the help of a sponge.

3.  Allow this solution to sit on the chocolate stain for some time, approximately 10 minutes but no longer than 15 minutes.

4.  Afterwards, remove the traces of these cleaning agents from the stained area with the help of a clean cloth.

5.  Eventually, you can wash the cloth following your normal laundry routine.

Tips and Warnings

1.  Cream can also go a long way in removing chocolate stains. Cream makes the fatty components of chocolate fresh and consequently their removal becomes easier. To embark upon this method, saturate the chocolate stain with cream, soak this stained fabric in detergent water and then launder it like you normally do.

2.  Always prefer to air dry the previously stained fabric. However if you have to use a dryer then you need to make sure the chocolate stain and any remnants are removed from scratch before placing the fabric into a dryer. 

3.  Never use hot water to wash any chocolate stained fabric as it would set the stain further.